Guest Speakers - Henry and Cheyene - Club sponsored RYLA participants. 
 
Sue Carpenter the introduced Henry and Cheyenne who have recently participated in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) which is an inhouse conference for 18-30 year olds.
Cheyenne told us she works 4-5 days a week at Marmalades and has just graduated from high school. She thinks she was the youngest participant at RYLA and was aiming to find herself and make connections.
One of the projects was focused on Project Management and a team had to host a dinner for guests with 24 hours notice. This led to having to work hard, listen to each other and build teamwork.
A very good experience from Cheyenne’s point of view.
She also went on to say that RYLA was always about pushing your limits. It was a very good experience and increased her confidence.
Cheyenne thanked the club for sending her to RYLA and encouraged us to send another.
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Sue Carpenter thanked Cheyenne for an amazing talk.
 
Henry spoke about RYLA being for a whole range of people offering lots of get to know activities and building trust, respect and honesty. He told us of one activity where a stranger had to lead him through a ‘minefield’. As a result he had to trust someone else .
Henry thanked the club for giving him the opportunity to attend RYLA and suggested they should nominate someone each year.
There were lots of questions.
 
 
Kerry Tull and team catered tonight and provided a birthday cake with a 30 candle on it. The club was celebrating the birthday of exchange student Lara (from France) who came to Yea in 2009. Members sang Happy Birthday, led by three of the Four Fathers and a video was taken to send to Lara in France