<div dir="ltr">Good job Donna  Thank you for your passion to revive this program for our club. You are an inspiration.<div>Again a BIG THANK YOU</div><div>Pres G</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM Donna Schuler 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:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Friends,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I think all will agree that Thursday evening was an information rich program with our hands-on experts! A big shout out and thanks to our panel speakers:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Jennifer Bosma- Youth Exchange Officer, Fort Bragg Rotary</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Tobin Hahn- Mendocino High School Principal</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Leilani Cen- Mendocino High School Senior, Thailand exchange Peace Ambassador 2025-2026</b></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Questions from students, parents, and all attendees contributed to everyone's understanding and provided insights to what our next steps are. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We are excited to have taken the first steps at rebuilding our Mendocino exchange program. Our Rotary District 5130 Youth Exchange program is cheering all of us on to make this happen! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We want to hear more from you. Whether you are considering going abroad for short term (summer exchange), the long term exchange, hosting a student (you do not need to have a student in Mendocino School District), being an inbound or outbound counselor (being a Rotary club member is not required), we want to talk more.</div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Use th<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">ese</span> link<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">s</span> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><a href="https://ye5130.org/" target="_blank">https://ye5130.org/</a> to see information<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> we shared</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jennifer's presentation </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hahvAc05-Z1dVlZfGY7GAZtNgEW5_LWh/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hahvAc05-Z1dVlZfGY7GAZtNgEW5_LWh/view?usp=sharing</a></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Leilani's presentation <a href="https://canva.link/wvyt7p20f3xaw9v" target="_blank">https://canva.link/wvyt7p20f3xaw9v</a></div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>Next steps INCLUDE:</b></span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="gmail_default" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default">G</span>etting the word out (marketing the program)</font></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">Getting student interest an<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">d </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">youth exchange applicants</span></span></li><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"></span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">Getting</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">host families- three per inbound student per school year. Student gets to experience three households and it is less of a commitment for host families (approx 3.5 months)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">Taking<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> a</span> role <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">on Mendocino's</span> youth exchange team - 1 inbound and 1 outbound counselor are needed<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">, plus a short term exchange counselor is recommended</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">Fundraisin<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">g</span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Feel free to</span> call/text or email me soon<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> and</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> to share this email to help get the word out, but please do not post my phone number and email address on the mcn listserv, lol! If you want to share info and monitor the listserv, go ahead and do that.</span></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Let's stay in touch and keep momentum on reviving our sleeping program!</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Donna</div></div><div dir="ltr"><i><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Donna Schuler, MPH (she, her)</font></b></i></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Phone <a href="tel:(707)%20813-1656" value="+17078131656" target="_blank">(707)813-1656</a></div></div><div>Youth Services Chair <br></div><div>Mendocino Rotary Club<br></div><div>PO Box 102 Mendocino, CA 95460</div><div><a href="https://www.mendocinorotary.org/" target="_blank">https://www.mendocinorotary.org/ </a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Mendocinorotary" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Mendocinorotary </a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">        GO A's<br>Gary "Hoop" Hopper</div>