With support from the Rancho Bernardo Sunrise Rotary, the Interact Club of Scripps Ranch High School helped 1,300 needy children start the new year off on a positive note.
By participating in the Annual Copley YMCA Holiday Party, Interactors helped deliver gifts for kids who needed them most. The day included raffling bicycles and other large gifts, playing games, applying temporary tattoos, snacks, a jumping machine, piñatas, and a photo booth.
Interact is Rotary International’s service club for students ages 12 to 18. Sponsored, supported and guided by individual Rotary clubs, it is the equivalent of a Rotary club at the high school level.
Interact clubs are expected to complete at least two community service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. Through these efforts, Interactors develop a network of friendships with local and overseas clubs and learn the importance of leadership skills, personal integrity, helpfulness, respect for others, individual responsibility, hard work, international understanding and general goodwill.
There are over 10,700 Interact clubs with almost 200,000 young people in 109 countries and geographical areas around the world.
“We’re VERY proud of our Interactors” said program coordinator Joe Giamanco, who noted that 20 students represented the RB Sunrise Rotary at this year’s event. “These are the kinds of kids who demonstrate the quality of students working with Rotary International and their love for community service. They help provide a shining example for the rest of the community to follow.”
