5 for 5 is a host family recruitment campaign, running July 15-19, with the goal of finding host families across the US for students arriving this fall. Throughout the week, AFS-USA volunteers and staff will receive emails with simple challenges to complete. By completing each challenge, you’ll be helping to secure host families and promoting AFS! Use the hashtag #WhyHostingMatters throughout the campaign so we can track your efforts and re-share your posts. Thank you in advance for participating and truly making a difference!
Daily Volunteer Challenges:
Day 1 – Monday, July 15: Local outreach - for AFS to gain more traction in your area, reach out to your local media for Press Day using this toolkit so they can share information about hosting. These materials are centered around Nelson Mandela Day on July 18th!
Day 2 – Tuesday, July 16: Post this new tear-off flyer to 5 bulletin boards in your community, or consider ordering more of our current flyers from our marketing materials storefront (Passcode = afsvolunteer)!
Day 3 – Wednesday, July 17: World Emoji Day Challenge - to celebrate World Emoji Day, share these exciting student bios on your social media platforms!
Day 4 – Thursday , July 18: Personal outreach - use this template to contact 5 friends or family members in a different city/state and inform them about hosting with AFS!
Day 5 – Friday, July 19: Share an episode of our podcast - The AFS Exchange is a great way to introduce our mission to someone. Consider sharing one or more of these episodes.
Please reach out to marketing@afsusa.org with any questions regarding this campaign.