Wednesday, July 1, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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The Nugget Newspaper Crossword
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
photo by ceili corneliUS
Carolyn mal of sisters makes a nonprofit business pitch at Camp rYla, a
rotary-sponsored leadership program.
Students participate
in Rotary camp
The Sisters Rotary Club
sponsored Carolyn Mal, age
15, and Ceili Cornelius, 16,
to attend a RYLA (Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards)
camp last week.
The camp is five days long
and is located near Dorena
Lake near Cottage Grove in
western Oregon. This camp
provides an opportunity to
learn leadership skills. Each
day had a different theme, and
the teenaged attendees did
different challenge activities
that applied to whatever the
theme was. The campers were
sorted into different “species
groups.” Mal was an Owl
and Cornelius was a Lion.
“We would spend most
of our time doing different
activities and working on our
group pitch throughout the
week,” Cornelius said. “Each
species group presented some
sort of service project about a
hypothetical community to
a panel of Rotarians and the
panel would give feedback on
the project. We are supposed
to bring this project back to
our communities. My group
presented about volunteering
at a youth shelter for abused
kids and helping the kids fur-
ther their education.”
The camp was a profound
experience, where partici-
pants met new people, pushed
out of their comfort zones,
and built new skills.
“I feel very lucky to have
been able to attend this camp;
I met friends that I think will
last for a very long time,”
Cornelius said. “I gained a
lot of knowledge in being
a good leader — whether it
be stepping up or stepping
back and giving someone
else the opportunity to step
up. I wasn’t expecting to get
this much out of this camp,
but it exceeded my expecta-
tions and I had a transcen-
dent experience at Camp
RYLA. I would like to thank
the Sisters Rotary Club as
well as the Bidasolo family
for helping me get to RYLA
and answering all the ques-
tions I had. Camp RYLA will
always be with me.”
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