 From the official RYLA website
RYLA aims to: - Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth
- Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and
potential leaders
- Encourage leadership of youth by youth
- Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their
communities
Development of future leaders is more important
than ever: As part of Rotary’s emphasis on helping children
this year, Rotarians will want to grab an opportunity to help shape the lives of
future generations by taking an active role in the development of their leaders. RYLA
offers that opportunity. The age range for the RYLA program is
14 - 30. However, most organizers choose to focus either on the 14 - 18 or the 19 - 30
age groups as their needs are so different. Furthermore, most organizers narrow the
range to a couple of years e.g. juniors and seniors in high school in the USA - the
range really depends on the program that the organizers are planning.
Since it became an official Rotary program in 1971, RYLA has assisted
thousands of young people to develop leadership skills at camps, seminars, and
workshops. Warwick Bateman, a Rotary International 1998-99 RYLA committee member who
has participated in 17 RYLA courses in District 9680 in Australia, considers the
program more relevant than ever. Taradale Rotary have been involved since
the programme's inception in 1971
The RYLA programme is run by the Club's
Youth committee who regularly seek suitable applicants for the one week course held in
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