Rotary Youth Exchange

Rotary Youth Exchange is a program that gives a young person the opportunity of a lifetime through exposure to new cultures and customs -- a powerful way to promote global understanding and peace. And it's not just students who benefit -- our Rotary club and host families will too. During a long-term exchange, students spend the school year in another country living with different host families and attending classes at the local school.

Our club was very involved in over several years in the past. During the 2001-2008 timeframe we sponsored incoming students from Brazil, Indonesia and Romania; and outgoing Maine students to France, Taiwan, Turkey and Spain. For more information check out the Rotary International Website.

If you think this a program to which you may wish to contribute your service above self by coordinating the effort to sponsor a student -- either one from Maine going outbound or a foreign student coming to MDI, please contact Scott Hammond for more information.