RYLA Aplications 2024

Personal Data

Rotary Club: Watertown SD

Name: Addison P Walkins

Gender: Female

School Grade: Sophomore

School – Great Plains Lutheran High School

Primary Phone Number – 606.880.6627

Address: 1501 Jefferson Cir NE Watertown, SD 57201

Parent/Guardian Information:

Dixie Walkins

Phone: 605.956.1320  Email: dixiewalkins@gmail.com

Relationship – Mother

Vision

Please explain what you hope to gain by participating in RYLA.

I hope that from this camp I can learn to not only be a strong independent leader but also make friends and memories on the way. I think that by going to RYLA I would get so many great experiences and be able to apply what I learn there in my workplace, at school, and in any other activities I may participate in. I will also make lifelong memories that I can fondly look back at in the future. Overall, I hope to get valuable life lessons and experience from my time at RYLA and be able to look back at those experiences and remember all the fun I had there.

Rotary’s motto is “service above self.” What does that mean to you?

I think that this is a beautiful motto to live by in our daily lives because it teaches us to put others before ourselves and make sure that our peers are taken care of. In John chapter 13, even Jesus the son of man lived by this motto by washing the disciples’ feet. If this isn’t the best motto to live by than I don’t know what is. I hope to learn more about how to live my life in service to others just as Jesus himself did.

Past and Current Experience

Have you ever volunteered before? – No

List any past or present volunteer experiences including dates volunteered and position responsibilities.

Do you currently have a job? – Yes

List up to three past or current paid job experience including dates employed and responsibilities. Start with your most recent

I currently work at Backroads Coffee House and Lunchbox. I started working there at the start of the summer of 2022 and have been working there since then. I do anything from the cleaning and restocking to the cooking and coffee making there as well as taking orders through the drive through and front of house.

Have you received any awards or honors? – No

List awards or recognition that you received for academic, school, or community activities beginning in the 7th grade

Have you participated in extracurricular activities or organizations? – Yes

Please list, in order of importance to you, any school, religious, social, athletic, hobbies or other activities or organizations which you have participated in since the 7th grade

I have volunteered both at the Bramble Park Zoo and at the NWTF banquets since 7th grade. I also participate in a variety of sports such as volleyball, basketball, and golf.