Jenna to depart on Rotary exchange

Gosford High School student Jenna Woodhouse is about to depart on a Rotary exchange to Mexico, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Umina Beach.

Jenna, from Davistown, spoke at a recent Umina club meeting about her expectations of the trip and her stay in Pueblo, which is the third largest city in Mexico.

Members present at the meeting were told Pueblo was a Unesco Heritage Listed City.

Sue and Bobby Clark, Jenna's grandparents, also attended the meeting along with her parents.

She was presented with her Rotary Exchange Student blazer and stated that she would be hosted by an all-female Rotary Club in Pueblo.

Ms Woodhouse has enjoyed success in hockey and surf life saving including 16 bronze medals.

Her first host family has two sons about her age and a younger daughter and she will attend a private school.

She has already started to learn Spanish as members of her first host family don't speak English.

Rotary spokesperson Mr Geoff Melville said: "As an Ambassador from Rotary, the Central Coast and Australia, Jenna has a great presentation ready to give to her host Rotary Club, surrounding schools and community groups about her life on the Central Coast."

Peninsula school students interested in finding out more information about Rotary Youth Exchange Program should phone the club's Youth Director Mr Robert Meyer on 0429 632 200.

Newsletter, 5 Dec 2016

Rod Radford, Umina Rotary

Media release, 8 Dec 2016

Geoff Melville, Umina Rotary