{"id":296,"date":"2021-01-03T14:04:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T22:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherwoodrotary.org\/ServiceAboveSelf\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2024-10-24T19:11:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T02:11:04","slug":"youth-exchange","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sherwoodrotary.org\/ServiceAboveSelf\/youth-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><h3>Rotary Youth Exchange<\/h3><br>                                                  \n<h4>Students are you ready to\u2026<\/h4><br>\n\n<ul><li>Form international friendships?<\/li><li>Gain a fresh understanding of yourself and others?<\/li><li>Immerse yourself in a different culture?<\/li><li>Appreciate others\u2019 ways of doing things?<\/li><li>Act as an ambassador and educate others about your country?<\/li><\/ul>\n<br>\n<h4>Then you are ready for Rotary Youth Exchange!<\/h4>\n<br>\nThis year, about 7,000 young people will see the world the way it is \nbest seen \u2013 from the inside out \u2013 through Rotary\u2019s Youth Exchange. As a \nRotary Youth Exchange student, you will spend a school year living with \nhost families and attending school in a country other than your own. You\n will learn a new way of living, a new language through hard work, and a\n great deal about yourself. Rotary\u2019s Youth Exchange full-year program is\n open to young men and women in their sophomore or junior year. \nApplicants are selected in September as freshmen or sophomores on the \nbasis of academic record, leadership potential, community involvement \nand through a written application and personal interview process.<br><br>                                                \n\n<h4>Full-Year Rotary Youth Exchange<\/h4><br>\n\nThe Sherwood Rotary Club will sponsor one full-year outbound student each school year. Currently, Rotary District 5100 (Northern Oregon and Southern Washington) is exchanging with over 20 countries around the world (including Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Chile, \nDenmark, Finland, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, French, Belgium, Taiwan, Thailand, etc.). Our District sponsors about 45 full year outbound students and a corresponding number of inbound students each school year. We are also \nlooking for host families.<br>                                               \n<br>\n<h4>How much will it cost?<\/h4><br>\nAs a Rotary-sponsored youth exchange student, many costs are paid by \nyour host Rotary club including: housing, food and some trips. Your \ncosts include: round-trip airfare, health and accident insurance that \nmeets the requirements of the host clubs and districts, all travel \ndocuments such as passports and visas, clothing and spending money, \nemergency fund for unexpected expenses during the year and, extra travel\n or tours throughout the year.<br>                                               \n<br>\n<h4>Short-Term Summer Youth Exchange<\/h4>\nDistrict 5100 also participates in the Rotary Short Term Exchange \nProgram (STEP). STEP is open to students from 8 grade to college \nsophomores. This is a family-to-family exchange. You will spend \napproximately 4 weeks abroad with a family and in return, you will host \nthe student from this same family for four weeks. STEP is designed to \nenhance your opportunities to experience different cultures.<br>                                               \n<br>\n<h4>MUCH MORE INFORMATION AT: \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthexchange5100.org\" target=\"_blank\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>District 5100 &#8211; Rotary Youth Exchange<\/u><\/a><\/h4>\n<br>\n<h4>To become a preliminary applicant please submit the below form:<\/h4><br> Alternatively you can link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vMknW3caX77Sucxu6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\">Google Form<\/a>, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1hQG6hFX9xDhlB2UCeu3oW0fVGzrZ0dPL\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\">PDF<\/a>, or use the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1jH4unp0mjsGPm6lQluiR1yZpDRidUkYmewEaJgnPTko\/edit?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-bcup-haslogintext=\"no\">Google Doc<\/a> versions<br><\/span>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdKl4AMvFhKuwJIr9yJC73kXIhtMS3AJqJYDICCXefBTdkVJg\/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1761\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\">Loading\u2026<\/iframe>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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