Rotary Club of Ladner sponsors the Interact Club at Delta Secondary School. Interact members provide hands-on service projects, make international connections, develop leadership skills and have fun. Ten years ago there were 15 members in our Interact club. Now there are over 100. We thank the current teacher leader, Carla Day, and Delta Secondary School for making Interact such a success. Our Interact Club is one of 23 Interact clubs in Rotary District 5040. It is one among almost 15,000 in 145 countries, with membership of 343,000.
Over the years, the Ladner Interact Club has provided a variety of services. For example:
• fundraising to provide gifts for lower income families in the community, support kids with disabilities to attend a summer camp and donate to the Third World Eye Care Society;
• gathering and shipping 20 soccer cleats, jerseys and children's books for children in lower income families of a community in the Philippines;
• yoga in the park to raise awareness for mental health;
• participating with our Rotary club in Shred A Thons and Remembrance Day ceremonies.
• fundraising to provide gifts for lower income families in the community, support kids with disabilities to attend a summer camp and donate to the Third World Eye Care Society;
• gathering and shipping 20 soccer cleats, jerseys and children's books for children in lower income families of a community in the Philippines;
• yoga in the park to raise awareness for mental health;
• participating with our Rotary club in Shred A Thons and Remembrance Day ceremonies.
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On Easter weekend every year Ladner Rotary sponsors at least one Interact member to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, or RYLA as we also know it, at Camp Elphinstone on the Sunshine Coast.
In May our club sponsors an Interactor to attend Rotary's Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa.
Thank you to all our young Interact Club members for their service to the community and the world. Thank you to members of Rotary Club of Ladner and Rotary International for making that learning and development opportunity possible for our young leaders of today and the future.
Youth Service in Rotary
Youth service is an important aspect of Rotary because its potential to shape young leaders, promote service learning, and foster a sense of global community, empowering the next generation and making a positive change, in these ways:
• to develop the next generation of leaders by helping them build leadership skills;
• expand their education;
• learn the value of service through service projects;
• benefit from the skills, interests, and connections of Rotary members and themselves to help other young people in the community;
• promote and engage in world peace and cultural understanding through international service projects and youth exchange
programs such as RYLA, Adventures in Citizenship and exchanges which can light a spark that grows into a fire of inspiration and change within a young person.
• to develop the next generation of leaders by helping them build leadership skills;
• expand their education;
• learn the value of service through service projects;
• benefit from the skills, interests, and connections of Rotary members and themselves to help other young people in the community;
• promote and engage in world peace and cultural understanding through international service projects and youth exchange
programs such as RYLA, Adventures in Citizenship and exchanges which can light a spark that grows into a fire of inspiration and change within a young person.