On Monday, August 26, 2024, our club's co-sponsored Rotary Foreign Exchange Student, Kyosuke Kawasaki (images above and below), arrived at 1:50 p.m. via American Airlines at Springfield Capital Airport after a long flight from Japan. Our club and Springfield South are co-sponsoring Kyosuke's exchange experience.
A group of Rotarians, including representatives from our club (me, Rod Buffington, and Bonnie Styles), Springfield South, Springfield Sunrise, and the District Rotary Youth Exchange Program gave him a warm welcome (image above). He was also met by his host family, who resides in Leland Grove (lead image and image below).
After he has a chance to recover from his long flight, I look forward to bringing him to a future Club meeting where you will meet him and learn more about his home life in Japan and plans for his time in Springfield and the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Thanks to Bonnie Styles for taking these images.
Kyosuke started school at Springfield High on August 29. Thanks to Youth Exchange Officer Pedro Martinez-Bravo (Rotary South Club) for providing the image below of Kyosuke on his first day at Springfield High School.
