We had the wonderful privilege of hosting a French girl named Alizé for one month during the summer a
few years ago. It
was a wonderful experience! Alizé fit right into our family as if we had
known each other for ages and we still stay in touch with her today. Her primary goal for visiting
America was to experience American life firsthand and to improve her English
skills. We planned some fun local adventures and also took a road trip to
Memphis, which Alizé enjoyed, but she was also content to
just be a part of our regular life activities. It was her first time to go
to a baseball game, to go fishing and to make s’mores over a backyard fire. We highly recommend the USMD
exchange program!
Every July, the USMD program organizes a language-immersion American experience for French teens to stay with families in our area. We have hosted 3 times and loved each summer spent sharing our typical daily life. Please consider hosting - you will get as much out of the experience as they do. It's so much fun! Contact me or share this link in case someone you know might consider hosting!
Browse the posts below to get a perspective from previous host families.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Host Family - Scott
Our family has hosted a french student twice as part of the USMD program and have had amazing experiences with both girls! I would have never imagined that we would become so attached to these wonderful young people in such a relatively short span of time, but we truly feel like we have extended family in France now! We still keep in touch with both girls and their families, we highly recommend this very organized, well run program.
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