Host an exchange student

Foundation for Intercultural Travel, a State Department designated exchange visitor program, is currently matching international students ages 15 to 18 with host families in this area. Families of all “types” are eligible to host — retired couples to single parent families. Not only two-parent families have enjoyed hosting international sons or daughters.

Students arrive approximately one week before the school’s start date and bring their own spending money for clothes, entertainment and other expenses. They have their own medical insurance. Most importantly, they bring a sincere desire to be...