ZELIENOPLE — A soon-to-be Seneca Valley exchange student is looking for a host family in the area as part of The Rotary Club of Zelienople's Rotary Youth Exchange Program.

The Rotary Club is accepting applications from families throughout the entire Seneca Valley School District to host one student from another country during part of the 2018-19 school year.

Many rotary clubs have found it good to have the inbound student live with two to three families during the year so the student gets to enjoy a variety of experiences and more families can enjoy that student with none feeling overburdened, according to a Zelienople Rotary Club news release.

All families, even those without children, are encouraged to apply to be hosts.

For more information on how to become a host family, contact Robin Fleming at 724-816-1148 or r.fleming@zoominternet.net or Jeff Simmons at 724-473-0016 or jssim89167@yahoo.com.

This is an excerpt — read about one local family's experience with an exchange student in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.