New Generations (Youth Services) Projects
The Rotary Club of Coronado conducts service projects across Rotary International's Four Avenues of Service: Club Service, Vocational Service, Community Service, and International Service. We are able to finance our service projects with the following fundraising activities:
- Member Pledges
- Pancake Breakfast
- Jim Laslavic Charity Golf Tournament
- Low Tide Ride & Stride
- Polio Plus Wine Tasting
Each year our club invites the top student-athletes at Coronado High School to join us for lunch and receive awards for not only their athletic prowess, but for their contributions to our community and their outstanding grades.
Each fall, 70 to 80 of our members participate in this program at Coronado High School. These members spend time with the students, explaining their professions and responding to their questions in order to provide our students with a better understanding of what the real work world is like.
Each year, a senior boy and girl graduating from Coronado High School are awarded the prestigious Rotary "Service Above Self" $5,000 Scholarship in honor of long-time Rotarian Dr. Jim Vernetti based upon criteria established by our club.
This project provides both books for children to read and volunteers to either read to them or assist them with their own reading skills. We present our weekly speakers with a book for them to sign, which we then donate to the program. This accounts for over fifty books per year getting into the program. Numerous Rotarians also volunteer as Readers.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is a Rotary International program that takes top student leaders and gives them the opportunity to experience fellowship with other top students from around the San Diego County region in a retreat environment. Our club normally selects five students from Coronado High School to attend this prestigious program.
Rotoract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. Rotaract clubs are either community or university based, and they are sponsored by a local Rotary club. This makes them true "partners in service" and key members of the family of Rotary. All Rotaract efforts begin at the local, grassroots level, with members addressing their community's physical and social needs while promoting international understanding and peace through a framework of friendship and service. Interact is Rotary International's service club for young people ages 12 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting. Each year, Interact clubs complete at least two community service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. The Coronado Rotary Club supports both Rotaract and Interact.
Rotary is proud to pass on important Life skills information to Coronado High School students during select Saturday School periods. Skills in money management, etiquette, insurance, stress management, consequences of drinking, and even demonstrations on how to change a tire, self-defense, and other topics are presented in short seminar format.
The LEAD (Leadership, Ethics and Determination) Conference is a leadership and personal development program for 8th grade middle school students. Talented young people attend a two day camp developed and presented by the Rotarians of Rotary International District 5340.
The Model United Nations is a reproduction of the United Nations General Assembly. A number of nations that have representation in the UN are each represented by a delegation of two students. These High School students are selected, sponsored supported and advised by participating Rotary Clubs in District 5340. The advisor attends the Conference and may be a Rotarian, a teacher, or other interested member of the community.
Encourages high school students to prepare and give speeches that apply the Four-Way Test to everyday activities and issues.
Once a year, Coronado Rotary works with the Coronado Chamber of Commerce to put on this job fair so that local employers can provide information to our high-school students about job opportunities right in their own community.
Rotary Youth Exchange
This program encompasses three types of exchanges that our Rotary club sponsors: 1. Long-term exchange for ages 151/2 to 18, providing students with the opportunity to spend a full academic year with several host families and becoming completely immersed in the country's language and culture. 2. Short-term exchange for ages 15-18, where students have the opportunity to stay for several weeks abroad with a host family with a teenager of similar age and then he/she will come to the student's home in the US and stay for several weeks. 3. Summer Camp exchange; where over 60 international youth summer camps are offered to students 151/2 to 25 who want to be the only American in a group of students from other countries, spending 2 to 3 weeks abroad.
For questions and to request more information, please email coronadorotaryexchange@gmail.com.
This program encompasses three types of exchanges that our Rotary club sponsors: 1. Long-term exchange for ages 151/2 to 18, providing students with the opportunity to spend a full academic year with several host families and becoming completely immersed in the country's language and culture. 2. Short-term exchange for ages 15-18, where students have the opportunity to stay for several weeks abroad with a host family with a teenager of similar age and then he/she will come to the student's home in the US and stay for several weeks. 3. Summer Camp exchange; where over 60 international youth summer camps are offered to students 151/2 to 25 who want to be the only American in a group of students from other countries, spending 2 to 3 weeks abroad.
For questions and to request more information, please email coronadorotaryexchange@gmail.com.