Pass the word: Young RYLA and RYLA applications are now open.
If you know youth who would benefit from a fun, life-changing leadership training program that is conducted in an atmosphere of trust and respect, then they belong at this summer’s RYLA or Young RYLA leadership camp.
Young RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) is open to students currently in the seventh grade while RYLE (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) is open to students who are currently sophomores and juniors. Young RYLA campers have a choice of two sessions: June 22 - 27 or July 6 – 11. RYLA has one camp session: July 27 – Aug. 1.
All camps are conducted at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colo.
Youth do not need to be connected to Rotary to apply. Because Rotary believes in investing in our youth, the cost of attending this adventures-in-leadership week is free to participants.
The Top 5 benefits obtained by youth attending a RYLA or Young RYLA camp include. . .
- Build communication and problem-solving skills
- Discover strategies for becoming a dynamic leader in his/her school and community
- Unlock his/her potential to turn motivation into action
- Learn from community leaders, inspirational speakers and peer mentors
- Have fun while forming lasting friendships
Club member Ron Catterson has been involved with RYLA for the last 10 years and says he has seen “incredible transformations from participants over the course of one short week as they learn to lead themselves and others.” Ron adds that many students walk away from their leadership experience stating that “It was the best week of my life!”
Applications are due by early April and available at https://rockymountainryla.org/
Our Club’s International Service Committee received a request from Feed The World for funds that would go toward the purchase of wood-burning stoves for families and shelters in the Ukraine. With the on-going war against Russia, gas supplies have been cut-off or severely dwindled and wood stoves can provide much needed heat and assist with meal preparation.
Our Club’s Community Service Committee has a big responsibility when it meets, as committee members review grant proposals submitted by non-profits across our community. Committee members strive to be good stewards of the Club’s money that is generated by our three key annual fundraisers. Since there is only so much money to award each fiscal year and so many non-profits in our community submitting grant proposals, decision-making can be challenging.
A line in a Christmas carol states “faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us,” and this line came true as Fort Collins Breakfast Club members and their guests participated in the Club’s annual Christmas party on Thursday, Dec. 19. 
Christmas breakfast buffet and listened as a local school choir filled the air with Christmas melodies. Club members added to the merriment by singing the final song with the choir. 
Armed with the facts that 50% of low-income families worry about meeting their children’s hygiene needs and 73% of low-income households cut back on food expenses to afford hygiene products, Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary members recognized that they needed to step up to the plate. 
Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary is partnering with Rotary Club of Khadki, Pune, on a project to train government preschool teachers and supervisors in four rural blocks of Pune District, Maharashtra, India, so they can equip rural parents to support child learning at home, thus helping children to be ready for Grade 1. 
Rotarians delivered 190 boxes of winter coats and snow boots to 29 Fort Collins elementary schools on behalf of the Fort Collins-based non-profit Coats & Boots. The 190 boxes were filled with 1,500 new winter coats and 1,500 pairs of boots for Poudre School District children in need.
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