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Today’s Youth – Tomorrow’s Rotarians

Interact. Today’s Youth – Tomorrow’s Rotarians. Interact – What Is It?. Rotary International’s service club for young people aged 12-17 Have to be sponsored by an individual Rotary Club International and Community project undertaken each year. The Idea Behind Interact.

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Today’s Youth – Tomorrow’s Rotarians

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  1. Interact Today’s Youth – Tomorrow’s Rotarians

  2. Interact – What Is It? • Rotary International’s service club for young people aged 12-17 • Have to be sponsored by an individual Rotary Club • International and Community project undertaken each year

  3. The Idea Behind Interact • The idea of Interact is to help members - Make new friends - Develop leadership skills - Improve their community - Make a difference in the world

  4. Interact in District 1230 • 3 CLUBS ( SO FAR! ) • RENFREW • GLASGOW • -KILMARNOCK

  5. Charities helped by Interact - CHAS - ACCORD HOSPICE - ST.VINCENT’S HOSPICE - MARY’S MEALS - ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND - POPPY SCOTLAND

  6. Annual Projects - POPPY SCOTLAND ( Collections in local town, shopping centre, schools and shops ) - GALA DAYS ( Helping Rotary at local Fetes etc ) - CHRISTMAS PARCELS FOR PENSIONERS ( Gift boxes with food delivered to local pensioners )

  7. Setting up a club - MAKE CONTACT WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF YOUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL - SET UP EXPLORATORY MEETING - LAISON TEACHER APPOINTED - FIRST MEETING (FORTNIGHTLY) - APPOINT CLUB OFFICERS (eg President, VP, Secretary and Treasurer) - START WORKING! - GET CHARTERED!

  8. A Typical Interact Meeting - FOLLOWS THE SAME GENERAL ORDER AS A ROTARY MEETING (Except with more chat and a lot more humour!) - PRESIDENT OPENS MEETING AND WELCOMES ANY GUESTS AND SPEAKER - PRESIDENT RUNS THROUGH REGULAR BUSINESS - DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS ABOUT ONGOING PROJECTS - SPEAKER - QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKER - CLOSE MEETING - (NO MEAL BUT OCCASIONALLY JUICE AND CRISPS)

  9. Some Recent Interact Speakers - CANINE PARTNERS - MARY’S MEALS - POPPY SCOTLAND - CHAS - ACCORD HOSPICE - ST VINCENT’S HOSPICE - WHIZZ KIDZ - SPINA BIFIDA - ENABLE - VARIETY OF ROTARY VOCATIONAL SPEAKERS

  10. Interact in Action

  11. Young Citizens Of The Year Award for work With Mary’s Meals and other charities

  12. Why Interact Is The Future - HELPS TO SPREAD AWARENESS OF ROTARY IN THE COMMUNITY - INTRODUCES YOUNG PEOPLE TO ROTARY - ENABLES SPONSOR CLUB TO CARRY OUT BIGGER PROJECTS - PROVIDES POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS FOR ROTARY IN THE FUTURE

  13. Finally – Another of our little Projects Dougall and Del Boy

  14. LET US HELP YOU START AN INTERACT CLUB Contact Gary Louttit – District Interact Chair E-mail - glouttit@g-s.co.uk Mobile – 07803 896935

  15. Thanks For Listening

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