Personal Rotary Youth Development Experience PRYDE provides leadership training and activities that stress leading yourself as a step towards leading others. It is an overnight camp held in the mountains, and its activities are structured for 7th grade students who have demonstrated leadership skills. Topics covered include: Achieving your Goals, Managing Time, Tapping into Your Talents, Taking Risks, and Overcoming Obstaces.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards IT IS AN EXPERIENCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ROTARY MEMBERS NEVER FORGET! RYLA is a three-day camp held in Crestline, CA. Its activities are structured for 11th grade students (Rylarians) who have demonstrated leadership skills. All activities are planned by the Alumni who are selected from the Rylarians who attended the year before. District 5330 has the largest overnight RYLA in the world. Each year we have more than 300 Rylarians who have an unbelievable three days of interaction with students from a variety of schools in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. RYLA helps the students: Develop Leadership Skills; Increase Self Confidence; Gain Exposure to a Variety of Issues and People; and Meet Community Leaders and Mentors.
INTERACT CLUB - Temecula Sunrise Rotary Club sponsors the Interact Club at Chaparral High School in Temecula. This campus service club has school, community and international service activities and numbers as many as 75 young people. This is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 14 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting. Club membership varies greatly. Clubs can be single gender or mixed, large or small. They can draw from the student body of a single school or from two or more schools in the same community. Each year, Interact clubs complete at least two community service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. Through these efforts, Interactors develop a network of friendships with local and overseas clubs and learn the importance of:
- Developing leadership skills and personal integrity
- Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others
- Understanding the value of individual responsibility and hard work
- Advancing international understanding and goodwill