Youth Exchange is not A Year of a Life, But rather A Life in A Year!
In 1998, when my daughter came home with the Long Term Preliminary Application for Rotary Youth Exchange, completely filled out, and stated to my husband and myself that she was going, I had no idea how my life was about to change – for the better.
At that time, I must admit I knew little of Rotary. However, my husband and I both love to travel, so we immediately saw the benefit to our daughter living away for a year in a foreign country. We fully supported her in her decision to apply for youth exchange. She was accepted and was given her 2nd choice Bolivia.
Bill Gates is set to speak in Spokane next weekend about his work with Rotary International to eradicate polio worldwide. His talk, May 18 at the Spokane Convention Center, highlights a three day conference with about 750 Rotary members from Seattle, Eastern Washington, Idaho and Canada.
