Youth Avenue Report

By Sunday, June 4, 2023
Main article image for story titled 'Youth Avenue Report'1. Rotary Youth Exchange Program (Arrel Olano):
Our outbound student has been assigned to a district in South Korea. She is scheduled to leave in August 2023. She attended the Rotary meeting on May 17, 2023, and provided an update to our member. Arrel said that plans to coordinate with our local schools to provide an overview of the Youth Exchange Program by Rotary, so that we can have more candidates in the future.

 
2. Dictionary Project (Michelle Ems):
Status: Currently in month four of delivery season with one month left, Nancy Riker and Bill Dent have been actively advertising the Dictionary Project to get more members to sign up for deliveries.
Successes: Creation of bookmarks, Participation from members which delivered to 27 schools, and First year of delivering dictionaries since COVID.
Challenges: Fewer people indicating availability for dictionary deliveries, and High costs of the storage.
Future Activities: Wrap up the current Dictionary Project season in June 2023 with lessons learned and a final count regarding which schools were served and how many students were served, Submit an article to our editor for publishing in the Club’s newsletter highlighting successes this year, Utilize the Club's Sign-Up Genius account as a tool for the Dictionary Project next season, Order 10 additional boxes of Spanish English dictionaries, Submit proposal to Foundation Board pertaining to reduced costs of storage, and Start advertising the next Dictionary Project in August/September 2023.
Assistance Requested: There is a need to identify a co-chair to assist with tasks.

3. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (Alexander Tu):
Two of our RYLA students participated in the District 7620 Rotary Four-Way Test speech competition. One is from Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC) and the other from Richard Wright Public Charter Schools (PCS). They both presented their speeches to our Club at the Rotary meeting on May 17, 2023.

4. Career Fair (Donnie Shaw):
The Career Fair was a big success. It was held at Richard Wright PCS earlier this year.


5. Interact - CHEC and Richard Wright PCS (Khaled Sabah):
The new member induction ceremony for the Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC) Interact group is being scheduled for late May 2023. One Richard Wright Public Charter Schools (PCS) Interactor participated in the District Four-Way Test speech competition (he graduates in June 2023 and plans to attend Hampton University in fall 2023). 

6. Rotaract - DC and GWU (Khaled Sabah):
Sixteen District of Columbia (DC) Rotaract members and three George Washington University (GWU) Rotaract members attended the recent District Conference. Two DC Rotaractors attended the District Club Leadership Training. The DC Rotaract PE leaves soon for Australia in order to attend the Rotary International Convention. The new member induction ceremony for the DC Rotaract group is scheduled for Sunday, June 25, 2023. Khaled Sabah is hosting the event at his rooftop. Two GWU Rotaractors are graduating this year. The GWU Rotaractors selected their new leadership team in April 2023. Several GWU Rotaractors attended our Club's spring soirée on March 30, 2023.


 

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