Clint Ishmael - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
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08 Apr. 2025 |
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 Mansfield
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In 1971, Rotary International adopted the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program to promote leadership development for future leaders of our community. Since that time, local Rotary Clubs of District 5790 have sponsored one to five young men and women from various schools for camp RYLA so they may participate and learn valuable leadership skills. The sixty-nine Rotary Clubs of District 5790 will typically sponsor 140+ young leaders to attend this annual camp. Your local Rotary Club is inviting you to encourage young leaders you may know to apply for an opportunity to attend this year’s RYLA camp held June 27th-30th, 2024. The student must be a junior or senior in the fall of 2024 to be eligible. The leadership camp will be conducted at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. If the student is selected, the $450 cost for the camp will be paid by the local Rotary Club and the student will be responsible for incidental items only (toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc.). It is very important to stress that students selected for sponsorship should not have a time conflict with the camp in June. Plans are already being made and cancellations will result in the loss of the club’s tuition and the opportunity for another student to attend camp RYLA. We have included a link to the online application which should only take a few minutes of the student’s time to complete. After completing the RFA, the full application will be emailed to you. You and your parents/guardians must complete the full application and sign the online forms
- Leadership experience or potential, demonstrated through participation in youth group or service activities
- Cooperative nature and willingness to participate in a group
- Awareness of current events
- Strong communication skills
- Good performance in school and work
- Enthusiasm for sharing newly found skills
- Drop off is Thursday, June 19, 2024 from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
- Drop of location is Texas Woman's University, 422 E. University Dr., Denton, TX 76209
- Pick up is Sunday, June 22, 2024 from 11:30 PM to 1:00 PM
- Pick up location is Texas Woman's University, 422 E. University Dr., Denton, TX 76209
- Develop leadership skills through experiential and fun activities
- Increase self-confidence and enhance teamwork skills through participation in challenge course exercises
- Learn proper social and business etiquette while participating in a formal dinner event
- Observe how city government operates while participating in a mock City Council meeting
- Expand their civic and patriotic skills in ethics and responsibility classes
- Learn about the purpose and objectives of Rotary International while attending a Rotary club meeting
- Learn about the Rotary Four Way Test
- Participate in a community service project
- Participate in a global political exercise called Promises, Promises
- Demonstrate Rotary’s respect and concern for young people.
- Provide leadership concepts for selected youth leaders
- Encourage leadership of youth by youth
- Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities.
- An introduction to a variety of issues, people and perspectives
- An opportunity to make new friends.
- RYLA is FUN!!