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Edu-Culture Immersion is looking for people to host teens from Spain and France for three or four weeks who will be arriving soon. The teens will be busy each weekday, including touring the Bay Area as well as Southern California. The students are 13-18, speak English well, and bring their own spending money. Families provide a shared or private room, meals, and transportation to weekday activities. Carpooling is available. To learn about hosting a teen, call Phyllis O’Neill, executive director of Edu-Culture Immersion, at 596-1925, or visit [http://educulture.com educulture.com].

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