Become A HOST FAMILY-Join in on the Fun! Step up for STEP !!

 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA JULY 2012
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED FOR 25  EXCHANGE STUDENTS FROM Bilbao Spain

• Help host a student from Spain, Bilbao's Basque Region ... 
• 25 Spanish/Basque students & 1 Adult Group leader will be staying in our Wilmington, Area
• Four weeks from June - July 2012
Exchange Students are :
• 14 to 17 years old, girls and boys
• Students have some english language - they maybe beginners or fluent , varies with student 
• health insurance
• own spending money
• learn our culture and eager to practice English
Coordinator & Escort:
·        Coordinator and chaperone on call 24/7 during the program for
any questions, translation or medical emergencies
HOST FAMILIES
·         Provide a caring "home away from home"
·         Offer friendship and loving home environment
·       room and board/share a room
·         Transportation by carpooling with other families once week to our meeting spot or to field trips activities
·         participate in STEP’s group activities
·        Experience another culture in the comfort of your home !
·         friend from Spain to practice ·          e-mailing your friend before they arrive
speaking Spanish, French,  Basque, or Euskara
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