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Youth Exchange Student

Rotary Youth Exchange students spend up to a year living with a few host families and attending school in a different country.

Whether they participate in Rotary’s long-term or short-term Youth Exchange programs, Youth Exchange Students learn a new way of living, a great deal about themselves, and maybe even a new language. They become ambassadors, teaching people they meet about their country, culture, and ideas. Youth Exchange Students can help bring the world closer – and make some good friends in the process.

More than 8,000 young people each year have experiences like these through Rotary Youth Exchange. Students need not have family members in Rotary; any student is eligible to be a Rotary Youth Exchange Student!

Sunrise Rotary has had wonderful Youth Exchange Students from all over the world! We are so glad to have gotten to know these wonderful young adults and to share their world for a short time.

Former Youth Exchange Students

2008-2009

David came to us from Ulm, Germany. He attended Normal Community High School.
David greatly enjoyed playing and watching sports of all kinds while he was here.  David was very outgoing and was very popular among his peers.

David stayed with the Flessner family and the Parker family.

Though he's only been gone a short time, we miss him already!

 

2007-2008

Seung Min Kim (aka “Jeff”) came to us from Busan, South Korea.

Jeff stayed with the Bain family and attended Bloomington High School.

We miss him greatly—he is an outstanding young man!

We are always looking for students to send abroad, and for host families here in the Bloomington/Normal community.

For more information click here to email our Youth Exchange Program Coordinator.

Other Rotary Youth Opportunities

RYLA
 

Rotary Youth Leadership Program

The Bloomington-Normal Sunrise Rotary Club Board has agreed to fund three positions for an upcoming student leadership program; RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership)
 

a son or daughter of our members
an Interact student
a Youth Exchange Student


The application is available online  at: http://www.rotary6490.org/ - click on the RYLA link on the left.

In order to be accepted to RYLA, the student will need to provide the following:

$165 per student –(covered by club)
Application signed by the student, parent, principal and Rotary sponsor
U of I Release form signed
Medical Release form signed

The dates for RYLA 2009 are as follows:

Juniors & Seniors: May 1-3 (cannot attend as a senior if you did not attend as a soph and/or junior)
Sophomores:  May 8-10

This is a wonderful program and involves a teams’ course and many opportunities for hands on activity and interaction! 

Please contact Michael McFarland if your student is interested! (click to email)