WHO ARE OUR CLIENTS

1. WHO ARE OUR CLIENTS Woody Angst District 5010 Alaska and the Yukon Russian Far East and Siberia Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

2. The 0bject of Rotary • 4. The advancement of international understanding, good will, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

3. The Purpose for Youth Exchange • To build bridges of good will and understanding ---- one hug at a time. Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

4. Who does this bridge serve? Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

5. Who are our clients ? Are they the students whom we enlist to serve with Rotary? Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

6. Rotary recruits students • Underage high school students • Above average grades in school • Respectful and thoughtful of others • Have friends and involved with people • Flexible and tolerant of difficult situations • High degree of self confidence Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

7. Particpate in events and activities • Have a sense of community • Initiate rerlationships • Desire to learn more about the world community • Seek to learn and understand • Open minded (not judgemental) Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

8. Parents lend their child to Rotary Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

9. Rotary’s Selected Students • May or may not come from Rotary families • Have hormones flowing as they pass through puberty • Still need (want) the dynamics of home • Rely on mom’s love, nurture, support • Depend on dad’s discipline, leadership • Want independence from their parents Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

10. Rotary’s Exchange Students • Represent their countries and cultures • Are expected to be young ambassadors • Leave all they have and know behind • Are “born” into a new country with a new language, a new culture, a new family, a new school, new friends, new food, new clothes, and new activities Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

11. They proudly represent their countries Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

12. And invite a club President to lunch Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

13. But - - - students serve with Rotary Therefore, are the students really Rotary’s target clientele? Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

14. Who are our clients ? Are they the dads, moms, Rotarians, and communities that support our students? Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

15. People associated with each student’s exchange • Commit to treating the students as their own children • Love and care for them • Are there for them when it is easy and not • Involve them in their lives and activities • Give them insights into their country and culture Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

16. Host Rotarians • Become their guardians • Welcome them into their clubs • Take them into their businesses • Introduce them into their communities • Include them in service projects • Guide them to become effective ambassadors Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

17. Host families • Open their homes and their hearts • Accept them as their own children • Involve them in their lives and family • Love and care for them • Provide nurture and discipline • Support them as they grow up Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

18. Someone gained a big sister Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

19. Host schools • Enroll them as full time students • Provide an academic education • Provide a cultural education • Integrate them with their peers • Teach them about the world community • Help them become citizens of the world Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

20. Dynamic and life changing results • We gain a son or daughter • They call us “Dad” and “Mom” • We see ourselves and our country through their eyes • They see themselves and their country through our eyes Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

21. Thai students share their culture with a dinner for their hosts Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

22. Both of us are enriched by a cross-cultural understanding of each other • They are fibers that we weave into the fabric of our community • They become the bridge between peoples of two countries and two cultures • We are beneficiaries of the commerce – peace, good will, understanding – that will flow across that bridge Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

23. Mexican student reads familiar story to children in Spanish Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

24. Who are our clients ? • Are they the students - - - - whom we nurture to grow up to be responsible adults in the world community and graduates of our program with an emphasis in ambassadorial studies? • Are they the people of the world - - - - who are bound together by the bridges of good will and understanding that our students built? Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

25. An ambassador speaks. Which country is she representing? Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

26. May I suggest - - - - • Both might be our clients. • But, the students are the bridge builders; • And, the people in two countries are the ultimate beneficiaries of each bridge that was built by a Rotary Exchange Student. Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City

27. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of the question Pre-Convention Youth Exchange Meetings -- Salt Lake City