Rotarians

How to Sponsor Students to RYLA

It’s very easy to sponsor students to RYLA, and the rewards to the sponsoring Rotary Club are great.

The cost for each student that attends RYLA is $450. 

We need each Rotary Club to pay the full amount when they reserve their spots.  Some Clubs choose to charge the students $25 as a co-pay. We think this is very fair and reasonable and we have a notice on the Student's side of this site telling them that this is a common practice, so they will be expecting it. Some Clubs have the students bring the $25 to the Club when they visit the Club before RYLA to learn more about Rotary and introduce themselves to the Rotarians, then give the $25 back to the student when they visit a 2nd time, after RYLA, to thank the Rotarians and tell them about their experiences. This is probably the best way to do it. You get 2 great programs for only $25/speaker!

1. Decide how many students your Club will sponsor. A member of the RYLA Coordination Team will contact you soon to get that number.

 

2. Forward the ‘Student Email’ to your high school(s). Click link to view, copy & paste
   into your email program.

 

You may want to send that email to Guidance Counselors, your Interact Liaison, Interact Officers, School Superintendents, School Principals, and individual students you happen to know. You can send copies of the email to as many people as you like, (or as few as you like) but we think it’s most ‘fair to all concerned’ to make sure each high school gets at least one copy of that email. 

    3.   Write a check made out to: District 7500 RYLA, in the amount of $450 for each student you are sponsoring to RYLA. Your RYLA Contact will tell you where to send it.

4. The Application deadline is April 1st. Soon after that we will send you all the Applications that came in from the high schools in your area. You'll review the Applications and select which students you want to send to RYLA.