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ROTARY OVERSEAS SUMMER EXCHANGE PROGRAM (ROSE)
ROSE is a short-term youth exchange program based upon a reciprocal Family to Family exchange. The program is for young people between the ages of 15 to 19 years at the time of the exchange and is only open to Rotarian families and families recommended by Rotary Clubs.
Candidates are expected to be bright, outgoing, adaptable, friendly, well spoken
and generally good ambassadors for Canada and for Rotary. Each family is responsible
for co-ordinating mutually agreeable dates and flights for the exchange with
the matching family. Usually a student will spend 3 to 5 weeks overseas with
the host family then the two students travel together in the middle leg of the
exchange and spend 3 to 5 weeks with the other family before that student returns
home. Exchanges with Northern hemisphere countries are completed during the
summer months but Southern hemisphere exchanges may be offset by 6 months so
students can travel during their respective summer holidays.
Each family covers the cost of travel for their student and are expected to treat the visiting student like a member of their family. In each case the hosting family is responsible for food and lodging but students are responsible for their own spending money.
The exchange is administered through the District Youth Exchange Program and
will make every effort to find a match for participants in their preferred countries.
Local Rotary Clubs have the necessary Application Forms or they maybe downloaded
below. Candidates should apply to their local Rotary Club Youth Exchange Officer
who will then forward the completed applications and signed "Program Guidelines
for Parents and Students" to:
Liz Scott,
District 5040 ROSE Program
Box 209 2220 Read Crescent
Garibaldi Highlands BC V0N 1T0
Phone: 604 898-4639
Email: liz_scott@shaw.ca
Submissions must be accompanied
by a registration fee in the amount of $125 payable, by the Family, to “District
5040 Youth Exchange”. Applications must be received by the end of February.
The $125 registration fee covers the MANDATORY Health and Accident Insurance,
a mandatory orientation day, communication and courier costs. All administration
is done on a voluntary basis.
DOWNLOADS
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Click here for a brochure for the Short Term Youth Exchange Program
Click here to download an application form for the Short Term Youth Exchange Program
Click here to download Program Guidelines
for Parents and Students
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