Rotary Youth Leadership Award

President Mary indicated that the Friday before Labour Day usually has the lowest attendance of all days of the year. Rotarians are savouring the last gasp of summer! This year the Arbutus club turned that around with 3 tables of happy, enthusiastic Rotarians. The meeting was very informative with our two guests, Christine Stardom, and Naohiro Shimahara, a young man whom we sponsored for RYLA North. Naohiro is a Japanese Rotaract student visiting Canada for several months. Our Rotaract Club submitted his name as a RYLA North candidate. He was very enthusiastic about his experience at RYLA indicating that he had learned a great deal about communication and listening skills. For a Japanese student who arrived in Canada only 4 months ago, his English was very good and he communicated his thanks and appreciation to us very clearly.