Rotary seeks candidates for Ghana trip

Local applicants from the business community for a trip to Ghana next year are now being sought by the Forest Lake Rotary Club.

“This is a lifetime opportunity and it’s too good to be true,” said Ramona Hall, a Forest Lake Rotarian.

Hall is the local contact person for anyone in the business community interested in a Rotary Group Study Exchange to the African nation next March and April.

Applicants for a four-member team from Rotary District 5960 are now being sought.

The teams will consist of four non-Rotarian professional and business people and a Rotarian team leader.

Candidates must be engaged in a recognized business or profession on a full-time basis for at least the past two years. Candidates must be between the ages of 25-40 years and must live or work within the limits of Rotary District 5960 and its clubs.

Applicants cannot be spouses or lineal descendants of current Rotary members.

Applications must be received by the Forest Lake Rotary Club by Oct. 10, 2002 for District 5960 interviews on Saturday, Oct. 26. Applicants must be available all day for interviews.

The Group Study Exchange is a unique educational experience that furthers international understanding by providing an opportunity for outstanding business and professional people to study another country, its people, its culture and its institutions, Hall said.

Each GSE team visits a Rotary district in another country for four weeks. Team members stay in the homes of Rotarians, if possible, and follow an itinerary of educational and cultural points of interest.

Interested candidates from the Forest Lake area are asked to call Hall at 651-464-3743 for more information.

“Rotary offers this opportunity to spend a month living with local Rotarians and seeing the country in a way few will ever experience,” Hall said.