New Generations Month

Posted by Michele Downes 
on Aug 27, 2010
 
Generations: The 5th Avenue of Service in Rotary
                          The Community Based Rotaract Club of St Thomas II
                                               
New Generations, previously known as Youth Services, has been officially recognized as the Fifth Avenue of Service by Rotary International. This formal action was taken in Chicago during the April 2010 meeting of the Council on Legislation New Generations programs are Rotary service programs for young people up to the age of 30. These include the RI Programs of Rotaract, Interact, RYE and RYLA. 

Rotaract is a Rotary sponsored club for ages 18 to 30. Rotaractors are involved in community and international service projects, as well as professional development and leadership training. 
Interact is a Rotary sponsored club for ages 12 to 18, typically at a high school or middle school, although it is not limited to a single school.  (The ages for Interact were changed early in 2010 from 14 years of age as the youngest, to 12 years of age.) 
Rotary Youth Exchange, or RYE is the leading international student exchange program in the world.  
RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

Rotary II sponsors a community based Rotaract club, a Rotaract club based at UVI, an Interact club at Antilles School. and an Early Act club  at Lockhart school. At the club level we have adopted Addelita Cancryn School.