On Monday 21 January, Bob Lay AM and Clare Ganderton joined with Denise, Carly and Braden Wilkinson at Tullamarine airport to farewell Tara, as she left on her 12-month youth exchange to the USA.
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Tara was the last of the District 9820 Rotary Exchange students for 2019, to leave Australia and as such, no chaperone had been organised for her.
Luckily the Virgin Australia check-in operator, Tony, had himself been an exchange student, so he made appropriate arrangements for Tara's chaperoning all the way to her destination in Minnesota, USA. This was a great weight of her mind.
Tara’s first host family met her on her arrival and apparently the whole school community at Grand Rapids High School were eagerly waiting to meet her. She has started school within 24 hours of arriving in the USA.
Her mother, Denise, thanks Bob and Clare for all their assistance and the Rotary Club of Berwick for sponsoring Tara on the international student exchange.
