Home stays are a highlight of the Fellow stay in Winston. Life long friendship are formed and students experience family life in America.

The Founders began an eight day of Home Stay where they are experiencing family life in America. Often the home stay program is the highlight of their stay in America. 

For the fourth year in a row, a number of families in the Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, and the Triad area have volunteered to open up their homes to the International students, and more recently our American student participants that have been Summer Fellows, at Wake Forest University.   This year’s Host Families are from Advance, Belews Creek, Clemmons, Germanton, Greensboro, Kernersville, Lewisville, Lexington, Mocksville, Pfafftown, and Winston-Salem!  Some have to travel 45 minutes one-way to deliver their students to Wake Forest.  

Here are our 40 Ben Franklin Summer 2007 Host Families of the Triad!    

Skip & Judy Archer; Ron & Sandra Aycoth; Dale & Martha; GL & Darlene Brown; Collette; Ken & Virginia Davis; Dave & LouAnn DiMarco; Richard & Jane Eskew, Scott & Syndie Freese; Michael & Cathie Garner; Jack & Ruby Gentry; Terry & Junko Gilbert; Mac & Norma Goelst; David & Rachael Hairston; Rhon & Darlene Hammond; Becky Hartzog & Mary Little; David & Terri Hertz; Jim & Carol Hildebrandt; Dean & Mandy Hines; David & Grace Hodge; Jerry & Gail Howell; Chuck & Terry Kaiser; Robert & Maxine Kelly; Daniel & Cathy McLaughlin; Brian Meadows & Valerie Moody; Dana Meads; William Moss & Elisabeth Stephens; Robert & Jennifer Riedlinger; Coley & Cathy Rimmer; Gary Roberts; Russ & Ann Robinson; Jim & Sonja Ross; Steven & Anna Rubin; Marvin and Linda Scherl: Tom & Laura Spangler; Jack & Jo Steelman   Alternates:  Bobby & Janet Bolling, Jr.; Norm & Linda Christensen; Lucy Faile; John & Karla Hackworth