Fifteen Rotary Youth Exchange students arrived in Gardnerville for an orientation session. They will be here for a year, staying with host families. These young ladies are from Spain, Taiwan and Denmark and stayed with Dave and Ruth Rich of Gardnerville. Photo by Dave Rich
Under the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, the Rotary Club of Minden sponsors exchange students from around the world.
This year the Club is excited to sponsor a young woman from a small urban city in Austria.
“I hope I don’t get lost here. It’s so spread out,” said Alexandra, when asked for her first impression of the county.
She will be spending this next school year as a junior at Douglas High School, and she has already tried out for and made the varsity volleyball team.
Marsha Leeg, co-President of the Minden Club, notes that the Youth Exchange gives 15-19-year-olds the opportunity to experience other cultures firsthand.
“The program spreads goodwill around the world,” said Leeg.
Local residents volunteer to house a Youth Exchange participant in their homes for all or part of the time the participant spends in the foreign place.
Anyone interested in volunteering as a future host family in Douglas County should contact Rotary Club of Minden.
