Interact 7640

Help spread Christmas Cheer to orphans

To all Interact Clubs, Interactors and Interact Advisors:

 

As an orphan, living in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, you learn not to expect too much from life.  Each day is an adventure and at the same time somewhat predictable.

What do you say, we add some spice to the holiday season for 150 orphans at the Armando Rosenberg Home and School in Santo Domingo.  We need several Interact Clubs to adopt 25 – 50 orphans each and provide about $5.00 worth of small (very small) gifts to age specific children.

Each year Rotary District 7640 sends a large container to the orphanage with food, clothing and other supplies. This year we are inviting our Interact Clubs to become involved in supplying a little joy to our little people in the Caribbean.

Please discuss this with your club and act quickly. Our deadline is only weeks away.

Respond by Tuesday, Nov 10th to: Joel Kopke, Rotary District Interact Chair, kopkejoel@yahoo.com or call (609) 226-9046.

Interact video contest winner announced

Rotary International recently has a competition, where Interact Clubs were asked to create a video showcasing what Interact means to them.  They just announced the winner of this competition.  Enjoy the video and please feel free to share your comments. 

Interactors participate in district's first Green Project

Dozens of high school students from area Interact Clubs participated in district's first joint Green project, where they planted hundreds of bulbs of beach grass to help stabilize the sandy embankment along the Atlantic City boardwalk. 

Read the detailed news article from The Press of Atlantic City here.

Click here for the entire photo Album.

 

 

 

Green Project has been rescheduled

The Interact Green Project that was scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.

It is now rescheduled for next Saturday, Oct 24 at 9 AM at Main Street and Boardwalk in Atlantic City.

If you have additional questions, please contact Joel Kopke at 609-226-9046.

Updated 2009-10 Interact Calendar

Please download the updated Interact Calendar for 2009-10 y clicking on the link below. 

Download Interact School Calander 2009_2010 

 

Vineland High School Interact Club lives “Service above Self”

By Stephanie Druziako, sophomore at Vineland High School

The Vineland High School Interact Club has gotten a little wiser and much more appreciative thanks to their four day trip to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic last March 2009. The trip was filled with painting and interacting with the children at the Armando Rosenberg Home and School.

The purpose of their trip was to work at the school. So the club took paint brushes in hand, donned their painting clothes, and propped up some ladders to paint one side of a two-story dormitory.

Located in the largest barrio in Santo Domingo, the orphanage is for those children whose parents are absent, or simply cannot care for them. Currently, 102 children reside at the orphanage.  There are two buildings on the property; one is the orphanage, and the other is the high school. 

Aside from all of the working and playing that took place during their stay, there was an additional positive to the trip. Victoria Druziako, a senior, got to practice her Spanish. Victoria was one of the seven VHS Interactors that experienced this amazing opportunity.

The club plans to make the trip again next year. Joel Kopke, District Interact Chair and organizer of the trip said, “With more people interested next year maybe we’ll stay a week.”  This trip was truly the Rotarian way to live “Service above Self.”

Trips like this are one of the many projects in which the Interact Clubs can participate. They can certainly use more help at the orphanage. So, if you would like to help out in any way, please e-mail Joel Kopke at kopkejoel@yahoo.com.