Colorado Governor Proclaims April 8 YFU Day

April 11, 2011Jennifer McKendree

State Capitol Ceremony on April 8th to Recognize Youth For Understanding Day

Denver, CO April 6, 2011: Governor John Hickenlooper has proclaimed April 8th as Youth For Understanding Day in Colorado. Youth For Understanding (YFU), a nonprofit, international education organization, will celebrate its 60th Anniversary on Friday, April 8, 2011. On this day at 9:15 am, Lt. Governor Garcia will hold a ceremony on the front steps of the State Capitol to recognize Colorado YFU Day. YFU local volunteers along with YFU President, Mike Finnell, District Director, Tim Lucas, Colorado Field Director, Stephanie Gregg will be available for interviews and will provide more information about YFU exchange programs in Colorado.

50 Students will be coming to Colorado this fall, and 15 students from Finland will spend 5 weeks in Colorado this summer in cooperation with the Center for International Mobility and the American Embassy in Finland. Bruce Oreck, the U.S. Ambassador to Finland, is from Colorado, and is also the patron of this prestigious scholarship program.
YFU has been a leader in international student exchange facilitating 250,000 exchanges among 60 nations over the past six decades. With more than 12,000 volunteers worldwide and more than 4,200 exchanges each year, YFU remains an industry leader as it works to prepare young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing, interdependent world.

YFU offers young people the adventure of a lifetime—the opportunity to explore other countries and cultures, master new languages, and discover themselves. Over the past six decades, American-outbound students have hailed from every state in the nation and a total of 55,000 American families have opened their homes and hearts to host an international teenager.

For more information about YFU or to arrange for a host family or international student interview in your community, please contact Colorado Field Director Stephanie Gregg at 970.227.7426 or email at sgregg@yfu.org.

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Colorado Proclamation

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YFU Celebrates 60 Years!

April 11, 2011Jennifer McKendree

This year marks a significant milestone in the history of YFU. Join us as we celebrate 60 years of preparing young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing, interdependent world.

The world has changed a great deal since our post-World War II beginnings in 1951, and over the years YFU has been an increasingly strong voice for greater international understanding by way of intercultural learning opportunities, which we have largely pioneered in theory and practice. Over the past six decades, YFU has grown to exchange thousands of students annually among more than 60 nations in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The YFU brand is now synonymous with global education, excellent program support, and life-changing experiences.

A true testament to the strength of the organization, this year YFU will welcome its 250,000th student on program. Will this be a summer, semester or year student? Will he be from North or South America? Will she be from Europe, Africa or Asia? Could it be… you?

Join YFU USA as we continue to provide unique and unrivaled programs abroad for American students as well as welcome and support approximately 2,000 international students annually here in the United States alone. Sign up as a volunteer host family, become a volunteer area representative, or travel abroad on our programs. We look forward to seeing you soon - around the world and in your community.

Sincerely,


Ulrich Zahlten                                         Michael Finnell
Chairman, Board of Trustees              President and CEO