Rise Up With RYLA

Dear Rotarians,

Club Sponsorship Forms are being accepted at this time. Gets yours in to claim your two camper spots, meals, etc.

 

Important Deadline/Prices:

$650 per camper if payment is submitted BEFORE November 30, 2022

$675 per camper if payment is submitted AFTER December 1, 2022

Club Sponsorship Form and Payment Deadline: January 5, 2023. No Club Sponsorship Forms will be accepted after this date. All payments must be in by this date.

 

Meals & Supplies Costs: Sponsor a meal for $500. Get your form with dates in ASAP to secure your preference. We are anticipating the cost of food and supplies to be higher than normal due to an increase in prices due to COVID-19. We ask that all clubs (even though that do not typically sponsor campers or meals) please consider sending an additional $250 or even $100 to help cover these increases. 

 

Proposed RYLA Timeline: (please note the items in bold or red are locked in deadlines) 

Please do not hesitate to contact Jason if you have any questions, or if you need guidance through the process.

A note from Barbara Najera: 

 

Thank you Erin Bocanegra for all of your hard work that you poured into RYLA. I know you will be helping Maria Krychniak as she learns the ropes of being the Program Director, but I want to say thank you for everything that you put into RYLA. As your fellow staff have said “You are who they think of when they think of RYLA!” Your passion for the program is so very apparent. Thank you for everything you poured into the program from 2013 to now! (and everything you will continue to do going forward.) I am so proud of the incredible person that you are!

 

As our Program Director terms out, so do I. These past 4 years have been incredible. I have so thoroughly enjoyed working with the most incredible young adults this District has to offer. You have all been part of one of the greatest blessings of my life – being passed the reigns of such a precious and treasured program and working side by side with all of you. Watching you all help grow our future leaders been great. For each camper you instill confidence, build courage, and motivate compassion. You teach them that in a world of expectations and goals that they truly are enough! Each of you is what makes this program so special. RYLA could not happen and could not inspire our next great leaders without you!! Thank you! You truly make a difference!

 

I have also gotten to know so many amazing Rotarians in our district as well. Working with you all has been fun. Getting to know so many of you personally has been wonderful. I will see each of your around the District!!

 

It has been an honor serving as the Camp Director for the past 4 years. Thank you to Amber Scarborough for asking me to take on this seemingly monumental program. I am so grateful that you asked, and even more grateful that I was brave enough to say yes!! Thank you Patrick as well for being an incredible sidekick. RYLA has been blessed to have you and your passion for the program!!

 

Jennifer Pakenham - thanks for being my partner in crime these last 4 years and rolling with all the changes that happened!! Thank you for saying yes to 1 more year so that we could have an actual final in person RYLA together - and thanks for being a friend! Love ya and have enjoyed volunteering with you for RYLA!!

 

Yours In Service,

Past RYLA Camp Director

Barbara Najera

~be kind to Jason Duran – our new Camp Director – as he learns the ins and outs of this program!! Congratulations on the position Jason. May it be as wonderful for you as it has been for me – but without the unexpected bumps in the road.