eRYLA – D6760 – Leader N U

Welcome to D6760

Serving Middle and West TN

June 22nd – 26th, 2021

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What does RYLA Offer?

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is all about Rotarians, professionals in your local community, working with youth to develop our future leaders. It is an intensive training/experiential program for students in their pivotal high school years, who are chosen for their proven or potential leadership abilities. Students participate in an all-expense paid retreat, this year held in a virtual setting (eRYLA). The camp is run by Rotary members and RYLA Alumni. Student attendance is sponsored by Rotary Clubs from throughout the district, which means attendance is free for qualified high school students. Students are joined by talented young people from communities throughout the district. eRYLA provides a memorable opportunity to learn, grow, have fun, make new friends, and gain a new and improved focus.

The core curriculum for RYLA includes the following:

Exploring strengths & values in yourself & others
Developing communication skills
Building strong teams & collaborating
Successfully navigating pressure & ambiguity
Building self-confidence and self-esteem
Solving problems and managing conflict
Developing a focus on Community and Global Citizenship

What is the structure of camp?

Each camper is assigned to a team of up to 10 students. This team serves as each student’s family for eRYLA. Students will do many activities with their team, as well as some activities with other students from different teams, so they can meet more. In addition, there will be several activities done as a whole camp.

What should I expect?

eRYLA uses team problem-solving sessions, cooperative games, and competitions for young people across the district. All camp activities are designed with the objective of providing an atmosphere where campers will experience learning situations to help develop their own unique strengths and abilities to become future leaders.

What is Rotary?

Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Read more about Rotary…

Hear what previous eRYLA campers had to say!

Testimonials about eRYLA

"I think the crate was great I loved it. I loved the mystery of opening up something!"

"The website was one of the best 'homemade' things about he camp. Having our own website made everything so much easier. We didn’t have to jump from website to website trying to do one thing."

"My color team was awesome! I really enjoyed the conversations and the games with everyone in my team."

"At first, I was a little nervous in meeting my team but as the week progressed we became like a family. I can't wait to meet them all in person."

"The mixed teams were a great way to get to know new people and work with new people! I loved getting to know everyone and it helped me find out my strengths!"

"Learning about how I think and learn was super helpful in identifying strengths and weaknesses in myself. I loved my porpoise group so much and we are all friends now!!"

"UZoo was probably one of my favorite things to do. It told us about our personality and why everyone at the camp is different. It told us why everyone thinks different and everyone has a different role."

"I think the team challenges were essential to the team-building experience."

"The team challenges were difficult in the beginning but made me realize what I can do now to figure out problems."

"The Learning Styles activity was very insightful. There were learning styles that I definitely could tell didn’t work for me. It was a great way to see how to adapt to those styles since sometimes we aren’t taught the way we learn best. The interpersonal room was my favorite. Talking to someone one on one was so great."

"I thought learning new and old learning styles was interesting and helped us relate to one another. I especially liked the drawing, music, and making a story ones because I can relate that."

"Very well done. Communication was a big key throughout the camp."

"I think 1st impressions was cool because it was talking about some things I never thought about and during lunch I even talked to my step dad about it for the majority of that hour and it was really good to have fun conversations that make you think more."

"CharacterMart was cool because it showed me how everyone was different."

"I enjoyed this activity. It helped me know which characteristics I want to have and which ones I see in myself."

"I think the crate was great I loved it. I loved the mystery of opening up something!"

"The crate made me super excited for camp!"

"The crate was very well put together and impressive, thank you all for the hard work on that."

"By far one of my favorite games! It was so much fun getting to run around and work with others."

"This was very fun to be able to be with a new group of people and be interactive and complete challenges together!"

"I had a lot of fun solving riddles with new friends."

"This was one of my favorite activities because we got to work with our color team and we each had different clues to try and solve the puzzle."

"This was also a good way to work with my team and figure out our strengths and weaknesses when it comes to challenges."

"This was very challenging. But it made me feel more involved. This challenge was really good."

"I loved this activity because I think this was the first activity that I realized I could do be me and do whatever I want and be me and I started meeting people after it."

"I liked that this was on the first day because it kind of got everyone to break out of their shells with people outside of your group and really work together."

"This was by far my favorite activity. It showed us you’re not alone and that there’s people who are just like you and going through similar things as you."

"This one really helped me realize it's okay to come out of your comfort zone. Love this activity."

"I loved clarity and I met so many people who thought like me and it helped me a lot to get passed a mental barrier."

"I loved RYLA U! It was so fun and helpful to talk to people in all steps of college and life. We were able to express concerns and get answers that gave us advice for so many aspects of college."

"I very much enjoyed RYLA U. I liked getting feedback and answers on things I was unsure about concerning college."

"I got to learn a lot about myself in this experience, I also enjoyed the peace and quiet, and the helpfulness I received."

"The Labyrinth was my favorite thing and I felt like I grew a lot from it and now want to go through one on my own."

"The labyrinth helped me to really reflect about my week and what i had learned."

"These are amazing and I loved the crackling fire in the background the first night and I loved the peace and quiet."

"Bonfires!!!! I ENJOYED THEM SO MUCH! I loved being able to do RYLA and have such an amazing experience! "

"One of my favorite things! This was a good time to calm down and reflect in the day."

"The bonfires were great! It was amazing to open up and hear others as well."

"This was great too, I feel like a lot of people needed this because they might be scared of the future"

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