1) Make sure you and your parents agree to the exchange

2) Contact a local Rotary Club and ask them to sponsor you. The club may wish to interview you before agreeing to sponsorship.

3) Go to the website and download the STEP Application (2012) and the country preference form

4) Complete the application and country preference forms. Print out the forms (documents) and complete by hand. Or, if you wish, you can enter the information into the online application.  

5) Once satisfied with your answers, print/duplicate 4 copies.

6) Insert pictures in the spaces provided (individual photo and four personal photos on the picture page). You can make up one application with the original photos and color photocopy the other three sheets

7) Submit the application to your local Rotary club’s Youth Exchange representative no later than JANUARY 15 for approval. Get all required signatures in BLUE ink on all four documents. Signatures included those of the applicant, both parents (if applicable) in the presence of a sponsoring Rotary Club representative (his/her signature required, too), president of sponsoring club, and secretary of sponsoring club (or representative). The District YE chairperson signs only after a successful district level interview.

8) Send four completed applications and the country preference form along with the $50 application fee directly to:

Yume Rudzinski

Rotary District 6110 Youth Exchange
3259 N Kingscross
Fayetteville, AR 72703

Make check payable to Rotary District 6110 Youth Exchange.

9)  The District YE team will convene an interview panel to meet and interview you February 25th.

Best wishes
Yume Rudzinski
D6110 STEP Team Leader