Rotary Welcomes Students

Posted by Dicksie Tamanaha on Aug 15, 2016

Exchange Students Share Experiences

Cassidy Childs (center above), daughter of Venus (left) and Max Childs, and John Eakins (right), son of Tom Eakins -- both students of the 2015 Santa Rosa portion of the Santa Rosa/Kagashima Student Exchange Program (SRKSEP), join 2016 Kagashima students at Sunrise Rotary breakfast. Past President, Eloise Tweeten, standing in for President Merle Hayes, (who caught a case of bronchitis from her grandsons presided over a full contingent of Rotarians, guests and students, celebrating the culmination of this two year student exchange program.

Students from Santa Rosa visit Kagashima and stay with host families in the odd years and students from Kagashima visit Santa Rosa host families in the even years. Program leaders Naoya Sumiyoshi and Shauna Lorenzen, (left to right below) highlighted the many benefits of this international program.

Pictured below are 2016 Exchange Students from Kagashima:

Risa and Haruka

Chisaki, Saki, and Yuuka

Emi and Yuka