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Hello, I'm Catherine Smiley. I'm an excited, future exchange student for The Rotary Youth Exchange Program. I will be going to Switzerland in the Summer of 2019.
I started the application process in the Spring of 2018 and in January, I was ecstatic to learn that I had been accepted. It is an opportunity of a lifetime, but I need help with financing the trip.
I started the application process in the Spring of 2018 and in January, I was ecstatic to learn that I had been accepted. It is an opportunity of a lifetime, but I need help with financing the trip.
Ever since I can remember, I have been interested in traveling around the world, but to date, I have not left the United States. I learned about the Rotary Club through my grandmother and my uncle who hosted students from all over Europe. I later learned they were being hosted through an amazing program called Rotary Youth Exchange. I was delighted to learn that I was old enough to apply for the program.
I took the initiative to learn more about Rotary and I applied with the consent of my parents. They were supportive of the idea of me going abroad for a year. Despite their help later in the application process, it was me that initiated the process by reaching out to Rotary members. I was able to show my parents my commitment to the program and now I want to help defer some of the costs associated with the program.
Currently, I am waiting to learn where in the wonderful country of Switzerland I will be living and attending school.
I would love help with the costs associated with the program. Please help me achieve this life-changing dream of immersion in another culture learning first-hand about other countries and peoples.
I took the initiative to learn more about Rotary and I applied with the consent of my parents. They were supportive of the idea of me going abroad for a year. Despite their help later in the application process, it was me that initiated the process by reaching out to Rotary members. I was able to show my parents my commitment to the program and now I want to help defer some of the costs associated with the program.
Currently, I am waiting to learn where in the wonderful country of Switzerland I will be living and attending school.
I would love help with the costs associated with the program. Please help me achieve this life-changing dream of immersion in another culture learning first-hand about other countries and peoples.
Organizer and beneficiary
Elizabeth Smiley
Beneficiary

