Honesdale High School Interact Club Presents at District Conference
It’s one of the fastest growing clubs at Honesdale High School. Interact, the junior Rotary Club launched in 2009, counted 60 members at its first meeting this year on October 13th.
Officers of the Club shared their accomplishments with new members and earlier this month, with their adult counterparts, members of Rotary District 7410, at a district meeting in Scranton.
In a power-point presentation, the young Rotarians illustrated how they managed to raise more than $4,000 in one year for causes as diverse as mentoring projects for elementary school students in Honesdale — the “Little Buddies/Kids Care” program — to eradicating global polio — the “Purple Pinky Campaign” – to helping buy school materials for impoverished children in Afghanistan —“Pennies for Peace”— to a Guitar Hero tournament.
The Interact students also talked about fun outings with their “little buddies” on kayaking and swimming trips.
“It’s pretty nice, really, that kids from all different grades can get together for a common goal that involves helping so many people in need, including a lot of people none of us really know,” said Olivia Marin, a 9th grader from Lake Como and new Interact member.
