Spring is coming soon, and so is the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) weekend at Bradley University on April 4 – 6. RYLA is Rotary’s training program for young leaders, emphasizing leadership, citizenship and personal growth. These skills are reinforced with games, competitions and team-building activities to make this an enjoyable as well as enriching weekend for the participants.

The Bradley Rotaract Club, Bradley Fellows and Peoria Rotarians will provide everything to make this a successful weekend, with one exception. They need your club to sponsor outstanding high school sophomores from your area high school(s) to attend this event. The goal is to have two sophomores from each high school in District 6460 come to the RYLA weekend. Your club members can nominate students that they know, or you can contact your high school’s guidance counselors to recommend students for the event. Interact members who have not attended this event in the past might also benefit from RYLA. Participants are dropped off between 5 to 6 pm on Friday the 4th and picked up at noon on Sunday the 6th.

An application form as well as this set of club instructions can be downloaded. You can also access these forms and more information about RYLA by clicking on the underlined sections which you would like to see. Applications must be received by Friday, March 14 so that we have time to mail the information packets to the participants. Your club sponsorship is $100 per participant. Further information on what to pack, Directions to the training site, and the schedule of activities can be accessed by clicking on the underlined sections.

For further information on the RYLA weekend, please contact Rotaract member Emily Havansek at (847) 951-1322 or at ehavansek@bradley.edu. For registration questions, please contact Michele Anderson at (309) 495-4237 or at mkanders@southsidebank.com.

We look forward to completed applications from your club, and a great RYLA weekend.

Sincerely,
 

Ron Riggins
District Governor
 

 

RYLA Instructions for your Club

 

Announce the upcoming RYLA weekend at your next few club meetings and ask members to suggest students who could attend. Attendees should be sophomore high school students that meet the following criteria:
 

  • Leadership experience or potential
  • Cooperative nature and willingness to participate in a group
  • Awareness of current events
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good performance in school, and
  • Enthusiasm for sharing new-found skill with others
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    These are students that you would consider to either start or participate in an Interact Club in your local high school(s). Having two students (or more) from a school is ideal. If your club members do not provide enough recommendations, consider reaching out to your high school guidance counselors for prospective applicants.
    Commit a $100 scholarship for each student you sponsor.
    Please send your completed applications with payment by Friday, March 14 to:
    Michele Anderson
    South Side Bank
    2119 SW Adams St.
    Peoria, IL 61602
    Fax (309) 676-8397 or
    e-mail to www.mkanders@southsidebank.com
    Applications must be accompanied with payment of $100 per participant. You can send checks made out to Rotary District 6460 or include a VISA or MasterCard number, expiration date and CVV/Security Code with each application.
    Students and clubs will receive confirmation when applications are received.
    Packets will be sent to the participants with schedule, map, directions, list of items to pack and more. This information will also be available at www.rotartydistrict6460.org.