Greenheart Exchange coodinator speaks at Dundee Township Lions meeting

Posted August 11, 2019 11:00 pm

Submitted by Barbara McClung

Tammy Zilinski, a coodinator for Greenheart Exchange, spoke at a recent Dundee Township Lions meeting.

She expressed the rewards for families to host a high school foreign exchange student. She spoke about her experience hosting a French and Spanish student on a short-term basis.

The Lions were happy to hear how stereotypes about other cultures can be broken down when you meet people face to face.

To learn about this life-changing experience, contact tammyzilinski@me.com or (847) 489-8426.

For information, visit greenheartexchange.org or www.facebook.com/GreenheartInternational/.

In 1985, Greenheart (formerly known as Center for Cultural Interchange) began sending high school students to the United States from Spain. Thousands of partners, volunteers and youth have answered the call to create social transformation through international education, fair trade, environmental awareness and citizen democracy.

Since then, Greenheart International, based in Chicago, has grown to serve more than 140,000 young leaders from 84 countries, equipping them on their journey toward personal and global transformation.

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