Cooper Has Been Accepted to Thailand!

Cooper was recently notified that he has been accepted to AFS-Thailand. His departure date is not yet known, but will likely be near the end of March. Meanwhild, there is much to do to prepare.

Luckily, he already has a valid passport. This week, he will visit the Travel Clinic at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, PA, in order to receive his necessary and/or recommended innoculationa, anti-malarial drugs, etc.

Funds are still sorely needed, so if you are a reader/supporter who wants to assist Cooper financially, donations will be accepted all year. Full payment is now due, so our family will be taking funds from sources earmarked for other expenses (his brother's skimpy college funds & funds for family medical needs) to cover the cost.

Hopefully, your financial support will still come in and we can then use it to re-imburse those other much-needed sources!

Please note, the CHIP-IN widget previously seen to the right of the blog may be gone, due to our having had to pay in full at this time, but you can still send Cooper donations in support of his trip to our home address and we will acknowledge them here.

Please send you financial well wishes to:

Cooper Bard
Tuscacheague Mountain Farm
3285 Horse Valley Road
East Waterford, PA 17021

Cooper hopes to start a Facebook page so he can keep in touch with friends and family from overseas if he has access to a computer and the Internet, there. We'll be sure to let you know when he is up and running with that.

Meanwhile, thank you for your friendship and support. Cooper celebrated his 17th birthday recently, on January 21st, but will likely celebrate his eighteenth birthday in Thailand.