[Rotary] Travel abroad AND goodwill ambassadors

[Donna Schuler]

I know you and Betty have hosted, John, and I recall some pretty good
stories, too! What I am asking is for us to not lose our stories and
history, and the relationships formed by hosting youth, as we wait for
youth exchanges to restart. My original email message had the link of
Rotary International Youth Exchange and how they are holding virtual
exchanges as a placeholder until resuming exchanges is deemed safe by
global health experts and Rotary International.
https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/youth-exchanges/details

Anyone have a personal story to share? I'd like to put these stories on a
special youth exchange page on our website. Please send your story to me
via email. Our club has become very small, and we have not hosted for a
while, but we did support a MHS student, Gabriel Geiger, on exchange via
Fort Bragg Rotary a few years ago. He had an amazing year abroad.
Thanks
Donna



On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 11:03 AM John Cottle <jcottledo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Betty and I hosted an exchange student my first year in Rotary 2009.  It
> was an interesting and rewarding experience for our family.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> John Cottle
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 7:39 AM Jerry Karabensh via Rotary <
> rotary at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>
>> Great experience and I support it.  I am not sure about traveling overseas
>> yet.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> > Good evening
>> > I know some of you have hosted a student for Rotary youth exchange, or
>> > you were a youth on exchange, or sponsored a youth with our club. Isn't
>> > one
>> > thing MOST non Rotary people know about Rotary - is that high school
>> > students travel and go to school in a foreign country though Rotary?
>> > That's
>> > what I find. It's a cross-cultural enriching experience in the lives of
>> > the
>> > hosting family and community, and for the student. Lives change. It is
>> one
>> > of our original goodwill and peace ambassadors programs. For peace and
>> > service around the earth.
>> >
>> > -Happy Earth Day 2021
>> >
>> > See you in the park at 2:00 4/22 for tree planting and village trash
>> clean
>> > up with MHS students, Rotarians and community.
>> > Donna
>> >
>> > PS Reply if you can share a story for our travel exchanges story page or
>> > group. We'd love to hear your story. Doesn't our history need to be
>> heard
>> > to be remembered?
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