ROTARY DISTRICT 7080 to ROTARY DISTRICT 4340, 2010-11

DISTRICT 7080 GSE

TEAM 2010/11

Our Group Study Exchange Team for 2010/11 is currently in District 4340. They arrived in Chile on March 19 and are cur-rently half way through their Exchange. On the following pages, we will introduce you to each of the team members and note some of their hopes for this Exchange. We encourage you to consider inviting the team to speak at your club upon their return by contacting Team Leader Peggy Anderson-Coats from the Guelph Trillium Club by sending an email to her at coats0922@rogers.com As you read the information about our Team Leader and Team Members, please begin thinking of candidates for 2011/12 as we will soon be seek-ing applications for next year’s exchange

D7080 Team Arrives Chile March 19, 2011

D7080 Team Departs Chile April 19, 2011

Team available to speak at your club upon their return

. Contact Peggy Anderson-Coats coats0922@rogers.com

Looking for

Team

Member

applicants

Bernd Dinnert

District Governor 7080

GSE Far Horizons

DISTRICT 7080

Group Study Exchange

Committee Chairperson:

Randy Seager

Randy.seager@rogers.com

Introducing our 2010/11 GSE Team Members

The Group Study Exchange program is sponsored by the Rotary International Foundation. The idea behind this exciting program is to give young business and professional men and women

between the ages of 25 and 40 a unique opportunity to experience a cultural and vocational exchange. The pro-gram provides travel grants for a four person team and a Rotarian team leader to travel to the area around Santi-ago, Chile from March 19 – April 19, 2011. While in Chile, the team members are being hosted by local Rotarians. The chosen team members will study the institutions, the Chilean way of life and observe their own vocations as practiced in Chile. The program is planned by the hosting Rotarians and their clubs. FOLLOW THE TEAM ON FACEBOOK SITE: ROTARY GSE CANADA 7080 EXCHANGE TO CHILE 4340 SPRING 2011

GSE Team Leader Peggy Anderson-Coats, Guelph Trillium Rotary

Peggy was born in Vancouver but grew up in Toronto. She and her family currently live in Guelph. She is co-owner of a photography studio with her husband Sam at the University of Guelph. Peggy and Sam have two children. Josh is 19 and attends the University of Guelph and Julia is 18 and attends high school in Guelph. They also have a dog named Emma and a bird and a bunny. Peggy’s hobbies include walking, cooking, swimming, painting and trav-elling with her family. She enjoys spending time doing outdoor activities. She has been a Rotarian for 9 years and is a member of the Guelph Trillium Rotary Club. She is a Past President of her club and was Chair of the 2009 District Conference. She is a Paul Harris Fellow. Peggy is looking forward to finally being a GSE Team Leader (a role she has aspired to be for years) and is looking forward to being totally immersed in the Chilean culture for a

month. She cannot wait to see the result of District 7080’s matching grant with District 4340. She believes the highlight will be reuniting with old friends (the Chilean GSE members) with whom she has been in contact since they returned from District 7080 to Chile. She looks forward to meeting new friends and spending time with her husband who will join her at the end of the Exchange.

GSE Team Member Jennifer Grein Sponsored by Rotary Club of Kitchener

Jennifer Grein was born and raised in Kitchener-Waterloo. She currently lives with her partner Dan, her Alaskan Malamute, Atlas and her three cats: Meu, Skout and Neko-san. Jenn has completed her Human Resources Management at Conestoga College and is now working towards completing her General Arts and Science diploma with an additional interest in Social Services. Working with corporate projects at the City of Kitchener, Jenn enjoys her work with both employees and residents of the city and is dedicated to working with her team to build a dynamic plan for a healthy community. She assists with engaging residents to make sure that their voice is heard at city hall and that they are included in municipal decision making. Jenn also has the good fortune to work with a team of employees to help build a healthy and enjoyable work environment for staff. It is important that everyone feel valued and contribute towards success. Jenn is passionate about travel and exploring new places. She also enjoys nature and all things outdoors such as hiking and camping. She looks to music for energy and inspiration. She enjoys cooking for her family and friends. Jenn is looking forward to living in Chile for a month and experiencing the country to its fullest.

GSE Team Member Sarah Hawthorn Sponsored by Rotary Club of Cambridge Preston

Hespeler

Sarah grew up in Cambridge and currently lives in Guelph, Ontario with her husband , Mike, and their dog, Griffin. Sarah is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and has a busy prac-tice in Cambridge, Ontario. She studied music and bio-medical science at the University of Guelph before studying naturopathic medicine at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. Sarah enjoys skating, rollerblading, music, playing the saxophone, snowboarding, playing squash, rock-climbing, travelling and just hanging out with friends. She especially loves spending time with her husband and their dog Griffin. She strives to live a healthy and bal-anced life. Sarah is most looking forward to experiencing a different culture as well as learning how naturopathic

medicine is practices in Chile.

GSE Team Member Jodie Merrill

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mississauga

Jodie grew up in various towns in Ontario. She currently lives in Mississauga which is just west of the City of Toronto. She has worked as an environmental consultant for three years at ENVIRON. She worked for two years in London, England with Environ before transferring back to Ontario a year ago. She studied Environmental Engineering a the University of Guelph followed by a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering at Impe-

rial College in London, England. She likes to spend time with her niece and two older sisters as well as curling, camping and canoeing. She spends her free time on local service and fundraising projects as an executive member of the Rotaract Club of Mississauga’s board. Jodie is looking forward to scenery and cities that she has learned so much about in preparation for the Exchange. She is looking forward to meeting and staying with her host families and learning and sharing similarities an differences between our two countries in food, life, work and play. She is also looking forward to using the Spanish that she has learned.

GSE Team Member Elizabeth Wren

Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Burlington Central

Elizabeth was born and raised in Peterborough Ontario. She now lives in Waterdown which is about one hour west of Toronto. Elizabeth currently works as a community out-reach worker and education co-ordinator. She has been in this position for the past four years with Conservation Halton. She has worked at various outdoor education centres and taught for one year in Columbia and one year in Korea. Elizabeth studied Earth Sci-ences at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. She likes to paint, bike, ski, canoe, rock climb, swim, attend cultural and sporting events and spend time with family. She loves to travel. She spends her free time with local environmental groups and volunteers at the Burlington art gallery which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Burlington North. She is looking forward to learning about how her vocation is practiced in Chile as well as fully experiencing the country and culture.

HOW DO YOU GET YOUR CLUB INVOLVED IN GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE? Get your Rotary Cluster involved in bidding to host the incoming GSE Team in the

Fall of 2011 Recruit young professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who have been in their

vocation for a minimum of two years and who had demonstrated leadership in their vocation and/or community

Consider applying for consideration as a Team Leader for Group Study Exchange

Team from District 7080 To learn more about Group Study Exchange, visit www.rotary.org or contact Dis-

trict 7080 Group Study Exchange Committee Chairperson Randy Seager by email at randy.seager@rogers.com

Dates & Information to Note for 2011-12

Our Group Study Exchange for 2011-12 with be in North East Italy, RI District 2060.

We expect to interview for Team Leaders in August/September

Team Members’ selection is in September/October We will be selecting host clusters for the incoming team will be in the May/June

timeframe.