HBD America!
America @ 250
We celebrated America’s birthday by polling students across exchanges about their summer of adventure, connection, and hometown pride.
What are the two things you did with American Exchange Project that were the most fun?
Hiking in Colorado and making s’mores
Volunteering at Serve LA in Hollywood and going to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum
Fishing and seeing the dolphin show at the Atlanta Aquarium
Singing karaoke and visiting the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis
Hiking Makapu'u Point in Hawaii and going to New York City
Going to Longwood Gardens and tubing on Brandywine Creek in Delaware
Going to the Mall of America and the Niagara Cave in Minnesota
What are the five words that best describe your experience traveling and hosting this summer?
1. Fun
2. Exciting
3. Adventurous
4. Social
5. Cool and New (tie)
What’s something you did during your exchange that you thought you had ZERO chance of ever doing if not for American Exchange Project?
Learning about diverse beliefs
Goat yoga
Camping in a yurt
Going to a Southern country boil
Eating at Waffle House
Seeing bison on the prairie
Jumping into freezing-cold Boise Creek in Oregon
Traveling by myself
Being able to connect to so many different people
Going to a rodeo
Visit the Pacific Northwest
Seeing the Hollywood sign
Learning to skate backwards
Going to Dollywood
Going 300 feet underground into a coal mine
Seeing squirrels and deer
Eating a meal prepared by a local Amish community
Going to an autocross race
Seeing Martin Luther King’s house
Staying with a host family for a week
Fishing
“The way our group came together to find commonalities while also respectfully navigating differences is the type of stuff us educators can only dream of.”
—Ian Weissman (Exchange Manager, New York, New York)