Rock Rotary Club Tree Planting Event Oct. 21, 2017

The Rock Rotary Club (Satellite of Murray) is putting on a tree planting event October 21, 2017 from 9am-noon.  The event will take place on the Jordan River in Murray, Utah (Germania Park: 5243 Murray Parkway Ave. 84123).

Please CLICK HERE to RSVP so we can make sure to have the right number of tools & snacks.

For more info, contact Miriam Barth:  youthrotary@gmail.com.  CHEERS!  

Rotary Youth District Conference -- April 20-22, 2018

Rotary Interact Trip: Hopi Reservation November 2-5, 2017

Hopi Nation Service Trip 2017
November 2-5, 2017

Each year, Interactors (high school aged Rotarians) have the unique opportunity to join Rotarians for a service project on the Hopi Nation, a Native American tribe whose villages date back to 1200 A.D., descendants of the Anasazi culture. The Hopi Nation live on the mesas of Northeastern Arizona. 

This year we'll be providing firewood and repairing a school and/or local homes. We will work with local Hopi students teaching life skills through Jr. Achievement. 

The cost is $200 which includes transportation, food and lodging.  We're accepting applications on a first come, first serve basis, accepting those who have paid their $200 and submitted their paperwork. To ensure a quality experience for our participants, we are capping this trip at 20 students and 10 chaperones. 

• Thursday-Meet and load vans, drive to reservation.
• Friday- Teaching Jr. Achievement skills to local Hopi students. Distributing dictionaries and firewood.
• Saturday- Various work around the reservation. Dinner with locals.
• Sunday-Sunrise service on sacred mesa, drive home.

TO REGISTER:  CLICK HERE.

For more info contact Cathy King: credking@gmail.com

Rotary Youth Service Trip: Rwanda, July 26-August 7, 2018

Join us on the trip of the lifetime to Rwanda, July 26-August 7, 2018.  Click HERE for the day-to-day itinerary.

The cost is $1,999/person + flight.  Registration and more info will be available soon on our website:  utahrotaryyouth.org.  To learn about our partner Kids Play International, click HERE.

Rotary Youth Service Trip: Puerto Penasco, Mexico

Welcome!  We hope you are able to attend this year's Puerto Penasco trip, June 9-16, 2018.  The cost is $1,500/person (includes transportation, lodging, food & materials for building homes).  Registration and more info will be available soon on our website:  utahrotaryyouth.org

Opportunities for engaging youth

Here are 4 ways to engage Rotary youth today!

1. Our District Youth Conference will ROCK (literally, we'll be camping under sheer red cliffs in Zion), April 19-21, 2018. Learn more HERE.
2. Young people want to travel & serve! We’ve got 2 district-wide international humanitarian trips-- click the links for more info: Puerto Penasco, Mexico (June 9-16, 2018) and Rwanda (July 26-August 7, 2018). 
3. Sign up today to be a Mentor for a young Rotarian or Rotaractor by clicking here.
4. Purchase a license plate with a Rotary logo. Click here to learn how.

Support Youth: Rotary License Plate Program

Support Utah Rotary Youth Programs 

WHILE promoting Rotary everywhere you drive. 

It is really easy to support our younger generations: Get a Rotary license plate (and please renew it every year!).  Proceeds from these license plates allow us to put on trainings and events for our youth, recognize exceptional leaders, as well as send our Interactors & Rotaractors to Rotary conferences.

Here's how you can get your Rotary license plate (at all DMVs in Utah):

1. In person at the DMV, submit the paperwork needed to register your vehicle.  Let them know you want to have the "Humanitarian Service" special group plate.  You'll pay $16 for the initial special plate fee, and an additional $25 for the contribution (which is also the price of renewing).
2. By mail, submit a copy of your current registration, along with a note that you would like the "Humanitarian Service" special group plate. Include a check for $45 ($25 towards youth programs, $16 for the plate fee & $4 for postage) made out to: Utah State Tax Commission Motor Vehicle Division. Mail everything to: Utah State Tax Commission Motor Vehicle Division P.O. Box 30412 Salt Lake City, UT 84130.

For more info, call 801-297-7780 or 1-800-DMV-UTAH (800-368-8824), or click HERE for the DMV special group plates webpage.

Rotary's Service Project Showdown

We're excited to announce our Service Project Showdown competition between our Utah Rotaract and Interact Clubs! Clubs will submit a 3 minute video of their club "Making a Difference" (Rotary International's theme for the year), by March 1, 2018.  Videos will be judged by a panel of Rotarians who will be looking for clubs that highlight Rotary-strong projects/events.  See below for what components make up a Rotary-strong project.

Here's what clubs must do to participate:

1. SHARE a 1-2 minute video of your club putting on your proposed service project by March 1, 2018.  Here's where you'll share it.
2. HANG TIGHT as Rotarians look over your videos.
3. CELEBRATE at our 2018 Annual Rotary Youth Conference in Springdale as we announce the winning clubs, and award them with prize money. If your club members can't make it, we'll notify you if you're one of the winning club. 

What is a Rotary-strong Project?  As Rotarians, we're proud of our the work we do. With our efforts, we consider 3 components to ensure we have the biggest and best impact possible:

• We seek for quality of our service projects & events.  
• Does our project address one of Rotary's 6 avenues of service? 
• What is the impact of our project/event, and on who? 
• How well has our club considered the sustainability of our efforts? 
• How creative or memorable is our club's project?  How much does the project stand out compared to others?
• We seek to strengthen friendships and our team.
• How well does our project engage each of our club members? 
• How well has our club considered collaborating with other clubs & Rotarians-- creating an even bigger team?
• How well has our club celebrated our successes and members?  
• We seek to expand our movement.
• How well have we publicized our efforts?  Do people know about our project/event?
• How well has our club invited the larger community to join our efforts?
• How well have we educated others (including club members!) on what we are doing and why it is important? 

Good luck, everyone!  For questions or concerns, please contact Miriam Barth at youthrotary@gmail.com.

2017 Rotary Youth Training

Rotary Leadership Training

For Interact & Rotaract Club leadership & advisors

August 26, 2017 2:30-5pm at the downtown Salt Lake Library

Room 4, located on the library’s fourth floor, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City UT 84111

Club leaders & advisors:  please CLICK HERE to register.

Congrats!  If you're here, you're a leader within Rotary (Interact or Rotaract) and are about to impact many lives for the better.  We're excited to support you by offering a special training to kick off your school year. We'll be going over your roles & responsibilities, sharing resources and opportunities, and giving you some time to start planning your year so you can be as successful as possible.  Even if you cannot attend, but still want the info, register and we'll pass along all the info & videos afterwards. 

Contact Miriam Barth with any questions:  youthrotary@gmail.com

2017 District Youth Conference

5 Reasons you shouldn't miss this year's 

Rotary's District Youth Conference

Friday May 19 (4-9:30pm) & Saturday May 20 (8-12:30pm)
National Abilities Center -- 1000 Ability Way, Park City, UT 84060

1. NETWORK. Mix n' mingle with other like-minded high school students from around Utah, and have a blast at the Rotary BBQ.
2. GET LEADERSHIP TRAINING.  Learn how to lead service projects, fundraisers & club meetings.  And hey- it's good for your resume!
3. DEVELOP MORE KINDNESS.  Find out how you can make your school (and world) a kinder place.  Because schools can be the harshest places on earth.
4. SERVE.  Get your humanitarian thang on with hands-on service projects.
5. EAT & SLEEP on the cheap.  If you're coming from out of town, we can find you a host family.  The food will be delicious. And we're not charging students-- we just need you to RSVP.  

CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Here's the agenda:
 

Friday, May 19:

·      4:00-4:15pm:  Check in & registration

·      4:15pm-4:50:  Ice-breakers

·      4:50-5:00:  Break

·      5:00-5:40:  Cathy King & Miriam Barth – Introduction to the Kindness in Leadership

·      5:40-6:10:  Service project—small acts of kindness

·       6:30-9:00pm:  Western-style themed BBQ dinner & competition with Rotarians.  

·       Overnight:  Students being hosted leave with their host families for the evening.

Saturday, May 20:  

·       Breakfast with host families, then students are transported to conference

·       8-10:15am: The power of service locally & globally

o   8:00am:  Welcome & ice breaker

o   8:10-8:30am:  Dean Jackson: Kindness in leadership

o   8:30-9:00: Tracy Evans- Kids Play International

o   9:00-9:15:  Break

o   9:15-10:15:  Debby Lauret & Jeremy Lewis:  How to transform your kindness into a great service project or fundraiser

·       10:15-10:45:  Miriam Barth -- The Power & Potential of Rotary

·       10:45-11:00:  Break (set up for Hunger Banquet)

·       11:00-12:00:  Hunger Banquet Luncheon

·       12:00-12:15:  Closing statements, socialize, wait for rides, etc.