Published In
Ann Arbor News, August 8, 1959
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Exchange Students Here: These students from eight nations are part of 156 who arrived yesterday at the First Baptist Church. They will live with host families throughout Michigan, Ohio and Indiana for a year. Some will remain in the Ann Arbor area. The program is sponsored by the Michigan Council of Churches and administered locally by the Ann Arbor-Washtenaw Council of Churches.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, October 18, 1957
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Teen-Agers From Abroad: A group of 59 foreign teen-agers arrived by bus yesterday at the First Baptist Church, where they were met by members of the families with whom they will live for a year. The exchange program brings the students to America to gain first-hand experience with American school, family and community life. Sponsored by the Michigan Council of Churches, it is administered by the Ann Arbor-Washtenaw Council of Churches. Three of the teenagers will live with Ann Arbor families, one with a Chelsea family and the others will go to other Michigan cities.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, September 26, 1959
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Helmut Mattis (center) mayor of the Wedding district of West Berlin, Germany, is in Ann Arbor visiting his daughter, Helga (left), a participant in the Youth For Understanding Teen-Age Exchange Program. She is a student at University High School. Helga and her father chat with Carol Parr, an Ann Arbor High School student who visited them in West Berlin when she was an exchange student.