RYLA

Youth Programs
 
 
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is Rotary's leadership training program for young people. RYLA participants can be ages 14-30, but most clubs and districts choose to focus on a narrower age range, such as 14-18 or 19-30.
 
RYLA emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims to
  • Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth
  • Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders
  • Encourage leadership of youth by youth
  • Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities
     
Bar Harbor (MDI) Rotary club has supported this program since 2005 by sending young people to RYLA training in Maine.  Past attendees include:
 
2016: Morgan Seeley and Emily Cicott
2015: Gaylynn Wells and Amanda Mogridge
2014: 
2013: Liz Graves and Derrick Sekulich
2012: Charlie Porter
2011: Nicole Ouellette
2010:
2009: Tara Merrill
2008: Kelly Quinlan
2007: Amy DeMerchant & Abby Robinson
2006:
2005: Ben Ketchen
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