Rotary Youth Exchange

 

Each year, more than 7,000 young people will have the opportunity of a lifetime - a chance to live in another country and see the world from a new perspective through Rotary Youth Exchange.

 

To prospective applicants, as a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you'll spend a year living with host families and attending school in a country other than your own. You'll learn a new way of living, maybe even a new language, and a great deal about yourself. As you're learning, you'll also be teaching the people you meet about your country, your culture, and your ideas. You'll be a young ambassador, helping to bring the world closer together and making some good friends in the process. If you're ready for the challenge and the rewards of living in another country as an exchange student, then you're ready to discover new worlds through the Rotary Youth Exchange program.

 

Rotary Youth Exchange programs are open to students ages 15-19. To qualify, applicants should be above-average students who have demonstrated leadership in their community. Candidates should also possess qualities such as flexibility and a willingness to try new things that will enable them to fully experience life in another country and become excellent cultural ambassadors. All applicants must be sponsored by a local Rotary club. During your exchange, you'll live with a host family and attend school. To gain a greater understanding of your host country's culture, you will live with at least two, preferably three, host families during your stay.  The host Rotary club will conscientiously screen and select your host families. You will make friends and get to know the area where you're living.

 

Please contact any member of the Bar Harbor Rotary Club if you are interested in this program.  Past Youth Exchange students sponsored by the Bar Harbor Rotary Club include:

 

2008-17: No exchange

2007-08: Outgoing - assisted with Miriam Baldwin (Belfast Club) to Spain

2006-07: Incoming - Alex __________________ from Romania

2005-06: Outgoing - Rebecca Campbell to Turkey

2005-06: Incoming - Advan Satriopandu from Indonesia

2004-05:

2003-04: Outgoing - Sydney Kase to __________________________

2002-03: Outgoing - Diana Sweet from York, Maine to Taiwan
2002-03: Incoming - Isabella Francesca (Chesa) Lao', from the Philippines

2001-02: Outgoing - Kendra Treadwell from Dover, NH to Bouchemaine, France

2001-02: Incoming - Gabriela (Gabi) Ribeiro from Sao Palo, Brazil

2000-01: