District Conference 2007

Our Program

Home

About Us

News

FAQ's

Forms

District 6970 Conference 2008

Each year, in every Rotary district worldwide, Rotarians gather for a special event - the District Conference. In District 6970, the Conference was held in Jacksonville during the weekend of April 18-19, and the Youth Exchange program had a significant presence there.

Current inbounds and next year's outbounds opened the Friday luncheon with the annual Youth Exchange Parade of Flags, followed by the presentation of the Exchange Student of the Year recognition, to Danish inbound Thore Fisker. Thore was also awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship by District Governor Cecil Gibson.

Throughout the day, conference attendees enjoyed the opportunity to learn about our exchange students' home countries and activities here, through the many displays presented by the inbounds in the House of Friendship.

The afternoon plenary session on Rotary's youth activities was highlighted by speeches by 2008-09 outbound Linda Rogers (India), current inbound Kevin Murphy (Argentina), and 2006-07 outbound Hannah Klein (Japan).

Following that program, our inbounds were hosted for the evening by Arlington Rotarian David Shacter and his wife Melody. An early morning wake-up call was necessary to head out to the Springfield Community Gardens, where the inbounds took the idea of "community service" into their own hands. It all made for an important and fun weekend, and a great way to demonstrate to District 6970 Rotarians what the Youth Exchange program is all about.