| Feedback from AYA Local Coordinators
 "It
hardly seems possible that I have been working for AYA for more
than 20 years. I have met so many great students from several different
cultures and traveled throughout the world. I feel the only way
to ensure world harmony and understanding is to meet the people
on a one-to-one basis. I hope I have made a difference in the livesof the students. I know that they have impacted my life. This was
only made possible by being an LC for AYA. I recommend this position
to anyone who loves people and wants an experience that is rewarding
and fun."
Joyce Buzzard, AYA Local Coordinator and State Director, Indiana
"Every year is new and different because the collection of
students and host families changes. I have made many new American
friends because of my interaction with the host families. I know
my own area better as I have had to drive backroads that I didn't
know existed before. I have new adventures all the time."
Diane Asai, AYA Local Coordinator, New Hampshire
"This is what I love about being a Local Coordinator – watching
the students enjoy being together and the host parents sharing.
A few weeks ago, we got together and ate pizza, then went to a Planetarium
show, and came back to our house for a couple of hours. It was a
great evening, enjoyed by all."
Jeannette Singleton, AYA Local Coordinator, Texas
"I've hosted student for the past five year and been an LC
for the past three. I'll be meeting 'son' number five this summer
in Berlin. These young people have truly enriched my life and I
thank AYA for the opportunity."
Ed Meyers, AYA Local Coordinator, Oklahoma
"It’s April, as I sit watching the collection of borrowed
children riding the NYC subway with me. What a pleasure the year
has been! I have such a lovely group of well-mannered teenagers.
It is my opinion that they are a testament to their parents’
years of hard work, raising kind, generous, ambitious human beings."
Read the rest of Diane's
essay...
Diane Asai, AYA Local Coordinator, New Hampshire
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