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 2007and culminates with final judging and the
announcement of the winners at the Multiple District Convention, normally
held in May 2008.
Levels of judging
Club judging
to be completed by 29th February 2008
Region
Finals to be held by 8th March 2008
District
Final to be held by 29th March 2008
State
Final to be held by 12th April 2008
National
Final to be held at MD Convention Darwin May 2008
Finalists will be flown into Darwin on 13th May
and return home on 17th May 2008
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.
YOY 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.
The YOY Quest kits, including
entry forms and promotional material, will be available at the District
Convention at Port Macquarie. If your club requires a kit before October
contact me and I will send a one to you.
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.
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
PDG Lion Peter Veryard
Tel: (02) 65695455
Fax: (02) 65695427 Mobile: 0428 899 454
Email:
PDG Peter Veryard
Youth
of The Year Quest
