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From our Community Counselors: What impact on your life has EurAupair made?

  As a EurAupair Community Counselor (CC), you'll be that all-important point person for au pairs placed in your area during their year abroad, and for the host families in your area during their program year. Find out about responsibilities of Community Counselor here. CC Dawn, Illinois"Being involved with EurAupair since the late 1990's has been the most rewarding experienc...

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 Former Au Pair Laetitia Mouton’s Story

Former Au Pair and Community Counselor Laetitia Mouton’s Story

Baseball…the great American pastime! Every au pair in the USA has their little, or huge, bucket list! As a former au pair, I have a clear idea of what kind of activities au pairs are excited about. Playing baseball is definitely on most bucket lists. It’s a typical activity and can be very exciting to discover while in America. Americans love baseball. We saw baseball everywhere, and Americans supp...

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 EurAupair's 2016 National Month of Giving

EurAupair's 2016 National Month of Giving

Au Pairs and Community Counselors in America - Highlight of the EurAupair's 2016 National Month of Giving   Au pairs and community counselors in America came together, once again, during EurAupair's National Month of Giving. This event allows au pairs and counselors to give back to their communities through volunteering. This is one aspect of the American culture that, we believe, must be shar...

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 Thanking Our Community Counselors

Thanking Our Community Counselors

Being a Community Counselor for an au pair agency is the local point of contact for host families and au pairs. The Counselor screens our host families, completes their orientation, helps welcome the au pair into her new home & community, and provides support throughout the year. But being a Community Counselor for an au pair agency is much more than this! At EurAupair we are grateful and a...

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 What do you do to entertain a 20-year-old when you’ve forgotten what it’s like to be 20?

What do you do to entertain a 20-year-old when you’ve forgotten what it’s like to be 20?

I ask this question since I find myself at the age of 72 in an interesting situation. A good 15 years ago, an old high school friend asked if I’d be interested in becoming a community counselor for an international au pair placement service. Community counselor? What’s that? Well, my friend said, it’s kind of a “go-between.” You help qualify the host family who applies for an au pair through EurAup...

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 Spot Light on Community Counselor Kelley Land

Spot Light on Community Counselor Kelley Land

Our EurAupair Community Counselors – CCs – are our most valuable asset. Day in and day out they provide encouragement, support and mentoring to their au pairs and host families. Counselor, advocate, mentor, and friend are just some of the roles they fill. They are our local marketing experts, too. Our program relies heavily on them for ensuring our au pairs and host families have a successful and rewardi...

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 Kayaking through the Skokie Lagoons in Illinois

Kayaking through the Skokie Lagoons in Illinois

On a beautiful September day Chicago Community Counselor Gila and her group of au pairs went to Skokie Lagoons. They rented kayaks and with a tour leader rowed through the beautiful Forest Preserve for 1 1/2 hours. They were 2 per kayak; only one courageous au pair dared be alone. Everybody had a great time and enjoyed the day. Left to Right: Laura (Colombia), Julie (France), Elzet (South Africa), CC Gi...

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 Des Moines, IA World Food & Music Festival

Des Moines, IA World Food & Music Festival

On Saturday, September 20th EurAupair Community Counselors Bertha and Alexandra as well as two au pairs represented EurAupair at the Des Moines, Iowa World Food and Music Festival. Many families stopped at the beautifully decorated booth, asking about EurAupair services. Interested families inquired about the program, took brochures or postcards for further information and participated in the raff...

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 Chicago Scavenger Hunt

Chicago Scavenger Hunt

The au pairs were divided in 6 teams of 3 and battled hot weather (94 degrees) plus road construction on their 15 point walking scavenger hunt. Community Counselor Vicki had created an interesting hunt. The au pairs had fun finding the places and learned some things about our wonderful city at the same time. Scavenger hunt winners left to right: Mareike and Janine from Germany and Bianca ...

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 Canoe Trip in North Carolina

Canoe Trip in North Carolina

From our Community Counselor, Jean Street “Our expanded group of aupairs from Raleigh, Cary, Fayetteville, Southern Pines, and as far north as Greensboro, NC all got together for one big meeting and one fun trip down the Neuse river. We left the fast paced world behind and took a leisurely 3-mile float through the tree-lined banks of this peaceful river enjoying the scenic beauty of the Raleigh Can...

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 EurAupair Atlanta Au Pairs Meeting

EurAupair Atlanta Au Pairs Meeting

Our au pairs in the Atlanta, GA area met for an afternoon of mini golf. From left to right are Larissa from Germany, Bruna from Brazil, Janina from Germany, and Rieke from Germany.

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