Rotary Youth Leader Awards

Posted by Donna Salamalay on Aug 08, 2016
 
 
Attendees: 14 including Imani Thomas, our guest speaker and Mylene Farrell, Past President of the Rotary Club in Nevis. Mylene recently relocated to Toronto and may be interested in joining a local Rotary Club.
Announcements:
Dave Hardy reminded us that the SCRO is holding a breakfast fundraiser on August 6th at 9AM at the Olde Stone Cottage Pub located at 3750 Kingston Road. Andrew Arifuzzaman COA of UTSC will be the event speaker.
Gordon Brown indicated that the President’s Pool Party will be held on August 20. Please respond to the registration invite if you have not already done so.
Basil Dias thanked participants for their support at last weekend’s Ribfest. We had a good turnout to collect donations.  Basil also indicated that we are exploring another fundraising effort - distributing a specialty “Rotary” Craft Beer in the LCBO.  
 
Rotary Youth Leader Awards (RYLA):
Our guest speaker today was Imani Thomas, a 2015 Paul Harris Scholarship Award winner and 2016 RYLA participant at the Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario. Imani graduated from RH King Secondary School in Scarborough and is currently studying international business at the University of Ottawa.
Imani shared her experience and impressions of the RYLA program and indicated that it was the best week of her summer so far. She noted the emphasis on leadership, including the four personality types assessment and the focus on understanding how different personalities interact with each other.  The importance of building a supportive network, in business and in life, was also noted. The program focused on simulated games designed as a thought-provoking series of “learning by doing” activities and small group discussions on the thought process and behaviours that surface during lectures and simulations.  Attendance in the program was well worth it! 
Imani concluded her talk with a very creative rap she wrote in honor of her RYLA experience. To hear the entire presentation please click on the link below.    
 
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