Exchange program seeks host families

May 5, 2015

Debbie Carter
907-474-5406
5/5/2015

The �Ӱ�ԭ�� 4-H Global Citizenship and Exchange Program is seeking host families for Japanese students participating in a four-week summer exchange program.

Japanese youth are paired with a host sibling of the same age. These were 2013 exchange participants in Fairbanks..

Thirty-five Japanese students, ages 12 to 18, will be in �Ӱ�ԭ�� from July 25 to Aug. 23. Families with host siblings in the same age range are preferred. Hosts are also needed for a few adult chaperones.

Host families must live on the �Ӱ�ԭ�� road system or in Juneau. Exchange coordinator Jason Floyd said hosts don’t need to speak Japanese — they just need to be willing to share their lives and friendship with a young person from another country. The visiting students are eager to experience daily life in �Ӱ�ԭ�� and to do whatever the family normally does, he said.

The goal of the program is to prepare �Ӱ�ԭ�� youths to live and work in the global economy while making new friends.

The exchange program has existed in �Ӱ�ԭ�� for more than 30 years. For more information or to host a youth, go to or contact Jason Floyd at jfloyd1@alaska.edu or 907-262-5824. 4-H is a national youth leadership development program administered by the University of �Ӱ�ԭ�� Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

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