COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS... IN THE NORTH COUNTRY... OR NEW HAMPSHIRE. TYPICALLY, EVERY YEAR... HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE....FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD... PARTICIPATE IN THE áVERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS' EXCHANGE PROGRAM.á AND RIGHT W,NO DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY'RE ASKING FOR EVEN ááMORE PEOPLE TO BECOME HOS. TS NBC5'S LAUREN GRANADA JOINS USIV LE FROM THE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS MORNI. NG WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD USUALLY ARRIVE FOR THIS PROGRAM. LAUREN? SARAHBETH AND ZURI, THAT'S THE CASE IN A TYPICAL YE. AR PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO VERMONT AND ARE GREETED BY THEIR HOST AT THE AIRPORT. WELL THIS TIME, IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE HOURS FOR PEOPLE TO FLY TO VERMONT, BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING THE EXCHANGE ONLI. NE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE GREEN MOUNINTA STATE HAS WELCOMED OVER 600 PEOPLE FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE. 00;06;00;17-- 00;06;02;13 <CLAUDIA TETAURELT, HOST, VT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAS IR :01 "WE ARE MORE ALIKE THAN YOU WOULD IMAGINE."> CLAUDIA TETREAULT HAS HOSTED DELEGATES FOR T HE LAST TWENTY YEARS OUT OF HER BROOKFIELD HOME THROUGH THE VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS. 00;02;37;09-- 00;02;439 ;0 <CLAUDIA TETREAULT, HOST, VT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAS IR :06 "FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, FROM ASIA, FROM EUROPE, FROM AFRICA AND IT REALLY OPENS YOUR EYES."> AND SHE'S PREPARING TO HOST A GROUP FROM JALISCO, MEXICO THIS WEEK - RIG HT FROM HER COMPUTER SCREEN. 00;03;59;01 <CLAUDIA TETREAULT, HOST, VT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS :08 "I'M GOING TO BE SHARING WHAT WE CALL HERE MAPLE SYRUP DIPLOMACIES, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL TOPOGRAPHY OF OUR STATE."> EVEN THOUGH SHE CAN'T SIT FACE TO FACE AND SHARE FD OO WITH THEM IN PERSON, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE OPPORTUNITY. 00;02;09;20-- 00;02;20;01 <CLAUDIA TETREAULT, HOST, VT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAS IR :10 "IF YOU THINK ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND TERRORISM D ANMIGRATION AND OF COURSE THE PANDEM, IC THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE GONNA REQUIRE NOT ONLY A GLOBAL SOLUTION BUT COOPERATION."> IT'S A WAY FOR OUTSIDERS TO LEARN ABOUT VERMONT CULTURE - BUT GOING VIRTUAL ALSO ALLOWS VERMONTERS TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE. 00;01;24;13-- 00;01;29;17 <PATRICIA PRESTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS :05 "WHAE VE THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF GOING INTO THE HOMES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD."> THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL SAYS IS T' COMING AT A TIME WHEN WE ALL NEED IT. 00;02;06;04-- 00;02;20;00 <PATRICIA PRESTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS :14 "WITHOUT THESE CULTURAL IERNTACTIONS OUR COMMUNITY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE MISSING OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE PROGRAM IS VIRTUAL F OR THE REST OF THE YEAR - THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE VERMONTERS TO HOST VIRTUALLY. BUT THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY'RE MORE HOPEFUL IN- PERSON VISITS CAN STT AR AGAIN. WHICH WILL ALSO HELP BRING IN MORE REVENUE FOR THE STATE. THESE PROGRAMS TYPICALLY GENERATE ARO