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The most powerful force in the promotion of international understanding and peace is exposure to different cultures. The world becomes a smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all people — regardless of nationality — desire the same basic things: a safe, comfortable environment that allows for a rich and satisfying life for ourselves and our children. |
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 Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures, thus planting the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding.
 Since 1929, students and host families all over the world have had their horizons broadened and their lives enriched by the generosity of Rotary's Youth Exchange program. Administered by Rotary clubs, districts and multi district groups, the program today involves more than 82 countries and over 8,000 students each year.
The first documented exchanges date back to 1929, when the Rotary Club of Copenhagen, Denmark, initiated exchanges with European students. Exchanges between clubs in California, USA, and Latin American countries began in 1939, and exchange activities spread to the eastern United States in 1958. In 1972, the Rotary International Board of Directors agreed to recommend Youth Exchange to clubs worldwide as a worthwhile international activity promoting global peace and understanding. |
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We look for flexible, tolerant, curious, quirky, unique, interesting students with a sense of humor. Students must be between the ages of 15 and 18 ½ by August of the exchange year. Students do not have to be relatives of Rotarians. |
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The students interact with Inbound students informally at monthly overnight meetings. By attending the exchange student meetings, the students gather information about what if feels like to be an Inbound, what country is the best for them, potential problems they may encounter, and how to succeed. The outbound students have intensive orientation sessions at each monthly meeting. The students are given Rotary homework about our country and their new country. Some countries provide language camps for the students upon arrival. |
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In the past we have sent students to Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, and the UK. Exchanges are based on country availability. |
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Come to our monthly exchange student overnighters. Meet the students from around the world and talk with them. Check out our calendar of events. |
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 Students live with a Rotarian or Rotary approved families.
Students have a Rotary counselor to help during the year.
Students receive a monthly allowance.
Students receive free schooling, room and board for the year. |
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