Letter from Organization

Educational Resource Development Trust

January 2003

Dear All IYEO Members

I would like to invite Japanese students to apply through IYEO for the ERDT/SHARE! high school exchange program in the United States.

ERDT/SHARE!, a non-profit organization, was incorporated in the Sate of California in 1974 and has been offering U.S. Department of State-designated high school exchange programs since 1980. ERDT/SHARE! has also been granted Full Listing in the Advisory List of the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET). We have sponsored more than 10,000 students to study in a U.S. high school while living with an American host family.

We have had a successful and productive relationship with IYEO for a number of years, and we hope that the relationship will continue for many more years. We anticipate receiving a large number of qualified students for the upcoming academic year from IYEO.

We look forward to working together to create opportunities for greater tolerance and understanding among peoples of the world.

Sincerely,

Roger A. Riske, Ph.D.
President