District 7040Lake Placid RotarySponsoring ClubJune 27-29, 2014

All District 7040 Rotary Clubs eligible and invited to participate

Connect with the New Generation Dates - June 27-28-29, 2014 – 2 ½ days Age Range – 15-17 Years old, Sophomores and Juniors Raise your Club's and high school’s profile in the

community An educational and life changing experience Leadership and ethics plus life skills Paul Smiths College on St Regis Lake, the VIC Center and

Tupper Lake Wild Center Cost includes 7 meals + accommodation + activities +

materials +. Cost - $400 all inclusive Lays a foundation for starting an interact club

June 27 to June 29, 2014 – 2 ½ days

Come to Paul Smiths College on the shore of St Regis Lake. Live in their newest Dorm Suites. Mix and mingle with other High School students & Rotarians. Learn about Leadership, Experiment and Enjoy the Adirondacks, Visit the VIC and The Tupper Lake Wild Center.

Potential Workshop leaders subject matter experts from Middlebury & Paul Smiths Colleges, Clarkson & St Lawrence Universities, Lake Placid High School, New York State Law Enforcement, Rotary, business world and others.

LP Rotary organizes and staffs event in conjunction with Paul Smiths and The Wild Center. Other club’s welcome to volunteer staff. All staff will be “background checked”.

Objective: to provide an opportunity to 45 young participants to attend RYLA 2014 which aims to: 

•Demonstrate our 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

You may submit up to four applications. The candidates should be selected on the basis of character, general education and academic excellence, leadership qualities, and a record of service and volunteering in the school or community, such as:

● Rotaract ● Boys or Girls Club ● Interact ● Scouts or Guides ● Camp Enterprise ● Junior Achievement ● Coaching ● Sports Team Management ● 4H Club ● Militia ● Student Council ● Political Involvement ● Community Service ● Other Leadership Program

Look for enthusiasm, energy, smarts, inclination to teamwork, self starting. etc.

Contact your high school principal or guidance counselor. Get them to nominate – best and brightest based on criteria Send the selected students the application forms Establish a 2 or 3 person Interview Panel Panel meets students individually at the school for interview

- ½ hour per – prepare questions from criteria… Select finalist(s) Send the final delegates the release forms Make sure those not selected don’t get a feeling of failure by

working with the person who sponsored their nomination By April 15 Register your delegate. Login to

www.rotary7040.com go to “RYLA Registration” under “District Events” on the home page.

Send completed forms and money to LP Rotary by May 10

Location: Paul Smith's College on St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks, Paul Smiths, New York ( 20 mi. NW of Lake Placid). http://www.paulsmiths.edu/future/

Registration deadline is April 15, 2014 Cost is $400 includes 7 meals + 2 nights

accommodation in private rooms and much more.

Visit the Visitor Interpretive Center Finish program at The Wild Center in Tupper

Lake and graduation banquet for kids and family

For further information please contact Bill Rusak email rusak2@aol.com - 518 523 3152

Bob Hanna, RYLA Registrar Bob.Hanna@rotary7040.com 518 523-43322013 RYLA participant pictures and comments http://www.rotary7040.com and follow the tabs to “Program” -> “New Generations” -> “RYLA”

Rotary International site: http://www.rotary.org/en/studentsandyouth/youthprograms/rotaryyouthleadershipawards(ryla)/pages/ridefault.aspx