Rotary Central Developing Youth Leaders

Rotary Central Developing Youth Leaders

The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Central (Rotary Central) was proud to sponsor five students at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) in St. Augustine, Florida from June 27 to 30, 2013. The aim of RYLA is to launch already talented young people back into their communities, inspired and provided with fresh ideas, understandings, and skills. RYLA also seeks to send students back to their communities better equipped to become leaders of tomorrow and prepared to apply what they have learned at the conference.

The students participating at this year’s event were: Antony McFarlane, Aolani Watson, Mikayla Wilson, Katelyn Bush and Lauren Williams. In addition, Rotary Central sponsored Romario Nathan to attend as one of the Junior Counselors at the event, an opportunity to learn skills in planning and co-ordination.

“The organizers of the RYLA in St. Augustine have been welcoming Cayman Islands students to their event for the past three years”, said Rotarian Martin Ruben, who leads the RYLA program for the club. “Each year the event gets better and better and offers students an amazing opportunity to learn personal, business and community leadership concepts in a very unique setting.”

There were approximately 100 students participating at this year’s event and the rest of the students were from areas around St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Florida. For the first time since attending the event, one of four major awards was given to Antony McFarlane for demonstrating respect, a key element of leadership.

About Rotary Central

Rotary Central is part of Rotary International, a global association of Rotary clubs, with a common mission to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

Rotary Central received its charter from Rotary International on October 30 1986. Since then the club has established an impressive track record of service in Cayman’s community, which has included assistance with housing, the building of the T.E. McField Centre, the restoration of the Mastic Trail, the Science Fair, Literacy Hurricane relief and a wide range of youth programmes. Rotary Central currently has over 70 members ranging across various sectors of the community. More information is available at www.rotarycentral.ky

Contact: Larry Tibbetts llanni@candw.ky

RYLA Participants L to R: Antony McFarlane, Aolani Watson, Mikayla Wilson, Katelyn Bush and Lauren Williams.