Throughout the last few weeks, students involved in the Interact Club at South Delta Secondary have been extremely busy in the community.
Nov. 5 to 11 was the annual Interact Week, and this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first chartered Interact club, which stands for "International Action."
Interact is Rotary's service club for young people ages 12 to 18. The SDSS Interact Club is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen.
During Polio Awareness Week, Oct. 22 to 26, students held pizza sales with pizza being made and donated by the school cafeteria. A Student Council barbecue was also held and in all $300 was raised.
A cheque was forwarded to the Rotary Foundation, where the foundation, as well as the Canadian government, will match the donation to the Polio Plus campaign and bring the total to $900.
To raise awareness, over 1,000 students pinkies were dyed purple to symbolize that throughout the world, each time a child receives a polio vaccine, the child's pinkie is coloured purple, a temporarily mark to prevent double dosage.
On Oct. 17, students held a bake sale with funds being designated to the Tekera Resource Centre in Uganda, which is the ongoing international project for the club. The centre hosts a health clinic, a primary school, a community farm and a women's craft club, and believes in empowering people to care for themselves and their families.
For Remembrance Day, the SDSS Interact Club worked together in extremely soggy conditions to place numerous crosses with flowers at the corner of 56th Street and Highway 17. Each cross has the name of a soldier that lost their life in war.
Rotary District Governor Rebecca MacPherson attended a recent Thursday morning meeting of the Rotary Cub of Tsawwassen at the Beach Grove Golf Club and presented a Peace Through Service Award to the SDSS Interact Club.
Receiving the award was club president Jane Miller.
