District 7210's nine Inbound Rotary Exchange Students visited West Point as guests of the West Point-Highland Falls Rotary Club October 9-11. (Our kids are the ones minus caps.) From the left... front row: Sidonie Kerbellec, France to Red Hook and Pia Kampkoetter, Germany to Minisink Valley. Second row: Lucas Battel, Brazil to Carmel; Amit Abraham, India to Greenville; Tan Oguz, Turkey to Millbrook; Rafael Moreta, Spain to Kingston; Kobe Liu, Taiwan to Phoenicia; Mack Khammoo, Thailand to Goshen. Back row: Marco Giorgi, Italy to Catskill.

          As a Rotary Youth Exchange Student, you will spend an academic year (10 months) with Host Families in a foreign country. You will probably learn a new language, you will definitely learn a new way of living, and you will certainly grow as an individual.

          While you are learning a new culture, you will be an Ambassador of your country...sharing your culture, your traditions, and your ideas. You will be helping to make the world a smaller place, by sharing and making friends that will last a lifetime.

          Rotary Youth Exchange is open to all high school students between the ages of 15-18, and is administered by Rotary Clubs, districts and multi-district groups. The Rotary Program today involves more than 85 countries and over 8,000 students each year.

           As the word EXCHANGE applies while you are abroad, District 7210 will be hosting a student much like you, from the country you are now visiting. As Ambassadors of their country they too will be learning a new language, experiencing our life style, customs, and traditions, maybe right in your own home. You will be asked to assist your Sponsoring Rotary Club in finding suitable host families.    

           Ideal Youth Exchange candidates should be flexible, and have a willingness to try new things—that will enable them to become excellent cultural Ambassadors. You do not have to be involved with Rotary in order to apply, although children of Rotarians are welcome to participate.