Ex #1 - Letter to Club President | Ex #2 - Promotional Info for Schools | Ex #3 - Acceptance Letter from Clubs to Conferees
Ex #4 - 2011 RYLA Application | Ex #5 - Acceptance Letter to Conferees from Conf Registrar | Ex #5.4 - Dinner Reservations
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Rotary Youth Leaders Conference (Click for RYLA website)
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Sunday, June 12 thru Thursday, June 16, 2011
WHAT IS IT?
A conference held each year for young women and men who are entering their senior year in high school and who have demonstrated leadership potential in their academic and extracurricular regimens.
WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE?
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To inspect the qualities of leadership and its importance to our society.
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To gain a better understanding of the changing roles of today's youth in tomorrow's world
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To explore professional and vocational career opportunities.
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To provide a climate for personal growth through association with previously unknown but like-minded and success-oriented contemporaries.
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To provide an atmosphere where the people, the concepts and the activities come together to nurture and stimulate heightened consciousness of self, society, and the future.
HOW IS THIS ACCOMPLISHED?
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Group discussion of leadership characteristics.
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Exposure to successful business and professional men and women and their views.
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Round table contact sessions with successful career people concerning vocational opportunities.
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Exercise of leadership and cooperative training through recreation and athletic activities.
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Lecture/discussions on contemporary problems.
ACTIVITIES AT CONFERENCE
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Daily Seminars and Programs -- Fun and motivational seminars and well qualified speakers
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Career Exploration -- Presentations by leaders in selected professions and vocational fields (2010 presenters will represent Accounting, Architecture, Aviation, Broadcasting, Corporate Information Technology, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Financial Advisor, Foreign Service, Forensic Science, Hospitality, International Business, Law, Law Enforcement, Medicine, Meterology, Newspaper Publishing, Non-Profit, Pharmacist, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Speech Therapy, Sports Medicine)
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Special Activities -- Athletics, Band, Chorus, Talent Show, Swimming
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Special Thursday Evening Programs -- Parent and Rotarians Dinner; singing by Conference Chorus, and music by the Conference Band, awards presentation to eight outstanding conferees and two outstanding finalists.
QUALIFICATIONS
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Current Junior Class young men and women with leadership qualities in one or more of the following areas: scholastic attainment; citizenship; school organizations (Student Council, Honor Society, etc.); extracurricular activities like athletics, debating drama, music, etc.
This event is sponsored by Rotary Clubs of Rotary International District 7390. Approximately 120 Juniors selected by 48 Rotary Clubs throughout South Central Pennsylvania attend this conference. Expenses are paid by the students' local Rotary Club including tuition, meals, speakers, equipment and conference personnel.