Host families are needed for a 16-year-old student from South Korea who will be attending Eden Prairie High School next school year.
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Ji Yeon Lee, as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange program and sponsored by the Eden Prairie (A.M.) Rotary Club, will arrive in Eden Prairie from Busan, South Korea, in August.

Needed are three families to serve as hosts for four months each.

Ji Yeon Lee is a talented, athletic and artistic teen. She is a triathlete, plays the piano, and has good knowledge of the English language.

She lives with her dad (a dentist), her mom (a homemaker) and 17-year-old brother in an apartment in Busan, which at 4 million people is Korea’s second-largest city.

If you are interested in learning more about being a host family, contact Rotarians Dan O’Brien at (612) 242-0593 or Jane McGinty at (612) 309-9512.

(Rotary Rooter focuses on the activities of the Eden Prairie A.M. Rotary Club, which meets at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Biaggi's restaurant at Eden Prairie Shopping Center. Guests are welcome. You can learn more about the club by visiting www.epamrotary.)