Bloomington Worldwide Friendship, Inc.

Graduation

Host families are happy to welcome not only IU graduate students, but their children as well, who may one day join the IU graduating class of 2020!
Fall Picnic at Lake Lemon

Every year, BWF hosts a fall picnic at Lake Lemon for international friends and host families. A boat ride on the lake is one of the highlights of the afternoon.
Making New Friends

Host families have the unique opportunity meet international visitors from many different cultures and countries.
Three cheers for IU basketball

IU is well known for its athletics programs, so it’s no surprise that BWF hosts an annual event to attend a BWF women’s basketball game.
Reliving History

Host families have the unique opportunity to show our international visitors many aspects of American culture, including our frontier history at Connor Prairie, just an hour from Bloomington, Indiana.

Welcome to Bloomington Worldwide Friendship

Helping to Create a World of Friends

Bloomington Worldwide Friendship welcomes you to Bloomington, Indiana and Indiana University. Join us as we greet good friends, both old and new, from countries all across the globe.

For our visitors

Join us for fun and friendship

If you are an international visitor who would like to participate in the Friends Matching Program, please fill out the form on this page. We have matched many international students and scholars to BWF host families the past school year. New applications are still being accepted -- Sign up today!

For our host families

We make making friends easy

If you are a community member who would like to host an international visitor in the Friends Matching Program, please fill out the form on this page. To learn more about the Friends Matching Program, please read this page.

Graduation

Fall Picnic at Lake Lemon

Making New Friends

Three cheers for IU basketball

Reliving History

Welcome to Bloomington Worldwide Friendship

For our visitors

For our host families