“To work towards peace and understanding in the world.”
- ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM MISSION

Are you:

… interested in being a Goodwill Ambassador to another country?
… between the ages of 15-18?
… interested in learning about another country, living in it, making new friends, and experiencing new things?
 

Benefits:

     - Culture and language fluency
     - Life changing experience 
     - Enhances college applications
     - Enhances employment applications
     - Enhances a resume
     - Builds self confidence
     - Focus, Motivation, and importance of education renewed in high school and college

     Whether you participate in Rotary’s long-term or short-term Youth Exchange programs, you’ll learn a new way of living, a great deal about yourself, and maybe even a new language. You’ll also be an ambassador, teaching people you meet about your country, culture, and ideas. You can help bring the world closer – and make some good friends in the process.

     More than 8,000 young people each year have experiences like these through Rotary Youth Exchange. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. Are you ready for it?

Contact our Youth Exchange Chair for more details about how the Rotary Club of Milwaukie can help:

Richard Benson: physicist403@gmail.com

Youth Exchange Applications:


     Long-term exchanges last a full academic year, and students attend local schools and live with multiple host families.

 

Long Term Form (link)

Long Term Alternate Form (link)


     Short-term exchanges are a total of 6 weeks during the summer and are structured homestays that take place when school is not in session.


Short Term Form (link)

 
Sydney Preston Presentation
2024 Rotary Youth Exchange student speaking to the Milwaukie Rotary Club about her experience.
 
"Tell us about your jacket"
2024 Rotary Youth Exchange student speaking to the Milwaukie Rotary Club about her experience.