Rotarians, Our Rotary District 6940 is participating with Rotary Youth Exchange Florida in an extended Student Exchange program during the 08/09 academic year. Four high school age students from Brazil, Turkey, Denmark and France, sponsored by Rotary Clubs in their hometowns, will be coming to our district in August, for a nine month stay (the school term).
One student will be hosted in Tallahassee, one in Crestview, and two in Pensacola. We have been asked to help with the student from Denmark. His bio is here
The proposed involvement requires that we find 3 host families, one each for a three month period. The student will be enrolled in an area high school for the duration of his stay.
Rotary will assign a single mentor to assist the student and the family for the entire stay. The students are given a code of conduct that includes a no driving, no dating, no drinking and no drugs policy. Violation of the policy will result in the student being sent home. Rotary provides for travel insurance policy that will cover any medical or similar emergencies. Rotary also provides the student a $75/month allowance.
The host families’ commitment is to house the student for the three month period, as a member of their family. They are responsible for his meals, transportation etc.
Our thought process at this point is to approach families affiliated with Washington High School, ideally families with students at Washington that might welcome the opportunity to host an exchange student who is attending Washington. Our strong Interact Club their may help facilitate this.
We will need the help of all our members to reach out and find host families. They do not have to be Rotarians to be a host family. We are asking for your help in locating host families.
You can learn more about Rotary student exchange at: www.ryeflorida.org
Please contact any of us with questions you might have. And give some thought to helping us locate three host families. Thank you.
Robert Mills
rjmills@cox.net
Keith Bullock
keith@smbarch.com
Ed Wonders
wonderse@bellsouth.net
