Rotarian and district youth exchange chair for District 5550 Paulette Connery presented yesterday at Portage Rotary Club's luncheon outlining the many programs they offer for youth.

"The biggest one for our club is Rotary Youth Exchange," says Connery. "That's where we have a student go out to another country and a student comes in. Next year's student is off to Finland. RYLA is also a terrific program. It's Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, and it runs two camps -- one for juniors and the other for youth."

Connery explains programs range from Adventures in Technology to Adventures in Aviation, and Model United Nations. She adds Adventures in Agriculture's always oversold and limited as to how many can get involved. Connery notes what's really great about that program is our area is so agriculturally based. Any students aspiring to agriculture will find all sorts of careers within that program, and they also get the chance to go to Regina's Agribition where they can experience other agricultural programs that are available.

She adds there's still time for students to apply for RYLA 2017. Sherrie Palmer or Kim Houle are involved and can be contacted, or anybody else from the Portage Rotary Club. Those applications are being accepted until June 15th. The camp is held at Clear Lake's Anglican Church campground.