Both inbound and outbound exchanges have been arranged through our club. Three local clubs collaborate on exchange programs: Lake Elmo, Stillwater (Noon) and Stillwater Sunrise. We sponsor one select student to attend Stillwater Area High School during the school year, working with the regional exchange group (North Star Youth Exchange) .
The Rotary Youth Exchange program is a year-long opportunity for students to travel abroad to experience new peoples, cultures, adventures and personal growth. Rotary is an organization of business and professional women and men united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are more than 31,300 Rotary clubs in 166 countries, with approximately 1.2 million members. Students may not be older than 18 when they leave for their year abroad and must be at least 15 years old to participate. They must also be a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior in high school at the time of application. Exchange students have demonstrated scholastic competence, and be involved in extra curricular activities.
We're seeking host families, as well as support for other activities with the 2017-2018 exchange student. Please contact Wendy Heck if you can help.
Tomas Fabre, our club’s exchange student from France, gave a farewell presentation entitled, “My Year in the U.S.”
The three Rotary clubs serving in the Stillwater School District have sponsored Belen Mora from Jaca, Spain to attend the Stillwater Area High School for 2012-2013.
Several club members gathered at the home of Paula Williams Thursday evening for an opportunity to meet Mabe, our clubs youth exchange student.
Rotary Youth Exchange provides more than 8,000 teenagers each year an adventure of a lifetime: a chance to live, learn and become a true part of a new family, culture and way of life as a high school foreign exchange student.
North Star Rotary Youth Exchange, which encompasses south-central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin (Rotary Districts 5950 and 5960), provides this opportunity to eager, ambitious high school students — both to come to our area to experience American life, or to go abroad to one of about 33 countries around the world.