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Global Connections provides international friendships

Global Connections, formerly the International Hospitality Council, needs volunteers for its International Friendship Program. In the program, participants will be matched with an individual, couple or family from another country, getting together once or twice a month for friendship and cultural exchange. Participants can meet for coffee and conversation and include their new friends in family activities such as sharing a meal together, attending an event. No housing is involved.

Community members who welcome internationals often form a long-lasting friendship which stretches across the borders of their countries. For families, participation in the Friendship Program is a wonderful way to introduce different cultures to children of both families. To participate in the International Friendship Program, complete an application online at http://www.international.psu.edu/gc online, contact the Global Connections office at (814) 863-3927 or at globalconnections@ip.psu.edu via e-mail.

Last Updated March 19, 2009

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