District 7040Lake Placid & Saranac Lake Sponsoring ClubsJune 26-28, 2015

All District 7040 Rotary Clubs eligible and invited to participate Connect with the New Generation Dates - June 26-27-28, 2015 – 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 - $460 CDN all inclusive Lays a foundation for starting an interact club The Academy is conducted in English, no French translation

available, sorry RESERVE YOUR SPOT(S) NOW CLICK ON RESERVE/REGISTER on the RYLA

home page ww.rotary7040.com…Avenues of Service…Youth Services…. RYLA

June 26 to June 28, 2015 – 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 2015 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 E -Mail the selected students the application & release 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) Obtain the Signatures of Deligate(s) & Parents on Form 1 Make sure those not selected don’t get a feeling of failure by

working with the person who sponsored their nomination By May 10 Register your delegate www.rotary7040.com go

to Programs…New Generations…RYLA……Reserve/Register Pay by Credit Card & E-Mail forms to RYLA@roadrunner.com

by 5/10

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 May 10, 2015 Cost is $460 CDN 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 Bob Hanna, RYLA Registrar

RYLA@roadrunner.comDistrict 7040 web site www.rotary7040.com ……Avenues of Service..…Youth Services.. …RYLA

Rotary International site: https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/doc

ument/ryla-brochure

 Delegate Memories    My Career Choice Has Changed I have a new perspective on Leadership Canadians are COOL! Terrific…and Too Short! Met New Friends My first trip to the US   Paul Smiths Campus is Neat!