Rotary Central Developing Youth Leaders

 
 
Rotary Central Developing Youth Leaders
 
The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central (Rotary Central) was proud to sponsor five students at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) in St. Augustine, Florida from June 27 to 30, 2013.  The aim of RYLA is to launch already talented young people back into their communities, inspired and provided with fresh ideas, understandings, and skills. RYLA also seeks to send students back to their communities better equipped to become leaders of tomorrow and prepared to apply what they have learned at the conference.
 
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Rotary Central would like to thank Cayman Airways for their sponsorship of flights to the conference!
 
 
 
 
The students participating at this year’s event were:  Antony McFarlane, Aolani Watson,  Mikayla Wilson, Katelyn Bush and Lauren Williams.  In addition, Rotary Central sponsored Romario Nathan to attend as one of the Junior Counselors at the event, an opportunity to learn skills in planning and co-ordination.
 
“The organizers of the RYLA in St. Augustine have been welcoming Cayman Islands students to their event for the past three years”, said Rotarian Martin Ruben, who leads the RYLA program for the club.  “Each year the event gets better and better and offers students an amazing opportunity to learn personal, business and community leadership concepts in a very unique setting.” 
 
There were approximately 100 students participating at this year’s event and the rest of the students were from areas around St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida.  For the first time since attending the event, one of four major awards was given to Antony McFarlane for demonstrating respect, a key element of leadership.