Rotary District 7040 Youth Exchange

06/03/2026

On Sunday we held our annual mini-putt tournament, had pizza in the park & visited 🚂 Thanks to for our swag bags! ❤️

06/01/2026

On Saturday we did a scavenger hunt around Prescott! Thanks visiting sites like Fort Wellington, the Rotary Lighthouse, the Clock Tower, the beach and more! We had a wonderful BBQ thanks to ❤️❤️ Shared final thoughts on our exchanges, played croquet, what a great day!

05/31/2026

Final weekend started with a bang! 💥 our inbounds & rebounds enjoyed a lively game of laser tag at Stingers!

05/25/2026

05/22/2026

Vania had lots of support for her presentation at the Rotary Club of Kingston. Rebound, outbound, and host families too! 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇭

05/14/2026

The international dinner for 8 was won by Alicia Gordon of the Rotary Club of Kingston. Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket for supporting our youth exchange program. We look forward to planning an international dinner at Alicia’s home made and served by our students. 🍽️🍷🌎

05/13/2026

Our inbounds are excelling at sports! 🥇 Vania won gold in Senior Girls Pairs in Badminton for Kingston & Area and also placed third at EOSSA. 🏸🥉Christian helped the Regi Senior Boys 4 x 100 relay team win their opening heat on its way to a 4th place finish overall at the Limestone Legacy track meet. 🏃‍♂️👍🏻

05/12/2026

At the end of Orientation 3, we were happy to participate in a service project at the Gananoque Community Garden. Our outbound students and parents helped w**d and prepare the garden beds for spring planting. 🌱 🪏 🧤

05/11/2026

Presenting our Outbound LTEP class for 2026-27! Orientation 3 is complete and they are ready to fly 🪿🇨🇦 ✈️ 🌎 Thank you to the Gananoque Curling Club for hosting us! 🥌 ❤️

05/10/2026

Today we welcomed an amazing, hardworking team to help clean and fill the newly reframed raised beds at the Gananoque Community Garden. All the 2026-2027 outbound students for Rotary District 7040 Youth Exchange and their families did an awesome job with smiles on.

By participating directly in this project with members of the Rotary Club of Gananoque the YE students were able to see how community joins together in volunteerism to make a positive impact - in this case for affordable, accessible food access.

Jo Merkley worked crazy hours the past few weeks to remove the rotting wood, clear beds of w**ds, build new frames and secure partnership support. Thank you!!

Home Hardware donated all the lumber to reframe the beds, just as they did ten years ago. Thank you!!

Westgate Landscaping followed by donating a huge load of triple mix to fill the beds. Thank you!!

Finally thank you to all the students and families who worked alongside one of the founders of youth exchange in our area - Doug Bickerton. Thank you!!