Here are some Region 4 announcements:

1. The "Where to Play" page for Washington and Oregon has been updated. Check
NWBA website for more information on new places to play.


2. Ever thought of hosting a foreign student who loves badminton? Read the
following note from YFU. ( Information also available on NWBA website )

Dear Fellow Badminton Lovers!

I am writing to you because YFU USA has several exchange students who
are interested in badminton and we would like to let your association to
know about the opportunity to host a student who enjoys playing
badminton as much as you do. Would you please forward the following
message to your e-mail list and/or post on your bulletin board? We are
sure a number of your members would be very interested in sharing their
love of badminton with a student from abroad.

Sincerely,

Youth For Understanding USA

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Youth For Understanding USA is seeking families to host foreign exchange
High School Students interested in Badminton for the 2006-2007 academic
year.

Youth For Understanding (YFU) is a worldwide movement of committed
individuals and organizations working together to prepare young people
for their responsibilities and challenges in a changing, interdependent
global world. Each year YFU places a large number of international
exchange students with local families while they attend the local high
school.

YFU will welcome new high school international exchange students this
August. Our students come from different countries around the world.
They speak English, have their own spending money, health insurance,
will attend an American high school and will provide innumerable good
memories and experiences to your family!

Open your doors to a new family member this summer and help him/her
adapt to the U.S. lifestyle and culture. Hosting will be a wonderful
opportunity to learn about other traditions and languages without
leaving home. Our host families are as diverse as our students. They are
couples with or without children, empty nesters, single adults and also
come from all cultural and economic backgrounds.

You can host a student for ten months as a permanent host family, or for
six or twelve weeks as an arrival family. Our trained YFU staff and
volunteers are available to support you every step of the way. If you
are interested in hosting a YFU student or would like more information,
please contact YFU today at 1-866 493 8872, visit www.yfu-usa.org
to apply on-line or e-mail admissions@....


Thank you.

NWBA Webmaster



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