Leadership is an essential aspect of Rotary

We offer clubs and programs to help emerging leaders develop their skills. Participants strengthen their leadership skills, serve their communities, increase their world understanding, build friendships, and more through these groups.

Rotary Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp (RAYEC)

is for youth aged 13-15 who are interested in business.  This one-week entrepreneurial-based camp combines business education training with a summer camp atmosphere. Campers learn from guest speakers and participate in workshops.

 Create and launch a business with your team

• Learn money management and business budgeting
• Learn marketing and advertising
• Sell your products on the final day and keep the profits

Campers attend for free, thanks to the generous support of community sponsors, Community Futures offices and Rotary District 5360. Sixty youths from South and Central Alberta will attend the Cypress Hills camp which is held annually in August.

Youths or parents interested in more information about RAYEC: 

Email: Rotary Club of Canmore

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)

This leadership development program is run by Rotary. While participants can be of any age, most events focus on secondary school students, university students, or young professionals. RYLA is typically three days long and includes presentations, activities, and workshops that cover a variety of topics, including:

• Leadership fundamentals and ethics
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving and conflict management

• Community and global citizenship

   

Read more about the program HERE

APPLY now  for the RYLA Conference held annually in May!

$650/student sponsored by Rotary Club of Canmore 

Email: Rotary Club of Canmore

The Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment is an annual 4-day camp for aspiring leaders aged 13-17. This once-in-a-lifetime event is free to participants and sponsored by Rotary Clubs across District 5360. RYPEN takes place at a camp on the Little Bow Travers Reservoir. RYPEN focuses on youth between the ages of 13 and 17 years old.

RYPEN supports youth to find their voice, take leadership, explore other leadership opportunities, and make a difference in their community. All camp leaders are previous attendees, inspired by their camp experiences to continue their journey as growing leaders. You and your Club make that possible.

Ready to be creative, try new things, make new friends, succeed as a team, expand your comfort zone, and find your voice? RYPEN is your opportunity to reflect, support, and grow your leadership skills and leave a stronger person than you arrived! So what are you waiting for? Take the RYPEN Challenge and register today!

APPLY now  for the RYPEN Camp held annually in May!

Email: Rotary Club of Canmore

In 1951, the Rotary Club of Ottawa established its annual "Adventure in Citizenship" Program in which over 150 senior high school students from across Canada spend four days in Ottawa experiencing tours, lectures, discussions and social events designed to enhance their understanding and appreciation of Canadian citizenship.

This annual event provides a unique opportunity for a select group of young Canadians to come together and gain a better understanding of our country. Through meetings with political leaders, senior officials, and others, they learn a great deal about the workings of our democratic institutions. Through meeting one another and having discussions among themselves, they learn to appreciate the diversity of Canada and privileges and responsibilities of citizenship.

A consistently positive response to this program is the value attached to the opportunity to meet their peers from across Canada. The discovery that Canadians hold much more in common than the matters that divide us.

WHO PARTICIPATES?
The Rotary Adventure in Citizenship Program is for students aged 16-18 years who are leaders in their community and reflect the broad spectrum of religious and cultural communities that comprise Canadian society.

They are also Canadian citizens, or they have landed immigrant status. Many are past or future participants in a Rotary International Exchange program abroad.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
The program evolves from year to year in response to the changing political agenda of the country.  Normally, the program will include a presentation from the Speaker of the House of Commons and a visit in the Chamber, meetings with aboriginal and local leaders and motivational speakers.  Other typical activities include a special sitting of a Citizenship Court, a visit to the Canadian War Museum and local universities, discussions with topical experts, a talent show and a French-Canadian meal.  Participants are encouraged in fellowship among themselves and an appreciation of the cultural diversity in Canada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Email: Rotary Club of Canmore

The Homes of Hope program was founded in 1990 by Sean & Janet Lambert. A team from Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Los Angeles built the first house in the poor El Florido community of San Antonio del Mar, Mexico. During that first build, the Lambert’s young daughter, Andrea, pointed out another impoverished family living in an old, abandoned bus and asked, “Daddy, are you going to build a house for the bus people too?” Sean’s heart was filled with compassion for another family in need and Homes of Hope was born. The next year the Lambert family moved to San Diego and founded YWAM San Diego/ Baja.

How it works: The Rotary Club of Canmore selects young adults 18+ years of age to travel to Tijuana Mexico along with 3-4 Rotary Club of Canmore members to experience the building of homes for the poor, built and funded by Rotary Club volunteers offering their time and labor. Each house build takes 2-3 days depending upon the location and type of building materials used. Some groups also choose to further support the families with a furniture package or shopping trip.

5000 homes have been built

100,000+ volunteers engaged

17 countries impacted (please see “HOH History 1990–2015” for detailed breakdown)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Email: Rotary Club of Canmore

Long-Term Student Exchange 

Are you interested in learning a new language or meeting new people? Rotary Youth Exchange is the opportunity of a lifetime for the more than 8,000 students who participate each year. By sharing your own culture and embracing a new one, you help foster global understanding—and learn a great deal about yourself and your home country. As a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you’ll spend up to a year living with host families and attending school in a different country.

Wanted… Youth Ambassadors between the ages of 15.5 and not yet 18  (at the time of departure) who have a sincere desire to:

• Practice and grow your leadership skills
• Form international friendships
• Learn new ways to communicate
• Gain a fresh understanding of yourself and others
• Immerse yourself in a different culture
• Appreciate others’ ways of doing things
• And act as an ambassador for and educate others about your country

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Email: Rotary Club of Canmore

The Lyle Bradley Memorial Citizenship Scholarship

The Rotary Club of Canmore introduces up to 3 Scholarships valued at $2,000 each to students from Canmore and Mini Thni who are graduating Grade 12. This award is based on citizenship. Students must highlight their community involvement and volunteerism while demonstrating a commitment to bettering our world by discussing how their actions demonstrate the use of the 4 Way Test. Students must be attending post-secondary schooling in the following year after graduation in order to quality. Preference will be given to students that demonstrate a financial need.

Deadline is May 31 each year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

Email: Rotary Club of Canmore