The Rotary Youth Exchange Committee of D9980 are looking for your assistance in making the next exchange year better than this year. At PETs1last year, I indicated to the Presidents Elect that we had a need for Clubs to host inbound students from July 2018 and to identify students who could be outbound students in January 2019. Assistant Governors were asked to help their Clubs to work through this process. Now is the time to start this process. We are looking for seven clubs to host students. This is an amazing opportunity to be involved in the "international' part of Rotary and to support the longest running Rotary programme within this District. If your club has hosted in the past you will know how rewarding this programme can be for both the inbound student and the families and Rotary Club that host him or her. If you haven't hosted for a number of years, then this year is a good year to start. We are hoping that we will have all hosting clubs sorted before the end of March so that we can inform the inbound students early of their host clubs. This is necessary so that they can arrange their student visas and confirm their travel arrangements. Please make your commitment now. We are also looking for candidates to be our outbound students in 2019. We have advertised in schools in the past and will do so again this year, but we find that direct approaches work best. This is an amazing opportunity for a student to immerse themselves in another culture and learn a new language with the support of Rotary. There is no restriction [other than age - must be 15 to 18 yrs old] and Rotarian children and grandchildren can apply for exchange. Can you please contact your local high school and advise them that the exchange is open for applications which close on 30 April 2018. If you want to see what RYE means for inbound and outbound students, have a look at the D9980 February 2018 Newsletter. RYE is part of the youth focus of Rotary in D9980, which all Rotary Clubs support. As an organisation it is part of our DNA - please make it part of yours. Thanks for your support. Gary Williams Rotary Youth Exchange Chair |
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