JOIN THE FSYF OVERSEAS CLUBS PILOT PROGRAM!!!
The FSYF and AWAL Washington encourage and support the establishment
of post-based AWAL and
Globe
Trotters clubs. Overseas clubs offer a link to American
culture for FS teens, help teens and pre-teens stay current with
life back home and provide a safe and important social
outlet in countries where few other opportunities may exist.
Sign up now!!!! Anyone at post (kids, parents, FS officers, CLOs)
interested in forming an AWAL and/or Globe Trotters Club may
contact the Executive Director at
fsyf@fsyf.org.
FSYF Guidelines for Overseas AWAL and Globe Trotters
Clubs
What do we do?
Activities of AWAL/Globe Trotters clubs must be age- appropriate
for teen-agers and pre-teens and include adequate adult supervision.
However, when, where, how and who is all up to the club members.
The FSYF will provide guidance on what has worked for local clubs
on request. The overseas club will create an annual calendar and
submit it to the FSYF Board for approval. Some activities of
overseas clubs have included dances and beach sports, while some
clubs focus on community service activities.
Who can join?
AWAL membership at a post overseas includes all U.S. youth, ages
13-18 (AWAL) and 9-12 (Globe Trotters), whose parents are employed
at the embassy or consulate abroad. When appropriate, other young
people ages in the expatriate or host community who can benefit
from programs supportive of internationally-mobile youth may join.
Whos in charge???
AWAL clubs at overseas posts establish their leadership arrangements.
Again, the FSYF will provide guidance on what has worked for the
local clubs. AWAL clubs at overseas posts must have a sponsor, such
as an employee recreation association that serves the U.S. mission,
a post Community Liaison Office, or a school. Under special circumstances,
a parent may serve as a sponsor. Regardless of club sponsorship,
membership remains open to all U.S. youth whose parents are employed
by the embassy or consulate. The CLO is not responsible for the
overseas club. Responsibility for the club rests with the teen members
and parent volunteers. The CLO may best serve as a liaison to distribute
information about activities and serve as a contact for the FSYF
Board.
How much does it cost?
The overseas club sets and collects its membership dues, and uses
its funds to benefit members at post. An adult sponsor should be
made responsible for an AWAL cash account, available to club sponsors
and member leaders for events and activities.
An overseas club must purchase one annual $30.00 FSYF membership,
to be paid by October 15th each year. The Washington-produced monthly
newsletter Wings of AWAL and quarterly, Globe Trotters
Here, There and Everywhere, may be reproduced at post for
all members of the local club. (If individual overseas club members
wish to join AWAL/Globe Trotters Washington, they may obtain memberships
through the three-year FSYF family membership application. Additional
benefits of joining include membership for the entire family, personal
monthly mailings of Wings of AWAL and/or Here, There and
Everywhere, inclusion on the email list, and discounted costs
for Washington-based AWAL activities
when members visit the Washington area.)
At the time an overseas club purchases its FSYF annual membership,
it will provide name(s) and contact information for the club sponsor
and for club leaders, and a current membership list with names of
members, their embassy employee parents, e-mails and mailing addresses.
Rules for Membership
Post AWAL clubs are requested to provide information on their organization
to the FSYF, P.O. Box 39185, Washington, D.C., 20016, including:
- Eligibility rules for membership at post overseas club, including
cost of dues.
- Membership list, including club officers, if any.
- Club sponsor, with adult sponsor name and contact information.
- Schedule of proposed activities for current year.
- Name of club newsletter, if any (please send courtesy copies
to the FSYF Executive Director.)
- Reentry member information (ETA of members returning to Washington,
with best local contact address.
Post AWAL clubs will submit quarterly reports on activites and
finances to the FSYF Board.
Support for Overseas Clubs
The FSYF and AWAL Washington will support AWAL clubs at overseas
posts by:
- Sharing information of interest to AWAL members, including
availability of publications and reports on activities that are
successful for this age group.
- Seeking opportunities to exchange information among members,
including shared newsletter information and teen teleconferences
(speaker-phone long-distance telephone conversations between members
of AWAL Washington and AWAL clubs at overseas posts).
- Considering requests from overseas AWAL clubs for "seed
money" or grants to launch an activity or project by the
overseas club.
- Providing a webpage on the FSYF website and posting a calendar
of events for the club.
The FSYF will make good faith effort to support the overseas clubs
in anyway possible.
The FSYF is not responsible for overseas clubs and the FSYF
disclaims all liability for overseas clubs. Overseas clubs will
indemnify and will hold the FSYF harmless for all matters relating
to the overseas clubs. The FSYF and AWAL Washington reserve the
right to withdraw support, including financial support, for an overseas
club: that fails to make a good faith effort to provide the FSYF
with an annual calendar of events, membership list and quarterly
financial and activity reports; whose activities violate the above
stated guidelines or who is ineligible for membership in the FSYFs
AWAL/Globe Trotters Overseas Club Network for any other reason.
