Meetings are held every Thursday at lunch time in the Physics Room. Bring your lunch and your enthusiasm!
Projects for 2009-2010 School Year:
- Gratitude Week: Students collected donations before school, during breaks and during one block of classes. The Interact club also organized a "bowling party" where participants donated a minimum of $20.00 to gratitude week. The students raised $1462.42 during this week long campaign.
- Gifts for Teens: During the month of November, students collected gifts for teens for the Christmas Bureau.
- Quilting for Charity: On November 21st, student and parent volunteers made baby quilts to donate.
- Umoyo Club: Students from the Interact club hosted a laserdome event to help raise funds for the Umoyo club.
- World Food Simulation: This event was a success. Over $7000.00 was raised. Thank you Rockridge! Donations are being made to Free the Children and for a shelter box through the Rotary Club.
Interact is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people ages 13-18. This program gives young people an opportunity to participate in fun, meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends. Each year, Interact clubs complete at least two commuity service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. Interactors develop leadership skills and learn the value of hard work. The rockridge interact club consists of all students currently enrolled in Rockridge Secondary School who wish to be involved in various community service projects that reach the needy all over the globe.
Rockridge interact has completed a wide array of projects in the past.
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Interacting with Seniors - students from the Interact club serve lunch to the seniors, give them holiday cards and spend time with the seniors.
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World Food Simulations (previously the 24 hours famine project) - students get pledges from the community and only eat one meal during a 24 hour period. The meal is based on the world food distribution.
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Collecting Glasses - collected eye glasses to send to Africa.
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School Supply Collection - shipped school supplies for needy student sin Myanmar
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Blanket Drive - provided warm clothes and blankets to people in the Downtown East Side of Vancouver area.
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Toonies for Trees - raised enough money to re-plant 2000 trees in the fire-ravaged interior of B.C.
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Food Drive - collected food with the Student's Council and donated to the food bank.
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Toys for Teens - collected Holiday gifts for teenages and donated to the Christmas Bureau.