<div dir="ltr">Betty and I hosted an exchange student my first year in Rotary 2009. It was an interesting and rewarding experience for our family.<div><br></div><div>I am not sure what Donna is seeking here, a few paragraphs to put into a brochure or online? I don't do social media, so I would need some assistance if the latter.</div><div><br></div><div>As a physician I think it will be at least another year 2022-23 before international exchanges are considered safe. I don't even leave town except for medical necessities.</div><div><br></div><div>John Cottle</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 7:39 AM Jerry Karabensh via Rotary <<a href="mailto:rotary@lists.mcn.org">rotary@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Great experience and I support it. I am not sure about traveling overseas<br>
yet.<br>
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Jerry<br>
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> Good evening<br>
> I know some of you have hosted a student for Rotary youth exchange, or<br>
> you were a youth on exchange, or sponsored a youth with our club. Isn't<br>
> one<br>
> thing MOST non Rotary people know about Rotary - is that high school<br>
> students travel and go to school in a foreign country though Rotary?<br>
> That's<br>
> what I find. It's a cross-cultural enriching experience in the lives of<br>
> the<br>
> hosting family and community, and for the student. Lives change. It is one<br>
> of our original goodwill and peace ambassadors programs. For peace and<br>
> service around the earth.<br>
><br>
> -Happy Earth Day 2021<br>
><br>
> See you in the park at 2:00 4/22 for tree planting and village trash clean<br>
> up with MHS students, Rotarians and community.<br>
> Donna<br>
><br>
> PS Reply if you can share a story for our travel exchanges story page or<br>
> group. We'd love to hear your story. Doesn't our history need to be heard<br>
> to be remembered?<br>
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