What is the Interact Club?
Interact Club is a service club for youth aged 12 to 18 years and is part of Rotary International, the world's first organization Club in the world. The parent international organization consists of more than 30,000 clubs worldwide and boasts more than a million business and professional leaders. Individual rotary clubs sponsor the youth component, interact with clubs, provide instructions and support. The first Interact Club was founded in 1962.
Interact includes up to 200,000 youth through more than 10,000 clubs in 109 countries and geographical areas. Each club differs according to its make -up. Some interaction clubs are the only sex; Others are mixed sex. The Interact Club can acquire their membership from one school or combine students from more than one school in a particular community and students at the age of 10 years of age can join if the school is founded, accepts students of this age. The size of the club's interaction varies because of myll. Members are knownMy as interactors. All club interactions are sponsored by at least two community services projects per year. One project should support understanding of international goodwill. Another project of services should be beneficial for a local community or school. The club meets at least twice a month. Active members must maintain 60% participation.
A member of the Rotary Club Support Club serves as an advisor to a student organization and attends related meetings. The Rotarian advisor also serves as a contact between the Interact and the Rotary Club. Resources for service projects are obtained through club activities and may or may not be supplemented with minimal club fees.
The benefits of interaction membership include the opportunity to connect with other members at local and international level. Members also have opportunities to develop skills leadership, understanding of the importance of liability and support internationalabout awareness. Other advantages include learning the importance of serving others, showing respect and developing personal integrity.
Every year during the week 5. November celebrates the establishment of a club with World Interact Week. During this week, members of integral and rotary clubs often plan joint projects. In the previous project related to World Interact Week, the club in Uganda donated time and materials to the local orphanage. Another Interact Club in Columbia organized awareness of the AIDS march through their community.
There are other opportunities through Rotary International for young people in other programs. Rotary Youth Exchange is a program in which students can spend up to a year in a foreign country while living with local families and attending a local school. Rotaract makes opportunities available for those aged 18-30 to provide services in their communities. And the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is a training program for young people aged 14-30 years.