Why is it called an exchange program?  Does that mean that my parents must host a foreign student?

An exchange is made between Rotary organizations here and abroad with our students going abroad and their students coming here.  A Rotary Club that sponsors students from its community to go abroad also hosts foreign students in exchange.  For long-term exchanges, parents of outbound students are not required to host.  Many, of course, choose to do so, partly because they have an empty room, but also so they can experience some of what their son or daughter is going through.  We encourage that, but we also recognize that not all families are able to host. We do ask outbound students and their families to help find host families in their own communities, to accommodate the inbound student that will be hosted by their Rotary Club.

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