Hosting a Youth Exchange Student

Are you interested in becoming a Rotary Host Family? Please fill out the inquiry form and we will get in contact with you.

 

Hosting a Youth Exchange student offers Rotarians and local residents the opportunity to experience another culture within their own community. Local students and community members can contribute to the exchange experience.

A host family should be responsible, willing, and interested in welcoming a young person from another country into their home.

The most effective host families are:

  • Caring and respectful with each other

  • Flexible and able to adapt to having someone new in the home

  • Good humored and able to put a problem or situation into perspective

  • Patient and willing to work through common misunderstandings

  • Willing to engage in different activities and visit places outside the home

  • Interested in a variety of topics of conversation, culture, and recreation

  • The family has no financial remuneration; however, the student will receive a monthly allowance for his/her needs. We also pay for the school expenses.

Long-term exchange students must have more than one host family — preferably three different families — during their exchange. By living in the homes of several families, students are exposed to a variety of experiences in the host country and better understand the culture as a whole.

Estimated hosting time frame:

  • August 15th (est arrived) - January 1

  • January - March (Spring Break)

  • April - June

Vetting and Screening Process

1) Fill out the Host Family Inquiry form

2) A Local Rotainian will reach out and do a house visit and ask questions

3) Background Checks through the District

Every family member residing in the home over the age of 18 must first be vetted and trained as a Host Family Member. This includes completing the following:

  • Reference Checks (3 per family)

  • Criminal Background Check (IntelliCorp or RCMP) for each adult member of the family living at home (For US residents; each adult family member will be emailed a link to complete their own background checks. For this reason each person in the household must have their own email address listed on their application) 

  • NSOR (National Sex Offenders Registry) 

Once you completed the process, you will be part of the Honorary Rotary Exchange student group.

 

To contact us please email macrotaryexchange@gmail.com