[Rotary] Mendocino Study Abroad Night - Next Steps!

[J Gary Hopper]

Good job Donna  Thank you for your passion to revive this program for our
club. You are an inspiration.
Again a BIG THANK YOU
Pres G

On Sat, Nov 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM Donna Schuler via Rotary <
rotary at lists.mcn.org> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> 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:
>
> *Jennifer Bosma- Youth Exchange Officer, Fort Bragg Rotary*
> *Tobin Hahn- Mendocino High School Principal*
> *Leilani Cen- Mendocino High School Senior, Thailand exchange Peace
> Ambassador 2025-2026*
>
> Questions from students, parents, and all attendees contributed to
> everyone's understanding and provided insights to what our next steps are.
>
> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> Use these links https://ye5130.org/ to see information we shared
> Jennifer's presentation
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hahvAc05-Z1dVlZfGY7GAZtNgEW5_LWh/view?usp=sharing
> Leilani's presentation https://canva.link/wvyt7p20f3xaw9v
>
> *Next steps INCLUDE:*
>
>    - Getting the word out (marketing the program)
>    - Getting student interest and youth exchange applicants
>    - Getting 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)
>    - Taking a role on Mendocino's youth exchange team - 1 inbound and 1
>    outbound counselor are needed, plus a short term exchange counselor is
>    recommended
>    - Fundraising
>
> Feel free to call/text or email me soon and 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.
>
> Let's stay in touch and keep momentum on reviving our sleeping program!
> Donna
> *Donna Schuler, MPH (she, her)*
>
> Phone (707)813-1656 <(707)%20813-1656>
> Youth Services Chair
> Mendocino Rotary Club
> PO Box 102 Mendocino, CA 95460
> https://www.mendocinorotary.org/  <https://www.mendocinorotary.org/>
> https://www.facebook.com/Mendocinorotary
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>
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        GO A's
Gary "Hoop" Hopper
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