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What is Interact?
Interact is a service club for youth ages 12-18. Clubs benefit from sponsorship by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance.Interact has a membership of over 250,000 youth in more than 11,000 clubs worldwide. It’s one of Rotary’s fastest growing programs. Interact clubs are self-governing and selfsupporting and can be either school or community based. Interact’s name is a combination of the words international and action. With clubs in over 120 countries and geographical areas, Interact is truly an international phenomenon. Interact’s global youth network is dedicated to community and international service. Every Interact club project, great or small, has a lasting impact on society worldwide. The goals of Interact: 1. To recognize and develop constructive leadership and personal integrity. 2. To encourage and practice thoughtfulness of and helpfulness to others. 3. To create an awareness of the importance of home and family. 4. To build respect for the rights of others, based on recognition of the worth of each individual. 5. To emphasize acceptance of individual responsibility as the basis of personal success, community improvement,and group achievement. 6. To develop life skills including self development, time management, and personal finances. 7. To recognize the dignity and value of all useful occupations as opportunities to serve society. 8. To provide opportunities for gaining increased knowledge and understanding of community, national, and world affairs. 9. To open avenues of personal and group action leading to the advancement of international understanding and goodwill toward all peoples. Membership Requirements1. To be eligible for membership a person must possess good character and leadership potential and (a) in a school-based club be a student at the secondary-school or pre-university level, or be age 12 to 18; (b) in a community-based club be a young person 12 to 18 years.
2. The membership of this club may be all male, all female, or both male and female in any ratio, at the discretion of the sponsoring club. 3. The method of electing members of this club shall be determined by the sponsoring Rotary club in consultation with the Interact club. The method of electing new members of a school-connected club shall have the approval of the school authorities. 4. Each member of this club shall attend at least 80% of this club’s regularly scheduled meetings. 5. Membership shall automatically terminate (a) upon removal from the community; (b) in a school-based club upon graduation or otherwise ceasing to be a student in the last four years of school preceding the university level in the area from which the membership is drawn or in a community-based club, not in connection with a school, upon graduation or upon reaching the age of eighteen; (c) by termination of the club; or (d) by failure to meet attendance requirements unless excused by the board of directors of this club for good and sufficient reason. 6. Membership may be terminated for cause as determined by this club by vote of not less than 2/3 of all the members in good standing Activities and Projects1. Within the limits prescribed in section 1 of Article III, this club shall be responsible for planning, organizing, financing and conducting its own activities and shall itself supply the money, manpower and creative imagination necessary thereto, except that in the case of joint projects or activities undertaken in cooperation with other organizations, such responsibility shall be shared with such other organization(s). 2. The club shall undertake among its activities at least two major projects annually, one designed to serve the school or community, the other to promote international understanding, and each shall involve all or most of the members of the club. 3. The aim of international service in Interact is to encourage and foster the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of youth united in the ideal of service. The aim of community and school service is to encourage and foster the application of the ideal of service by each Interact club member to his or her personal, community and school life. 4. It is the responsibility of the club to raise the funds necessary to carry out its program. It shall not solicit or accept more than occasional or incidental financial assistance from its sponsoring Rotary club, nor shall it make general solicitations from Rotary clubs other than its sponsoring Rotary club or from other Interact clubs, nor shall it solicit financial assistance from individuals, businesses or organizations in the community without giving something of value in return. |