tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52218040231879048022011-07-07T18:39:19.441-04:00Learn about the AFS experience and about the country of Thailand as seen through one exchange student's intercontinental adventure from start to finish.garrie keymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08922221777391804460noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221804023187904802.post-73843600594040243332010-02-03T10:38:00.002-05:002010-02-03T10:52:36.607-05:00

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,

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Cooper has now submitted the completed application, which consisted of many parts, and is waiting to hear back from AFS Thailand regarding his candidacy as an AFS participant.The deadline for applicants to Thailand this Spring term is January 11th. He was informed it will be 2 to 4 weeks till he hears back regarding his acceptance. Meanwhile, he rec'd a Thai-English dictionary and phrase book for

garrie keymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08922221777391804460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5221804023187904802.post-25666258611183184132009-12-05T12:47:00.000-05:002009-12-05T13:44:19.322-05:00

For those of you who may not know Cooper as well as others, let's take a few moments to explore some of the details of our adventurer's life. The fifth of six children (he has three brothers and two sisters), Cooper lives with his mom and dad, his younger sister, Kaeli, and his older brother, Sullivan, on a 27 acre farm in the wee western tip of Perry County, PA, on Tuscarora Mountain.Sequestered

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Cooper Bard, youngest son of the Bard clan (East Waterford branch) and future world traveller, seeks your assistance!Coop-dawg, as some of his high school chums have dubbed him, has set his sights on (or -- more accurately -- past!) his present horizons and needs financial backing to meet his goal.Coop would like to become an AFS exchange student to Thailand, aka the "Land of Smiles." He hopes to

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