The Youth Exchange Committee would like to recognize and thank all our club members, family and friends, who helped support the Youth Exchange Host Weekend that occurred on November 16^th 2019. At 1pm, Kids from all over our district ascended upon COSI for some district-led training activities and perused COSI with DW Rotarian chaperones until approximately 4:30pm. At which point, more Rotarians from our club picked up the students to take them in small groups to their homes and had great conversation over dinner. At 7:30pm, dinner hosts dropped off the students with dessert at Kilbourne Middle School to have a lock-in sleepover with district members. Last, but not least, Rotarians were up bright and early to supply breakfast to the kids and district representatives before they departed back to their homes.

The whole event was a great success and it could not have been made possible without the support and coordination from our club. The Youth Exchange Committee wants to thank our club at large for it’s support and specifically the following folks:

Bill Shantz         John and Mary Butterfield          Jerry and Merci Katz            Bonnie Beth     Shirley Lambert
Connie Henderson            Andrew Shuneson                 Jim and Sue Farmer      Mary Greenlee  Roger Johnson
Nick and Jeanine Linkenhoker          Rachael Dorothy      Mike Moulton               Brian Elder and Family
Darnell and Carmen Perkins        Ratna Subramanian    Tim Shear             Don and Marianne Motley
Jennifer Best             Roe Mauro                         Trevor Donaldson                    Ann Pechacek

        
From Left: Oscar (exchange in Turkey last year), Sienna       
(exchange next year possibly Italy), Marcelina (inbound      
from Poland), PE and host Bill Shantz               
                   

From Left: Arthur (inbound from France), Allie (exchange in Taiwan last
year), Melia (exchange next year in German speaking country), Rosa (short
term exchange in Spain last year), President & host John Butterfield