EarthCorps Seeking Hosts for International Participants

EarthCorps is seeking hosts for our international participants for June 2015 – December 2015

EarthCorps brings young adults from around the world to Seattle for a six month environmental leadership program. Our participants are passionate, hardworking, and driven to solve climate change and water crises affecting our world. At EarthCorps they gain technical, hands on, experience as they work to improve Puget Sound parks, shorelines and salmon streams.

International participants are aged 22-26, proficient in English, and train full-time at EarthCorps. Host families play a vital role in our program and provide international participants a welcoming home and a window to Northwest culture. As a host family you will build a lifelong relationship with an inspiring young adult and be able contribute to protecting Puget Sound forests, all from the comfort of your home. Singles, couples and families with children are all welcome to host.

Host families are provided a $500 per month stipend to offset food and living expenses. Families are asked to provide a furnished bedroom for their International Participant and commit to hosting for a three month period, between June 2015 and December 2015. It is preferable for families to live in Northeast Seattle so participants remain close to EarthCorps’ Magnusson Park headquarters.

EarthCorps is committed to finding the right match for our homestay families and international participants. Do you have a strong interest in a particular country, language or culture? Let us know!

Start now to become a homestay family. Visit us at http://earthcorps.org/homestays.php. Our staff will be happy to answer all your questions to make sure the Homestay program is the right fit for you! You may also contact us by telephone, 206-322-9296 X 224 or by email, homestay@earthcorps.org.