Pictured Oziel Jeffries,
President, and Kaila Czigans, guest speaker.
Reading for October 2: September Rotarian, "World Round-up," p. 14, and "News, studies, and recent research," p. 18.
Members interested in serving on the bingo fund raising project committee, please contact Tanya Hitchens.
Kaila Czigans, an Interact
member attending Meadowbrook, was selected by Byesville Rotary to attend Rotary
District 6690’s Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA) held this summer at OU
in Athens. The academy consisted of 3 days of intensive activity focused on
developing leadership skills in young people.
Kaila said that she did not
know what to expect when she arrived in Athens. The first day began with an
icebreaker. Attendees got to know each other and to form bonds with each of the
other attendees.
The young people attending
were encouraged to do good deeds for other attendees. Each good deed earned the
student a sticker for their name tag. The days were filled learning sessions broken
by break periods used by the students to go outside and get some physical
activity.
Activities were designed to
build leadership skills and to help students learn different methods of
communication. One activity required students to recreate a picture and build a
card house with speaking to each other. Students had to develop alternative
methods of communication with each other.
Attendees also saw a
presentation on Rotary’s polio eradication project. Kaila said that she is
hoping her Interact club will hold their 2ed “Purple Pinkie” day to raise funds
to help stamp out this disease. On the last day, students were asked to create
a mission statement for themselves. Kaila shared hers with club members: “I
want to make a difference in people’s lives and want to live life to the
fullest.”
Kaila finished by stating
that the 3 days of RYLA were amazing and that she would love to attend RYLA
again. She said she wished the academy was longer—three days were not enough.
She reported that many of the RYLA 2012 alums are keeping in touch with each
other with face-to-face meetings and through Facebook.
Randy Launder reported that
the club’s last chicken BBQ of the year went well. Funds raised were spilt with
the Meadowbrook Interact club whose members helped at the BBQ. Bob Long and
Dennis Harding, co-chairs for the Christmas food basket project, informed club
members that plans are in process for food basket fund raising, sign-up, and
distribution. Phyllis Jeffries, chair of the Breakfast with Santa fund raiser,
reported that her committee has begun planning breakfast.
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