P.E.A.C.E. is an interdenominational, Christian-oriented program promoting an ecumenical mission of international goodwill and understanding through foreign student exchanges. We seek a spiritual unity and bonding of families, schools, and communities across all national borders. 

P.E.A.C.E. is committed to the development of Godly leaders. We invite educators, parents, and religious leaders to join us to serve our student's academic, emotional, and spiritual needs by creating a loving and moral environment in which to learn each others histories, cultures, and languages, so that we may live and work together in harmony. 

P.E.A.C.E. also gives financial support to various Catholic and Protestant churches, radio and television ministries, international missions, and scholarships to worthy students.  While P.E.A.C.E. primarily seeks students and families with a Biblical world and life view, all who share our goals are welcome to apply and will be fully considered.

Program and Philosophy 
 

The Pro-American Educational and Cultural Exchange began in the Autumn of 1988, conceived in the hearts of two families brought together by their "mutual" daughter, Karen. She was the first exchange student hosted by the Pages, in 1986. Their dream was to start a foreign student program led with the empathy and wisdom attained only through first-hand participation in the exchange experience as parents. 

P.E.A.C.E., Inc. was chartered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1988 as a nonprofit, international organization for the purpose of educational and cultural exchange and is a private foundation, as allowed for under section 501 (c) (3) and 509 (a) (2) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. P.E.A.C.E. is designated by the United States Information Agency 

 

Pictured here are students visiting our nation's capitol. Every Spring, students are rounded up by bus and taken to see historic and cultural landmarks to learn about our American roots in places such as Plymouth and New Bedford MA, Providence and Newport RI, Jamestown and Williamsburg VA, Baltimore MD, Wilmington DE, Philadelphia PA and Washington DC.
 
 

Governments around the world have supported the concept of international youth exchange since its inception shortly after WWII. Designed to begin healing the wounds of the war by the interchange of Japanese, German, and American teenagers, the concept was such a success that it spread  worldwide. Since cultural exchanges are an official part of U.S. foreign policy, sponsoring agencies are directly regulated by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (BECA), Department of State, to insure the integrity of the programs with strict minimum standards of operating procedures and reporting.  The J Exchange Program will assist in obtaining admittance into the United States. 

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         Legal name: ProAmerican Educational And Cultural Exchange, Inc 
         Trade Name: P.E.A.C.E
         Type of Corporation:  Not-for-Profit Charitable, Educational Organization 
         Place of Incorporation: 
         Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...................................................................Incorporated Oct. 1988 
         IRS 501(c)(3) Federal Non-Profit Status:...................................................Official Determination June 1989 
         USIA (United States Information Agency - Dept. of State).................... .....Official Designation April 1990 
         Schuylkill County Chamber of Commerce.......................................... ........Membership Since January 1989 
         Christian Educators Association International..............................................Membership Since October 1991 
         Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry............................................Membership Since November 1992 
         Attorney: Richard Thornburg, 1 Norwegian Plaza, Pottsville PA 
         CPA: Jones & Company, 110 N.2nd St., Pottsville PA 
         Founder/CEO: 
         Richard S. Page, listed in WHO's WHO Among Outstanding Americans.........................Awarded: Jun 1994
 

PURPOSE:  To exchange high school teenagers, who may be potential leaders in their countries as adults, between the United States and her neighbors in the Western Hemisphere, for either one school year, one semester, or one quarter. 

GOAL: To gain cultural understanding and bilingual fluency through a family living experience, while attending high school fulltime.  It is also hoped that this experiences would begin an endless flow of two-way exchanges of many different family members, bonding the two families together as one - even for generations to come.

Uniting The Americas Through Our Children