Fairfield Glade Rotary Club welcomed five International Students participating in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. The Rotary Youth Exchange students spend up to a year living with host families and attending school in a different country.

In excess of 75 years, students and host families have broadened their horizons through Rotary Youth Exchange. More than 80 countries and over 8,000 students each year participate in the program, which is administered at the regional level by Rotary districts and at the local level by Rotary clubs.

Youth Exchange is a Rotary-sponsored program that provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures through long-term exchanges of an academic year or short-term exchanges of up to three months.

High school students between the ages of 15 and 18.5 are eligible to participate.

These exchanges plant the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding. Exchange students are ambassadors of the Rotary clubs that sponsor them and of their country. Rotary clubs and communities benefit by having students from another country in the community for an extended period of time.

The five students: Tino Janifowv of Slovakia, Niklas Utrobicic of Germary, Clara Roth of Belgium, Idun Eiken of Norway and Vanessa Hofbauer of Austria spent a fun filled weekend of activities at The Glade. Their visit began on a Friday night with a picnic at Robinhood Park hosted by Rotary Member Jeanene Doran. Saturday morning they met for breakfast at Druid Hills followed by a tour of Fairfield Glade conducted by Rotary Members Wilson Pitt and Paul Wennermark. That afternoon the girls went swimming at the pool while Rotary Member Len Stark and the  boys took in a round of golf. The afternoon was spent on boat ride provided by Rotary Member Bob Henderson and swimming on Lake Dartmoor. The students were welcomed by numerous Rotary members to a cookout at the home of Rotary Member Joe Crowell and his wife Esther. After a great Sunday morning breakfast the students left Fairfield Glade. This visit was one of the final events these students would have in the States as they wound up their year long exchange experience.