Club Learns About Rotary Youth Exchange

Savannah's Sailors mother, Mari, attended our meeting.  She  shared about Savannah's experience so far.  It was a very fun time and left quite an impression with our club on the power of networking that Rotary offers.  Savannah Sailors, our outbound student in Townsville, Australia. 

Also, Zoe Barbe (our exchange student from France) and Rachael Monaghan (Our exchange student from Australia) were at the meeting.  We used technology to SKYPE with Guillaume Mockel, another exchange student from Belgium that is hosted by Ulysses Rotary Club.  

Since 1929, Rotary International has sent young people around the globe to experience new cultures. Currently, about 9,000 students are sponsored by Rotary clubs every year. Typically, students are sent to another country for a year-long stay, generally living with multiple host families during the year and being expected to perform daily tasks within the household as well as attend school in the host country. Short term exchange programs are also quite common. These typically involve direct student exchanges between two families arranged through Rotary to coincide with major school holiday periods.