Island Guardian

Thursday, September 22nd

Youth Basketball Volunteers Needed

Do you enjoy basketball and working with youth? Would you like to make a difference in a child's life? If so, Island Rec is in need of volunteer coaches, scorekeepers and officials for our youth basketball leagues. Currently we are getting geared up for the boy's league. Practices for this league starts October 24th. Games are held on Sunday afternoons and will be taking place November 6th through December 18th. There will not be a game on November 27th. High school students are eligible for Dollars for Scholars hours when they volunteer with Island Rec. If you are interested in volunteering for the youth basketball leagues, please contact Corelia Peacock at 378-4953 or come by our office at 580 Guard Street from 1:00-5:00 pm Monday - Friday.

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Wednesday, September 21st

Spend A Year Overseas: Rotary Club To Sponsor Exchange Student

The Rotary Club of the San Juan Islands is accepting applications from local high school students who are interested in attending secondary school overseas for one year as a part of an International Student Exchange Program.

To qualify, the student needs to be between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, in the upper 20% of his or her academic class, of good character, mature, and in good physical condition. Most importantly, he or she must be willing to be a good ambassador for the San Juan Islands and the United States.
The student or student's family is expected to pay travel and insurance costs, as well as provide some spending and emergency money. Room, board and schooling are provided by the host Rotary club and families.

Annually, approximately 7,000 students from more than eighty countries take part in exchanges sponsored by Rotary clubs worldwide. They will be asked to speak to the sponsoring club upon their return about their experiences.

The application forms for the Rotary Youth exchange are available at the Friday Harbor High School counseling office. Contact can also be made with Dick Shorett, (360) 378-4757 for application forms or additional information. Deadline for submission is October 14th, after which the Rotary club will interview students in late October for exchanges commencing in July or August of 2006

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Wednesday, September 14th

SJ Island Rotary Club's Helps Katrina Relief

There is no knowledge like local knowledge, and with thousands of Rotarians in southern Louisiana and Mississippi the relief efforts to the victims of Hurricane Katrina are well underway.

San Juan Island Rotary Club has elected to send all donations to Rotary District 6200 which will provide one-to-one assistance to families in New Orleans, LA, Biloxi, Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, McComb, Hattiesburg, MS and points in between.

Under the direction of Rotarian Joe Hidalgo, Disaster Relief Coordinator in southern Louisiana, storage facilities and staging areas for volunteers are operational. With an all volunteer workforce and no overhead, all donations will be directed to individuals and families.

Frequent updates on the relief effort will be a part of this partnership. Local Rotarian Tom Small is in Jackson, MS now and reporting back to the Rotary club.

Contributions may be made to the San Juan Island Rotary Club, and dropped off at the REMAX Real Estate office on Spring Street.

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