Dates and Payment Schedule for the 4-H Outbound Travel Program to Japan

We must receive your application by December 1. Try to send it in before that, if you can. Please contact Jason Floyd at 907-262-5824 or if you will miss this deadline.

Application fee: $40. payable to Alaska 4-H Council.

Please mail application and fee to: Jason Floyd, 4-H Agent, Cooperative Extension Service, 43961 K-Beach Rd, Ste A, Soldotna, AK 99669

You can include your first payment with your application and fee, or you can send the application and fee only, and mail the first payment directly to Seattle by the December 15 deadline. Please pay by personal or cashier’s check. Program fees are determined by current airfares. Tickets are purchased early in the year to get the best prices, so payments are non-refundable.

There are two exchange programs to Japan.

The Nihongo Program, approx. June 11-August 7, includes a month homestay with a host family while attending language/culture school in Tokyo, followed by a month homestay with a second family in another part of Japan. Participants should be independent enough to travel alone by train from their Tokyo host home to language/culture school in another part of Tokyo. Your host family will show you where to catch the train and escort you the first day. Estimated cost: $4900-5300

The Four Week Homestay program, approx. July 9-August 7, is a month-long homestay with a Japanese family. The delegate will always be with the host family, who will accompany them to all activities and events.

Estimated cost: $3900-4300

Both programs include attending camp with your host brother or sister. Participants are accompanied to and from Japan by a chaperone who stays in Japan during the exchange. Japanese and American staff are also on-call, should a delegate need assistance while in Japan.

Payment Schedule:

$1000 due with application or mailed to Seattle to be received by December 15

$2000 due in Seattle by February 1

Medical Forms and Photocopy of Passport due in Seattle March 1

Remainder of program fee, minus scholarships and hosting grants is due in Seattle by May 1

Please send program payments to:

Outbound Program Manager

States’ 4-H International Exchange Programs

720 Third Avenue, Suite 2205

Seattle, WA 98104

Phone 206-462-2200