Rotary Youth Exchange Update
 

August is one of our favorite months in Youth Exchange land.

 

First, we send off our Outbound students for a year of excitement in far away lands.  Our class of eight left throughout the month for a year in Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Thailand, Belgium, Argentina, Brazil and Germany.  A special thanks to each of our students Sponsor Clubs – DeForest (x2), La Crosse Valley-View, Prairie du Chien, La Crosse, Black River Falls, Mt. Horeb and Oregon.

 

We’ll begin to accept applications for our next class of Outbound students starting in September.  Follow this link to provide your perspective outbound student more information - Rotary Youth Exchange (Outbound) | District 6250 (rotary6250.org). Let’s all work together to bring our numbers up to 12+!

 

Next, we welcome our new class of Inbounds!  Throughout August, we welcomed our 2023-2024 class of 13 Inbound Students.  We welcomed students from France, Peru, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil (x3), Denmark, India, Japan, Finland, Hungary and Taiwan.  An enormous thanks to our host clubs for these 13 wonders – Portage, Janesville, Madison After-Hours/Madison, Waunakee, Madison Breakfast, La Crosse After-Hours, Stoughton, Columbus/Fall River, La Crosse, Mt. Horeb, Prairie du Chien, Sun Prairie and Oregon.

 

A special thanks and honor goes to Prairie du Chien, La Crosse, Mt. Horeb and Oregon for both SENDING an Outbound and HOSTING an inbound!

 

We continue to accept hosting applications for the 2024-2025 year.  We are currently at 10 clubs full committed.  Our goal is to reach 14+ - so it is not too late to complete the commitment form and join the 2024-2025 Hosting Club!  Our thanks goes out to The Rotary Clubs of Columbus-Fall River, Madison, La Crosse, Janesville Noon, Baraboo, Madison Breakfast, Fort Atkinson, Southwest Wisconsin, La Crosse After-Hours, and La Crosse Valley View. Don’t see your clubs name?  I am waiting for your paperwork!