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2009 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
(RYLA)
Purposes, Objectives, and Guidelines
RYLA camp is a youth retreat sponsored by District
6110 Rotarians to assist students through group learning situations
enabling them to recognize the characteristics and responsibilities of
LEADERSHIP. The greater any
student actively participates in the entire agenda of activities the
more benefit that particular student will receive.
Camp days are fast-paced and provide a wide cross
section of specific LEADERSHIP activities geared to youth who have
demonstrated an unusually high degree of LEADERSHIP potential.
The RYLA experience serves as a gathering place for outstanding
young people from around the district.
The agenda is designed to add skills and refine innate LEADERSHIP
instincts for those who attend.
Every Rotary club in the district should make an effort to
participate by sponsoring at least one student.
Professional instructors and materials used during
RYLA will address timely concerns youth encounter in the peer-dominated
school and social climate.
This camp will not create “instant leaders”, but it will certainly
provide worthy and memorable experiences for those who attend.
While RYLA is a well-established program throughout
many parts of the Rotary world, this activity began only 16 years ago
within our district. Camp
will be fully staffed by responsible adults, most of whom are active
Rotarians.
We will, in order to present a
quality program accommodate approximately 144 students.
Please do not delay, however, in making a prompt selection of
your RYLA student(s).
Please keep in mind all payments are non-refundable
since we must make certain financial commitments immediately upon
receipt of any student reservations.
Instead of cancellations, try to provide an alternate student.
In addition, we expect all students to attend the ENTIRE camp
cycle. Medical emergencies
(and we’ve never had one yet) will be handled by our on-site physician,
nurse, or the hospital in Tahlequah.
All clubs are highly encouraged to participate in
the RYLA experience by providing cabin chaperones.
These individuals will stay in the ‘quad dorms’ with the
students. Each quad can hold
up to twelve students plus a chaperone with a private room.
There are four quads per cabin.
Chaperones can stay one night, two nights, or the entire weekend.
There is no cost for chaperones but each should provide bedding
materials such as sleeping bag, pillows, etc.
All students MUST be in their junior year (11th
grade) of high school.
Foreign exchange students however can attend with club sponsorship, as
long as they are in high school, regardless of grade.
No individual under the age of sixteen (16) years of age will be
allowed to attend or participate in RYLA.
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