Clarksville, TN – The Miss Tennky Area AFS Volunteer Leadership Team will be at the IC International Festival on Sunday August 21st from 12:00pm – 5:00pm on Franklin Street here in Clarksville. Their booth will be on Franklin under the shade trees.
Come meet the Miss Tennky Area AFS Volunteer Leadership Team and several of their new AFS HS exchange students and their families at the Immaculate Conception Church Craft Fair and International Festival on Sunday, August 21st from 12:00pm – 5:00pm.
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Information will be available on how to host an AFSer in the future and how to go as a student to one of their 50 partner countries for a summer, semester, year, gap year or for community service programs. For details go to www.afs.usa/org and/or call 1.800.876.2377. ext/141, to see which students may still need host families for this year. CMCSS can take no more students, but neighboring counties can.
About AFS
Since 1947, AFS Intercultural Programs has been leading international high school student exchange. AFS was founded by volunteer American Field Service ambulance drivers from World Wars I and II who believed — as AFS believes today — that the way to build a more just and peaceful world begins when people from different countries meet, learn about each other, and begin to understand each other. AFS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is largely a volunteer-driven organization, with approximately 6,700 U.S. volunteers and 30,000 worldwide.
During World Wars I & II, young Americans volunteered as ambulance drivers in the American Field Service evacuating the wounded from the battlefields. When they returned home, they founded a movement to promote understanding and peace through international student exchanges known as AFS Intercultural Programs. They believed — as AFS believes today — that the way to build a more just and peaceful world begins when people from different countries and cultures meet, learn together, and better understand one another. In 1947, AFS exchanged 52 young people from 11 countries formerly at war.
