Service & Projects - Students and Youth

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Although not a formal "Avenue of Service", we use this title to highlight the youth-related projects that Rotarians support such as RYLA, Rotary sponsored service clubs in the public schools such as Rotaract and Interact, as well as scholarships and The Dictionary Project.

Youth Service Chair: 

Interact

Our club currently sponsors the Interact Act Club at Boca Raton Community High School.  See our Calendar of Events to check out the latest events being planned with our Interact Club.  Contact our Interact Program Chair Past President Steve Alman for more information.  Officers include:

Presidents: Johnna Pennington and Megan McLeod
Vice President: Amylyn Strayer
Presidents Elect: Ryan Alman and David Bicknell
Treasurer: Gabrielle Gennaci
Historian: Mary Kate Hayes
International Director: Gustavo Caepano
Internal Public Relations: Christina Bicknell

The club is comprised of approximately 60 members
School Advisor: Ms. Kathy Roberts
Meetings: Mondays 12:05 pm

They will be helping at our Bingo night and taking part in the "Shoot for the Cure" soccer invitational this month along with the Boca Rotary Club and ours (monies going to Boca Community Hospital Mobile Mammography Unit which will serve our community. They are still in the planning stages, but we also plan to work with them for the golf tourney as a joint fundraiser.

RYLA

The Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly is held for four days each April, where approximately 100 youth from around the district are given the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills. The agenda includes leadership, self esteem, contemporary social issues, public speaking skills, behavioral management, personal development and personal fitness. More information is available at www.rotary6930.org/ryla. For more information contact our RYLA Chair: Beatriz DaRocha

Scholarships

The Rotary Club of Boca Raton Sunrise offers scholarships to college and university students. These scholarships are available through the fund raising efforts of the club members. Candidate applications are considered annually for the Fraser Johnson Memorial Scholarship as well as several others the club offers. For more information contact our Scholarship Chair: Christine Shepard

Youth Peace Leaders

Youth Peace Leaders (YPL) is an after-school, storytelling-based club for middle school students with the goals of (1) preventing and managing bullying and other conflicts that lead to school violence, (2) learning to manage conflict in every aspect of life, and (3) promoting inner peace. The goal of the program is for the students to serve as role models, mediators and mentors in their schools and in their communities. This is accomplished in part through the exercise of the imagination. It is said that those who have strong, healthy imaginations can imagine alternatives in their lives—such as alternatives to violence, poverty and failure. For more information contact our Project Chair: Past President Shirley Hirsch

Dictionary Project

The Dictionary Project is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization. The goal of this program is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. The Dictionary Project gives 95 cents of every dollar donated toward the purchase of dictionaries.

Reading is the most important skill of all. It is the starting point for all the economic and social opportunities this world has to offer. Educators see third grade as the dividing line between learning to read and reading to learn. We have made efforts to improve literacy and the quality of life in our community. Over the past three years we have contributed over 1,200 dictionaries to Boca Raton third graders in our local public elementary schools. For more information contact our Project Chair: Past President Tim Sharp

For more information on Student and Youth Services visit the Rotary International Web Site.

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