{"id":505,"date":"2015-12-01T02:45:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T02:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/?p=505"},"modified":"2015-12-01T02:45:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T02:45:17","slug":"au-pair-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2015\/12\/01\/au-pair-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Host families!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is a great way to acknowledge your au pair: entering her into our Au Pair of the Year contest. The spirit of cultural exchange, community connectedness and exceptional childcare are just some of the qualities we look for in our Au Pair of the Year. \u00a0This is one of our favorite projects of the year, we get to read incredible stories and experiences that highlight our au pairs and their achievements on the program.\u00a0 The requirements are basic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An essay from the host family of 500-800 words<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The au pair must have been an au pair in 2015<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Entries should be submitted by email to <a href=\"mailto:aupairoftheyear@aifs.com\">aupairoftheyear@aifs.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deadline is December 31<sup>st<\/sup><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Winners Receive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First place, round trip tickets to visit their host family within 2 years of their departure<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 Runners up receive 1 roundtrip ticket<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>All nominees receive an nomination acknowledgement letter and certificate<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Check out the website we have put together with all the details of the competition.\u00a0 We want as many nominations as possible!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/aupair_of_the_year\/index.asp\">http:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/aupair_of_the_year\/index.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Host families! There is a great way to acknowledge your au pair: entering her into our Au Pair of the Year contest. The spirit of cultural exchange, community connectedness and exceptional childcare are just some of the qualities we look for in our Au Pair of the Year. \u00a0This is one of our favorite projects  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2015\/12\/01\/au-pair-of-the-year-award\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[26,228],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-host-family-tips","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pair-of-the-year-award"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Au Pair of the Year Award - Bettina Velona&#039;s Au Pair Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boh\/2015\/12\/01\/au-pair-of-the-year-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Au Pair of the Year Award - Bettina Velona&#039;s Au Pair Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Host families! 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