Nov 06, 2018
Norm King
Rotary District 5790 Youth Exchange Scholarship Program & Family to Family Exchange

Norm King will be providing us with our district's Youth Exchange Program. He is the charter member of Kennedate Rotary Club, and the current District 5970 Youth Exchange Officer. 

Thr Rotary Youth Exchange Program has been an integral part of Rotary International since 1974. The program is a means of advancing international understading and goodwill. Each year more than 8,000 students from 82 countries are involved in the Rotary Youth Exchange program, making it one of Rotary's largest, most popular and most sucessful programs. It is also one of the largest high school exchange programs in the world.

The Youth Exchange Scholarship Program offers the opportunity for year porgram students to receive a scholarship valued at over $15,000 to study in a different country. The scholarship covers tuition, room and board and a monthly stipend. The program is open to all young men and women ages 15 to 18 1/2. The students family is financially repsonsible for airfare, insurance, and fees associated with obtaining VISAS and travel documents. Student selection is based on submission of a written application followed by personal interviews at the club and district levels with the applicant and the applicant's parents. 

Rotary District 5790 has had an active youth exchange program since 1985. The program is administered through the local Rotary Clubs with assistance from the District Rotary Youth Exchange Committee.

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