I am back! Despite the trumpeters bugling in my ear as I walked through the office threshold this morning, I arrived with a little less fanfare than expected.
The best part about being sick is getting better. Being able to smell stuff again is quite refreshing...same goes for taste.
RYLA is here this weekend. RYLA is an acronym for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. For those of you unfamiliar with Rotary or RYLA - Rotary is the world's first service club organization...their motto is "Service Above Self"... There are Rotary Clubs on virtually every planet...especially Earth. There are even clubs on Antarctica! They meet indoors down there.
RYLA is the youth development branch of the Rotary...Each Rotary Club sponsors, on average, 2 kids (juniors in high school) to attend. The selection criteria is simple...the best students who receive the least amount of acclaim, it seems. All of the bright students are generally on tap to be in the top 5 of their graduating class...so there are a lot of smart kids. I was 10th in my class in high school. There were 11 people in my class.
RYLA will do a service project (Service above Self)...they will build pinic tables...most of the tables we have now, were produced by RYLA...and we have a load of them.
RYLA will also participate in breakout sessions that encourage and cultivate leadership. The program is really designed to promote future leaders and increase Rotary awareness.
RYLA will also be put through the rigors of our Team Challenge Course. Our facilitators regularly turn whiners into winners! These students will certainly appreciate the course we have laid out for them this weekend!
I will be in the office all weekend...making up for my sick days, I reckon. Next week will be a little slower than this week, but the weekend will be capped off with a visit from the Hyde County SOS group...more teambuilding! We do an awful lot of this!
Enjoy your day...
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