Lions District 201N1

Youth of The Year Quest

The Lions Youth of the Year Quest, supported by the National Australia Bank, is a project that can be adopted by every club in the District.

The Quest is designed to encourage student interest in leadership and the qualities required to take an active and constructive role in the community. It does this by selecting an outstanding young person from candidates throughout Australia to travel overseas and act as an ambassador for Lions Clubs International Multiple District 201. The international travel is conducted under the auspices of Lions Clubs International.

Students from many nations meet to discuss a wide range of international issues. They also have the opportunity to learn leadership, management and community service skills from groups of professional men and women throughout the world.

The Quest seeks a high level of academic, leadership, sporting, public speaking and citizenship achievement in its potential winners. By emphasising these qualities it hopes to provide outstanding role models for the youth of Australia and an overall increase in the confidence of young men and women.

The Quest is an excellent means of assisting Australia's youth and promoting the essential role of leadership development and community service organisations in maintaining Australia's high standard of living.

The Quest process

The main activities involved in the running of Lions Youth of the Year Quest include initial promotion in schools and local communities; judging of candidates; selection and announcement of the national winner; arrangements for the winner's overseas travel and attendance at an International Youth Camp and other finalists travel throughout Australia.

The Quest begins in July 2011 and culminates with final judging and the announcement of the winners at the Multiple District Convention, held in May 2012.

What are we looking for in our entrants

The Lions Youth of the Year Quest is designed to encourage, foster and develop leadership in conjunction with other citizenship qualities in our youth, at the age when they are about to enter the fields of employment or higher education, and provides students with the incentive to pay greater attention to the general qualities, so vital in developing our youths into first class citizens. The qualities sought, apart from academic attainments are those of leadership, personality, sportsmanship, public speaking and good citizenship.

The students meet in fellowship and have the opportunity of open discussion, exchange of ideas and meet professional people of a community service Club organisation.

YOTY Quest eligibility

The Quest year will be the Lions year (1st July to 30th June) and the Quest will be open to: -

Youths under the age of 19 years as at 30th June in the year in which the National Final is held and who are attending or have attended a high school in any other educational establishment, including correspondence school in that Lions year in which the National Final is to be conducted.  Any prospective contestant under 16 years of age as at December 31 in the year of the National Final of the Quest must be in their final year of schooling to be eligible to enter.

Now is the time to start planning your Club’s involvement in this Quest.

Arrange for your Youth of the Year Chairman to contact you local high school and start the preparation for your candidates in the Quest.  You may have the opportunity of addressing the interested students at a school assembly or in a classroom.  You might consider holding the club level Quest at the school.

Do not forget to invite a representative of your local branch of National Australia Bank to your Club or Region judging. Ask them to be a judge; you will be surprised how much they will want to be involved. 

IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2011 - 2012

Need Help?? Or more information

Contact your District Youth of the Year Chairman. I am available to help your club run a successful Youth of the Year Quest

YOTY Chairman Lion Jennifer Bower

Tel: (02) 6743 4218         Mobile:  0419 126 648

Email:  jenbethbower@yahoo.com.au

Youth of The Year Quest