Why Host Families Love the Experience
“We are richer because they are here”
– Amy Joyall
“We got much more back from being host parents than we gave, I’m sure”
– Alan Michel
“It was one of the most rewarding and enriching experiences of my life.”
– Candy Dann
“Being a host enriches our lives by bringing a young person from a culturally different background into our community and our home”
– Erlinda Parks
“I know what it is to go to school away from home… [but] there will be people there that will love and nurture you”
– Anita Pace, ABC graduate
“Words can never express all that you [my host family] mean to me and so I’ll briefly say that I will always carry you in my heart for the rest of my days”
– Caridad Tapia, ABC graduate












