Volunteers
Share Your Time,
Change the World.
Benefits of Volunteering
Volunteering with YFU USA opens the door to rewarding experiences and great benefits. Here are several ways that volunteering benefits you:
- Directly impact the lives of teenagers from the US and over 60 other countries
- Be exposed to foreign cultures and have an opportunity to share your own culture
- Create new friendships with fellow YFU volunteers and staff
- Broaden awareness of yourself, your community, the US and the world
- Receive enhanced training in areas such as leadership, listening skills, marketing and conflict resolution
- Build new friendships and work with other YFU volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Make a significant contribution to improve cultural awareness and international understanding
- Increase your understanding of family dynamics both in the US and international cultures by working with foreign exchange students and their host families
- Aid your community in broadening their cultural awareness
- Learn more about yourself
Discounts for Children of YFU USA Volunteers
Besides the many benefits of volunteering listed above, YFU USA offers to members of your immediate family a discount if they decide to become a YFU exchange student. Volunteering for at least six months before your child’s departure entitles each of your family members to a discount of $500 from a summer program or 800 from a year or semester program.
