3. Rotary Youth Exchange History
Copenhagen RC first Youth Exchange (Short-term)
1958 Lake Placid Governors’ Conference created year-long Youth Exchange policies & procedures (Long-term)
1970s RI Board adopts Youth Exchange as a formal program

4. 41 Countries With Whom We Exchange
41 Countries + USA = 96% total Rotarians

5. 2018-2019 8,000-9,000 Total Exchange Students
Guestimate: each Exchange Student meets, interacts, befriends 2, people while he/she/they participate in the program
No. people globally touched by Rotary Youth Exchange

6. 16,000,000-36,000,000 people Rotary’s best kept grass-roots peace program

7. Ben Simmons-Telep Exchange Student alumnus USA to Peru Masters Degree Candidate Global Human Development Georgetown Univ.