Rotary International District 9640

District 9640 RYTS News Bulletin

RYTS
REGIONAL
YOUTH TRANSITION
SEMINAR

Year 11 & 12 Students
Camp Bornhoffen
3 - 9 December 2011
Cost $450
Chairman: Ken Barker
Phone: 02 6734 2333
E-mail: kjbarker48@gmail.com

Application forms available here

RYTS Brochure

RYTS letter to Club Presidents

RYTS Bulletin

Archived articles:

November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
January 2011
December 2010
October 2010
July 2010
March 2010
July 2008
December 2003
August 2003

[Sunday] Nov, 27 2011

RYTS 2011 Rotary Dinner - Tuesday 6th Dec

The RYTS 2011 Rotary Dinner will be held on Tuesday the 6th Dec from 5:30pm QLD time.

Cost will be $15 per head and will include dinner, drinks, and some lighthearted entertainment with the Awardees and Attendants!

Come dressed in pirate gear or we will provide you with something!

Please book with Ken Barker on kjbarker48@gmail.com or Ph: 02 6734 2333

We hope to see you there to experience what RYTS has to offer!

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Nov 27, 11 | 2:58 pm | Profile

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[Thursday] Nov, 24 2011

RYTS 2011 - 1 Week To Go!

Yes its true... 1 week till we head to Camp Bornhoffen to spend an awesome week with students from Grafton to Goondiwindi, to Glen Innes and more!!!

This year marks the biggest Awardee List since I myself went to RYTS in 2004. With a Grand Total of 79 Awardees, this year is set to make its mark on so many students!!!!

Our Rotary Night is held Tuesday the 6th December from 5:30pm QLD time. The RYTS Team would love to see you there and see all the Awardees.

Thankyou to all the Clubs that have supported the RYTS 2011 Camp. We appreciate it more than you know. To give a student the chance to experience all that RYTS has to give is why we 12 Attendants and 5 Rotarians are so dedicated to making the RYTS camp the best each year. More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Nov 24, 11 | 9:14 pm | Profile

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[Saturday] Oct, 15 2011

RYTS 2011 - 7 Weeks To Go!

7 Weeks is right District 9640... 7 weeks till we kick off the 2011 RYTS Camp!

Already applications are coming in from surrounding Rotary Clubs. Keep them coming in!!
Our dedicated young Team are busy preparing the last few details, getting their costumes and sessions ready for the Awardees in the best, fun filled week of their lives.

On Tuesday the 6th of December, we hold our Themed Rotary Night to allow members of all Rotary Clubs to come and see firsthand what we promote and how the Awardees respond to us. An invitation email is sent out to each club before the camp begins, but I would like to personally invite you to join us on that night to experience just what the RYTS camp is about. Our Theme this year is Pirates!!! "We put the "RRR" in Rotary!!" More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Oct 15, 11 | 4:30 pm | Profile

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[Saturday] Sep, 03 2011

Rotary Youth Transition Seminar

Another year, another camp! It's that time of year again! RYTS 2011!

Preparations for the RYTS 2011 Camp are already well underway with the addition of new members to the team, new speakers and a renewed outlook on camp life.

Some of our new speakers include Tammy Hamawi, speaking on Leadership and Communication and Gerry Keyte, a local policeman who teaches the Awardees about alcohol use and how it can affect every individual differently. More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Sep 03, 11 | 12:08 pm | Profile

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[Thursday] Jan, 06 2011

RYTS 2010

Yes! It has come and gone... the RYTS Camp of 2010.

I would like to sincerely thank all the Rotary Clubs that sponsored students - without you the camp would not be able to make such a difference to the 54 Awardees we had.

The camp was a wonderful success but it would not be possible without the fun loving, highly spirited team of 12 young people and 5 Rotarians who came together after a 6 month planning period, to form an amazing, committed team we call the Red Shirts; to implement a program we call (RYTS) The Rotary Youth Transition Seminar.

This year we also had 2 young women from District 9630 attend to get an idea of what we do and they have now put in place the planning program to start a RYTS Camp in District 9630 for 2012!!

With loud music, guest speakers, inside entertainment, paint and loads of fun thrown in between the more serious parts, the camp was again a major success for all who attended. More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Jan 06, 11 | 12:31 pm | Profile

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[Friday] Dec, 03 2010

The Countdown is Over!!

Yes that's right! RYTS 2010 has finally arrived!

The RYTS Team had our final meeting in Glen Innes at the home of our awesome Chairman Ken Barker. We all enjoyed the 6hr bus trip down.. a good bonding experience for us!

Now it's finally rolled around. Tomorrow - the 4th December - there will be 62 kids turning up to experience the wonderful week we have planned for them.

With the addition of an International Speaker joining our list of Guest Speakers, the RYTS week is set to be one of the best.

Our hard working team is heading up to Bornhoffen tonight to set up before the excitement starts tomorrow. Let's just hope the rain lets up a bit for us!! More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Dec 03, 10 | 12:04 pm | Profile

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[Saturday] Oct, 23 2010

RYTS 2010 .... 6 Weeks To Go!!

That's right District 9640, there is 6 weeks to go before we kick off the RYTS Camp for 2010!

Already we have applications in from surrounding Rotary Clubs.
Our Team is busy preparing the last few details for the camp: confirming speakers, choosing the menu for the week, getting their costumes and sessions ready for the Awardees in the best, fun filled week of their lives.

Just to give you some personal insight into the camp, I attended RYTS myself in 2004, when I had just finished my HSC.
Going to the RYTS camp was the best thing I could have done at that time. I was able to open up my feelings and get a better understanding of who I was, what I wanted to do and to accept that things in my life, however bad they may be, were there to make me stronger. I came back from that camp a changed woman.
Many of the past Awardees express similar feelings and experiences when we speak to them after the camp. More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Oct 23, 10 | 11:52 am | Profile

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[Thursday] Jul, 15 2010

RYTS 2010

Well District 9640 - meetings have started for the 2010 RYTS Camp! With new and returning members to the team, the first meeting started with a bang.

Welcoming 4 new members to the 2010 team as well as a new Rotarian as our Camp Dad, the team discussed some of the sessions for the week long program, deciding on guest speakers such as David Pattemore; speaking on Labelling & Self Esteem, Karen Phillips - Look Behind The Mirror, Mirakai - a group who deals with Drug Rehabilitation and sends 4 volunteers to talk about their journey, and Michael Croaker - Aspirations, as well as sessions given by the Team members such as Renting, Finances and Personalities. More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Jul 15, 10 | 4:16 pm | Profile

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[Saturday] Mar, 20 2010

Rotary Youth Transition Seminar 2009

RYTS (Rotary Youth Transition Seminar) is a weeklong camp held in December every year at Camp Bornhoffen, in the Numinbah Valley for students aged 16 to 18 years. Each year the camp has consisted of over 60 students from the Gold Coast to Grafton to Glen Innes to Goondiwindi and has been run for over 25 years.

The camp focuses its main theme on �Life Skills� and includes sessions on motivation, public speaking, self-identity, finance & renting, goal setting and more. With entertainment, loud music, and loads of fun thrown in between the more serious parts, every year the RYTS camp has been major success for all who attended.

The RYTS Team consists of 13 young people and 6 Rotarians, who are all volunteers, and spend 6 months planning this event to make it the best it can be for each individual year.

The RYTS camp is such an inspirational week for all who attend.

I ask each and every club to please keep encouraging and sending these young adults to attend for future years as it is one of the best things they can do. More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Mar 20, 10 | 2:32 pm | Profile

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[Sunday] Jul, 13 2008

RYTS Camp - 25 Years Running and Still Going Strong!

RYTS 2007 - Tyalgum Ridge Retreat. A week of fun, entertainment and laughter.

In 2007 our fun loving, highly spirited team of 14 young people, in their 20's, came together after a 6 month planning period, to form an amazing, committed team to implement a program we call (RYTS) Regional Youth Transition Seminar.

The camp consisting of 60 year 11 and 12 students, with the support of Rotary Clubs from the Gold Coast to Grafton to Glen Innes to Goondiwindi, experienced a week of fun, motivation, interaction, understanding, music and laughter.

The week long camp focused its main theme on �Life Skills� and includes sessions on motivation, public speaking, self-identity, finances, goal setting and more.
More...

Posted by: Tanya Miller - RYTS Seminar Director on Jul 13, 08 | 10:16 am | Profile

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