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Dear Rotarians:
The District 6630 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Committee encourages your club’s involvement in sponsoring local high school juniors (who will be seniors in August 2026) for the upcoming leadership camp at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio. Please read this entire letter, due to the changes that have occurred with the registration of participants from the past few years.
The RYLA Committee has planned a five-day leadership conference for high school juniors who are aspiring young leaders. The conference will be held June 21-25, 2026 at Hiram College. The program will enhance the student’s leadership skills through lectures, hands-on participation and recreation.
The cost to the sponsoring Rotary Club is $600.00 per student. This fee includes room, board, staff fees, supplies and recreational costs. There will be a 10:1 student to staff ratio and a professional conference director on campus the entire week.
Again, this year, we will be using an ONLINE APPLICATION process. If you want to send the school a copy of the application, that is fine. Once the participant(s) have been selected, they must register with the online application. At this link, campers will fill out an APPLICATION form; a MEDICAL RELEASE form, the CONSENT RELEASE and AUTHORIZATION form and be able to view a tentative schedule of activities.
All Applications need to be completed ONLINE by Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Applications accepted after 05-07-26, if limits are not exceeded.
Payment Deadline: WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2026.
Make checks payable to: Rotary District 6630-RYLA
This year’s program will be limited to 65 students. There is no limit to the number of students your club may sponsor, however, we ask that you sponsor no more than 2 students with the maximum amount being 5 students from the same school.
If you have questions, feel free to call Marc at (440) 532-8651 or e-mail bwmarcwest@gmail.com
Service Above Self,
D. Marc West
RYLA Chair - Rotary District 6630
Phone to: (440) 532-8651
E-mail to: bwmarcwest@gmail.com