I just received this memo from Chuck Frazier. Chuck spoke to our District Conference in April. He is accepting applications for chaperones for some tours this summer. For anyone who has some time for travel and loves teenagers, this is an amazing opportunity for a summer trip. If you could pass this on in a copy of the Rotary Blast would be great!!!

All of the students would be international students. The tours would be well organized and the fellowship should be outstanding. I wish I had more vacation time so I could do this. What an amazing experience!

Tommy Martin

Dear DG Larry and YEO Tommy,

The Youth Exchange program is one of the premier programs of Rotary International as it provides an opportunity for students to expand their view of the world by living outside their comfort zone. South Central Rotary Youth Exchange has offered optional summer tours for their students for well over 20 years with trips of the East and West coasts. For over 10 years, PDG Chuck and Nancy Frazier have planned those June tours including finding volunteers to be chaperons.

In the past couple of years, we’ve not needed any new staff members as we had sufficient repeat participation. This year, however, some of our previous chaperons have indicated that they will not be able to travel with the students so we are looking for Rotarians AND non-Rotarians (teachers, college students over 21, etc.) to fill some of the positions available for the June 2009 trips. As youth exchange students from your district may very likely be on one of the trips, we would appreciate any support you could provide by informing your district’s Rotarians of the opportunity to provide service to these great students. It might be easiest to spread the word if this information would be included in a district newsletter, on a district website and/or forwarded to clubs for them to include in their announcements or newsletters.

Chaperons receive paid transportation to/from the tour, double occupancy hotel accommodations with a same gender staff person, entrance to all events the students attend and a per diem to cover the cost of meals. Dates of the three trips are:

West Tour A - June 15 to 29, 2009

West Tour B - June 12 to 26, 2009

East Tour - June 18 to July 2, 2009

Applications for chaperon positions will be sent on request by contacting:

PDG Chuck Frazier
Box 1071
Emporia, KS 66801
620-342-9016
PDG5710@cableone.net

Thanks for your consideration!