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Pictured left to right: Regina Edwards, Grace McGee, Margherita Zagato, Mary Horn, Corinna Venkes, Michelle Sanchez and Pete Cross.

The Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Club welcomed participants of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program to the July 18th luncheon at Brookhaven Country Club.  Club members were pleased to meet Grace McGee and Mary Horn, exchange students who will be heading to Italy, as well as McGee's Italian counterpart Margherita Zagato, who is a short-term exhange student in the program.  Also visiting were Michelle Sanchez, a short-term exchange student from our Club who recently traveled to Germany, and her German counterpart Corinna Venkes.  McGee is being sponsored by the Richardson Central Rotary Club, and Horn by the Carollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Club.  Each of the Youth Exchange participants had the opportunity to speak to the Club about their experiences with the program.  Additionaly, Ms. Venkes presented our Club with a flag from the Rotary Club in Germany that sponsored her.

For over 75 years, students and host families have broadened their horizons through Rotary Youth Exchange. More than 80 countries and over 8,000 students each year participate in the program, which is administered at the regional level by Rotary districts and at the local level by Rotary clubs.