Volunteer as a Friendship Partner!

IFI is always looking for families and individuals who would like to befriend one or more international students during the school year.

Tips when interacting with international friends

Let us know more about you, your interests and how you can get involved below:

Contact Information

Your Name(Required)

First Last

Your Phone(Required)

Your Email(Required)

If you have a spouse, are they also signing up?(Required)

Spouse Name(Required)

First Last

Spouse Phone(Required)

Spouse Email(Required)

Address(Required)

Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code

Family and Experience

Names/relationship of family members living here with you (Include children's names, gender and age)(Required)

If there is none, enter "none".

What is your church or fellowship group?(Required)

Have you hosted international students in the past?(Required)

Through what organization?(Required)

If applicable, what is your educational area, occupation, or areas of personal expertise?(Required)

Or enter "N/A".

Hosting Students

How many students do you wish to host? What gender?(Required)

Briefly describe.

Would you consider befriending a married couple(Required)

Would you consider befriending a family with children?(Required)

Comments?(Required)

Are you able to provide transportation for your students?(Required)

Please explain why you can't(Required)

Do you have pets in the household?(Required)

What pets do you have?(Required)

Are there certain countries or parts of the world you have special interest in?(Required)

Describe preferences/reasons. If you don't have a preference, enter "no preferences".

What are your interests, pursuits, sports, hobbies, education and travel experiences that might help us match you?(Required)

Briefly Describe.

Do you speak any other languages besides English?(Required)

Or enter "None".

What other languages do you speak?(Required)

Are you able to provide some vegetarian food selections for students?(Required)

Can you take IFI's short online training session soon to help you with cross-cultural friendship-building?(Required)

Taking this brief training course will give you access to IFI's online library of outreach resources.

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois – International Friendships, Inc. (IFI)

Making the World Feel at Home

Volunteer as a Friendship Partner!

Contact Information

Family and Experience

Hosting Students