Rotary District 5510

Hello Fellow Rotarians:

Part of welcoming in the New Year includes each club selecting this year’s RYLA Delegates.  The website link is www.ryla5510.org  where you will find the web application forms that delegate candidates will submit for this year’s camp. Once again camp will be held at the Salvation Army Camp Ponderosa near Heber, Arizona on April 19 to April 22, 2012. 

Please, note that our application process is transitioning into an electronic format. As a result, completed applications will be emailed directly to the appropriate Rotary Club president and you can view them on the RYLA website mentioned above. This file will also provide information.

We strive to have each club send a minimum of two students per club. Once delegates have been selected, they will be responsible for completing additional forms (i.e. medical, transportation) and contacting their clubs for a check of $325. Checks should be made out to RYLA District 5510 and delegates need to return all completed forms/check to Kevin by March1, 2012. 

When selecting your club’s students to participate in our RYLA program, please make sure that you have properly informed the students about the camp.  RYLA is a Rotary Youth Leadership Camp.  We want students who come prepared to participate in all the activities and then be willing to return to their high schools and implement the skills acquired at RYLA. 

Our curriculum is intense, fun and leadership oriented; it is NOT a summer camp.  The better prepared the students are, the more they and their peers will derive from what is learned at RYLA.  Please also consider gender mix when choosing your students.  We generally register three females to one male student.  Do not let this be the reason for choosing a student, but keep it in mind as gender equity is essential in planning.

RYLA is truly one of the most effective youth oriented community service events that you will sponsor this year.  By sending at least two students to RYLA you will automatically establish a rapport between generations that have far too little contact.  These students may also be utilized as resources for programs, partner with your clubs, and would also make great core teams for Interact clubs in your local high schools should your club be interested in supporting one. 

Please share all of the information with your potential RYLA delegates so that they will be well informed about our leadership camp, and encourage them to take an active role in the application process.

In Rotary Friendship and Service,

Kevin Edwards
District 5510 RYLA Chair
8151 E. Smokehouse Trail
Scottsdale, AZ  85266
(602) 430-4718 cell
(480) 575-7346 fax

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