July 20, 2026
Story by C. Richard Campbell
Photograph by C. Richard Campbell
Pam Shantz, Host Mother, Dr. Beryl (Yi-Chun) Lin, Rotary Exchange Student 2001-2002, a Pineapple Cake and Rotarian Dr. Amber McKnight, Director of Youth Services
Beryl Lin returned to visit the Rotary Club that hosted her some 25 years ago. She came back as a PHD, an Assistant Professor of Animal Science and as a Taiwanese Rotarian. One of the most successful programs of The Rotary Club of Simcoe is the Student Exchange Program. Since 1967 the Club has sponsored hundreds of exchange students both outgoing Canadians and incoming foreign students.
It is always a pleasure to hear from former exchange students and even better when they visit us as Beryl did last Monday.