Plymouth Noon Rotary Club members are seeking hosts for a Swedish foreign exchange student for the 2025/2026 school year.
The student, Malte, 17, will arrive in the country at the end of August and will attend classes at Plymouth-Canton Educational Park for the 2025-26 school year. Malte will return to Sweden in mid-July 2026. He is fluent in English and is described by organizers as “a kind- hearted and caring person you can image, with a good sense of humor”. He enjoys playing golf and floor-ball, which is similar to floor hockey. Malte is also a movie fan and spends time making 3-D models.
An individual, couple or family can host a student. To qualify, potential hosts must complete an application, successfully pass a criminal background check, obtain two references and complete an on-line and in-person training. A visit to the home is also needed before hosts can be approved. Hosts need to live within the Plymouth or Canton communities.
Malte will live with three hosts for 3.5 months each. Proper living quarters are necessary, including a bedroom (can be shared with another child of the same sex), a dresser and a reasonable place to study. Hosts must provide meals for the student.
A monthly stipend is provided to the student to cover his expenses and a Youth Exchange Officer (YEO) provides training, guidance and support to hosts and oversight of the student. A Rotary Counselor is involved in the student’s life to offer direction and assistance. Rotarians offer assistance to hosts with such things as transportation and taking the student on activities.
More information about the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, is available from Denise King, Plymouth Rotary YEO at (313) 310-1803 and at: dkingply@gmail.com.
