Ballard families have a unique opportunity to share our great American (or great Ballard) culture with visiting students. The American Homestay Network has a short term opportunity for families here in Ballard to be a "homestay host" for a visiting international student.

Here are the details:

• As part of an upcoming “Be American” tour, the American Homestay Network (AHN) is hosting a group of 20 Chinese students from July 28th through August 13th to learn the ins and outs of the American Culture.
• The students will be studying at Seattle Pacific University (SPU) on the north side of Queen Anne.
• AHN is seeking host families within the Ballard, Queen Anne, Fremont, U-District, and Wallingford areas to host one or two students for their visit to our city.
• All of the students are high school aged, and they can share a room if there are two twin beds. Internet should be available to them.
• Hosts are asked to provide a self-serve breakfast, help the students pack a lunch and eat dinner with them for the two week session.
• While attending classes at SPU the students be using public transportation to get back and forth every day.
• Hosts will be paid $600 to host two (2) students who share a room, $425 per student for a private room. (i.e. If they have two (2) spare rooms, total compensation would be $850). Bathrooms can be shared with the family.

More information about homestay can be found at http://www.homestaynetwork.com/, or by contacting Glenda Sinclair at: glenda@homestaynetwork.com or via phone at: 425.285.4466.

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