Rotary Youth Exchange

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Rotary Youth Exchange
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What is Rotary International?

• First Service Club In the World
• Worldwide organization of business and
  professional leaders
• Provides humanitarian service, encourages high
  ethical standards in all vocations, and helps
  build goodwill and peace in the world. You can
  see some or our values around us, here
• Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to
  more than 31,000 clubs in 167 countries

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Rotarys Accomplishments

• PolioPlus program
• The Rotary Foundation
• United Nations
• Easter Seals

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Brampton Rotary Clubs

• Brampton
• Brampton South
• Bramalea
• Brampton Heart Lake
• Brampton Flower City

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Programs for High School Youth

• Grants and Awards
• Interact Clubs
• Rotary Youth Exchange

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Rotary Youth Exchange

• The most powerful force in the promotion of
  international understanding and peace is exposure
  to different cultures. The world becomes a
  smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all
  people regardless of nationality desire the
  same basic things a safe, comfortable
  environment that allows for a rich and satisfying
  life for our children and ourselves. Youth
  Exchange provides thousands of young people with
  the opportunity to meet people from other lands
  and to experience their cultures. This plants the
  seeds for a lifetime of international
  understanding.

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Rotary Youth Exchange

• One year exchange
• For High School Students
• Cost averages around 2/3,000 per year

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Ideal Candidate

• Ambassador For Their School, Country and for
  Rotary
• Able to miss one year of school
• Full support of parents

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Japan

• Brazil

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France

• Thailand

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Finland

• Australia

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Chile

• Austria

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Denmark

• Germany

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New Zealand

• Ecuador

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Mexico

• Switzerland

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Finland

• South Africa

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Next Steps

• Information Package
• Evening meeting for Candidates and parents - Oct
  17th, 7pm at Rotary Glen
• Interviews of Candidates Oct 26th at Rotary Glen

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Questions
Email John Lomax jlomax0568_at_rogers.com or call
905 450 5692
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Santa Claus Parade

• November 19th, 2005

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Rotary Youth Exchange

• The most powerful force in the promotion of
  international understanding and peace is exposure
  to different cultures. The world becomes a
  smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all
  people regardless of nationality desire the
  same basic things a safe, comfortable
  environment that allows for a rich and satisfying
  life for our children and ourselves. Youth
  Exchange provides thousands of young people with
  the opportunity to meet people from other lands
  and to experience their cultures. This plants the
  seeds for a lifetime of international
  understanding.