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Wings of Rotary
On this page: 2008 Information || About Wings of Rotary || PAST GROUP 2007 Inbound Info
Chairman - Walt Corbett
13132 SW 10th Yukon, OK. 73099
405 210-6350 FAX: 405 324-9258
wkingcobra@hotmail.com .
WINGS LEADER APPLICATION: word document
 WINGS STUDENT APPLICATION: pdf file DUE March 31st.
Dear Committee:
My name is Walt Corbett. I am Past President of Heartland Rotary & 2004 Wings Outbound Team Leader. I am the current Chairman of Wings of Rotary,
Ed Miller, Midwest City Club is serving as committee Vice-Chair. I am looking forward to working with each of you in the coming year.
I need to know if you are the contact for your club. Plans are being made for inbound and outbound teams, please respond ASAP if there has been a change in contact information for your club.
The dates for the Japanese inbound team are 3-16-07 through 3-27-07. The team consists of 9 girls and 2 boys. They will be arriving in OKC at 12:15 p.m. on 3-16-07. According to Dave McCroskey, the Stillwater club will be picking them up at the OKC airport to begin their Oklahoma Experience.
Please send me activities done in the past and ideas for this, our Centennial Year. I am currently working out an itinerary of dates and times. I will send you a completed one, once I have received your information.
I would like to announce the outbound Team Leaders for late July, Evan and Heather Walter. Evan is a member of Club 29 and Heather is a member and President-Elect of the West OKC club. Evan spent one year in Japan on a Rotary Student Exchange. Heather is the PR director for the Bethany Children's Center. Evan is a broker at A.G. Edwards.
We are now excepting applications for outbound students. This year will be an exciting experience with Evan and Heather. Please refer potential students to our website, www.rotary5750.org for the student application. 2007-2008 cost will be $1800 per student, perhaps your club could sponsor some deserving child. Please have all applications mailed to me at: 13132 SW 10th Street, Yukon, OK 73099. REMEMBER - applications are due by March 31 with $900 deposit.
Any questions, please call me at (405) 210-6350.
Thanks,
Walt Corbett
Wings of Rotary Chairman
ITINERARY
I have now gotten information from most every club, so I have put together a tentative itinerary in a tri-fold brochure. CLICK HERE FOR ITINERARY
PLEASE RSVP your numbers from each club for the Sayonara Banquet to David Shortt, South OKC Club, and pay him at the door. His contact # is (405) 692-5201 dshortt@sbcglobal.net
Walt Corbett
Wings of Rotary Chairman, District 5750
wkingcobra@hotmail.com (405) 210-6350
ABOUT WINGS OF ROTARY
Wings of Rotary: A Short-Term Student Exchange Program of Rotary International District 5750
(From the RI web site, http://rotary.org ) Experience Wings of Rotary, an adventure you’ll never forget. During the past 25 years, high school students like yourself from Rotary International District 5750 in Oklahoma have enjoyed a unique, short-term exchange with students from Rotary District 2520 in Iwate, Japan. Hundreds of young people from both countries have crossed the Pacific to experience life in another country.
As a Wings student, you’ll take a two-week trip that will last a lifetime. You and other Oklahoma teens will fly to Tokyo and then travel to the beautiful Prefecture of Iwate in northern Japan. There, you and your Oklahoma Rotary sponsors will be graciously and generously hosted by Japanese Rotarian families. You’ll stay in their homes, taste their foods, experience their customs, view incredible sights, make lasting friendships, take a thousand photos, and even learn a few words of Japanese. It’s a life-changing experience.
The Japanese are fantastic hosts. You and your fellow teens from Oklahoma will spend one or two nights in several different communities. The Rotarians there will provide tours and sightseeing excursions, along with special events, parties, festivals, and banquets.
To qualify to participate, you should have completed at least your sophomore year of high school by the date of the exchange, although exceptions may be made in special circumstances. In addition, you must demonstrate the ability and desire to be a good ambassador of the United States and its culture.
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