Rotary Youth Exchange
Ciara Stahly may be young, but she has been around Rotary for a long time. She started her Rotary journey as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in Sweden in 2011-2012. Developing an immediate passion for the Youth Exchange Program, she became a volunteer for the program immediately upon her return to the area. She served as a Youth Exchange Volunteer from 2012 to 2017.
She became an official member of Loves Park Rotary in 2017, where she served as Secretary for Rotary years 2018-2019 and 2020-2022. She served as President of Loves Park Rotary in 2019-2020. She then went on to become the Youth Exchange Officer for Loves Park from 2018 to 2022.
Ciara became the District 6420 Outbound Coordinator for Youth Exchange in 2022 and continues to be in that position. This year she and her husband, Noah, have been host parents to the Loves Park Youth Exchange student, Sofie, who is from Denmark.
Ciara also served District 6420 this year as the District Conference Chair for DG Dave Emerick. She is also serving as the District Conference Chair for next year’s conference hosted by DGE John Hurley.
Ciara also is involved at The Laurent House by Frank Lloyd Wright, serving as a Board Member and Secretary. She also is involved with the Association of Fundraising Professionals both as a Board Member and Secretary.
Ciara works at Community Foundation of Northern Illinois where she is currently the Assistant Development Director. She has been there since 2018. She has been married to Noah since 2018. She grew up in Hammond, IN, and attended Rockford University where she studied Psychology.
Ciara will speak to the club about Rotary Youth Exchange.
This will be an interesting and informative program, especially for our newer members and our members who have been around but forgot about the Youth Exchange program. This will be a chance to invite a guest or prospective member to join us in person at Memorial Hall or via zoom.
PDG Kathy Kwiat-Hess will introduce our presenter and act as Rotary Host.