Here are the top 5 reasons why you should have the YLI Experience this summer!
Number 5:
Enhance your college application with solid leadership training
Number 4:
Win scholarship money for college
Number 3:
Make new friends from around Kansas City
Number 2:
Challenge yourself and learn to work as a team in many fun, energetic activities, including the Wildwood Adventure Course
Number 1:
Have an amazing summer while you discover more about yourself and learn how to be a leader
In His Own Words
“To say that YLI had an impact on my path in life to date would be putting it mildly. When I was selected to participate in YLI, I was an impressionable sophomore in high school, no clear goals or aspirations. What I gained from my week working with Rotarians and community leaders was less a picture of where I wanted to be in ten years, and more of an understanding of what kind of person I wanted to be for the rest of my life.
When I think back to that experience, I am amazed at how much I gained in such a short period of time. From that week, I began to appreciate the indispensable qualities of team collaboration, personal initiative and civic responsibility. Rotary's message of 'Service Above Self' was implicitly built into every activity.
Through my own activities following YLI, I
Alexander Jackson, YLI Graduate Photo taken in the Czech Republic
became increasingly aware of the value of that message. I didn't fully appreciate how much it had shaped my own development
until I applied for the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship four years later. The qualities sought for the scholarship were those I had learned four years previous, and those I had demonstrated in my activities ever since.
Since I arrived in Prague, Czech Republic on the Rotary Scholarship, I have been fortunate to be able to visit with people the world over who share Rotary's mission. It is a mission of goodwill and giving carried out by Rotarians everywhere, and one I hope to share with others for years to come.”
What do other past YLI Graduates think of their experience!?!
“Thank you for inspiring me to be a better leader!”
“I thought YLI was going to be worse than camp, but it was the best week of my summer.”
“I will definitely recommend YLI to a friend.”
“I went to YLI thinking that all I would be doing is sitting around and getting lectured to. I have to tell you that YLI is so much more. Not only did I learn qualities of a leader and have fun, I also learned qualities about myself that I never knew and made friends in the process.”
“I was nervous in the beginning, but I am so grateful that I allowed myself to open up to the many great people I met and experience this wonderful journey.”
“Before YLI I never realized the impact I can make in my family, school and society.”
“I made new friends and loved working with students from different schools in K.C.”
“Winning a college scholarship was an unexpected bonus!”
“I can truly say this was a rewarding experience that I am grateful to have participated in.”
“From all my experience at YLI, I have become a better leader and teammate.”
“Finding out that I have the ability to come in to a 5 day program with complete strangers and by the end of the week be very close friends. I think opening the week with Wildwood allowed us to find trust in one another.”
“To have been in the company of YLI 2006 and the like minds all striving for the same excellence was, to say the least, exhilarating.”
“Thanks for believing in our ability to be great leaders of the future!”
"It was a great way to make new friends, learn new skills and have fun!"
“I am glad that I attended this leadership summit because I met a lot of great people that I still keep in touch with and on top of all that, I had a lot of fun working with the students.”
“Before YLI I never realized the impact I can make in my family, school and society.” .........................................................
“Thank you for inspiring me to be a better leader!”
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“I can truly say this was a rewarding experience that I am grateful to have participated in.”
