Rotary club members of District 6490 (Mt. Pulaski, Lincoln, Clinton, Atlanta, Bloomington, etc.) has announced that they

will be sending a team led by a Rotarian with four outstanding professionals to visit District 3050 in India departing

in late December for approximately 30 days as part of the Group Study Exchange program of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary

International.  Through the program, teams of young professionals from two different countries exchange visits. For four weeks team

members experience the way of life, customs, and vocational practices of another country, while sharing information about their home

country.

The purpose of the Group Study Exchange program is to promote international understanding and goodwill through personal connection.

While abroad, team members stay in Rotarians’ homes and have the opportunity to meet their professional counterparts. They also give

presentations to Rotary clubs and other groups about their home country. The Rotary Foundation pays for round-trip airfare, and Rotary

club members in the host country provide meals, lodging, and group travel in their district. Team members only pay for personal and

 incidental expenses.

Young adults between the ages of 25 and 40 who are interested in applying should be employed full-time in a business or profession with at

least 2 years in their current occupation. Applicants must live or be employed in Rotary District 6490, which includes the east central Illinois

counties of Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford,

 Iroquois, Jasper, Livingston, Logan, Macon, McLean, Montgomery, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, Vermilion, and Woodford. They must be in

 good health to travel and able to obtain a passport.
 

For an application, please contact:

More information and forms can be found at these sites:

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/161en.pdf

http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/160en.pdf

Applications are due by Wednesday, September 17 to Kevin Miller.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who

provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There

1.2 million Rotary members in some 32,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries.