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Monthly newsletter for Interact in Rotary District 9710
“Service above SELFies”
November 2014 Edition
Message from your Interact Chair for 2014/15 – Natalie Jupe Hello everyone, So much has happened this month!!! Firstly a huge shout out to everyone who helped with making our booth at the District Conference a huge success – lots of photos are up on the District Facebook page, so be sure to share them with your clubs and tag the photos too please. We heard lots of great speakers, and caught up with some great people from the district. Many thanks go to those who provided transport and accommodation to the Interactors from out of town. A great time was had by all Hopefully you have all gone back to your clubs with great stories and lots of ideas for the year ahead. Secondly – Belconnen High School, with the support of Ginninderra Rotary, have now submitted their paperwork to charter their very own Interact club. Congratulations guys and welcome to the family of Rotary!!! We look forward to working with you in the future. Also, Yass Interact Club are holding their Charter night on Friday 5th December. And…… Harrison School are in the process of preparing their paperwork to charter in the new year!!!! Such exciting times for Interact in District 9710 As the year is drawing to a close, I’d like to remind everyone to think about getting in their Presidential Citation application forms, as well as return an updated details form so that the District has all the current information for your club and its members. 2015 is going to be a big year so we need to start planning for it now. In planning for next year, please save the date for the Queanbeyan Relay for Life – 21 and 22 February 2015. The Queanbeyan High Interactors have offered to host a District Wide Interact team at this year’s event. Tents will be provided, chaperones will be there for the full 24 hours, and early bird registration is only $15 – just BYO food and camping gear (eg: sleeping bags etc). See flyer in this edition of our newsletter. Thanks to everyone for their support this month, and look forward to planning in the coming months for some great projects in the new school year. Cheers, Natalie
Bowral High Interact
Changeover Night – Monday 17th
November 2014
The Nowra Anglican College Interact Club had an ice cream fundraiser
and raised roughly $400 Operation Cleft
YASS INTERACT “TAKES OVER” YASS ROTARY
Yass Rotary’s weekly meeting on the 18th of November was a little different than usual…. it featured
members of the newly formed Yass Interact club “taking over” and running a highly enjoyable night.
In addition to being great fun, the evening bought the Yass Rotary family closer together, and provided a
relaxed atmosphere for Rotarians and Interactors to learn more about each other's clubs.Upon arriving,
Rotarians were issued with new name tags that described one of their ‘secrets’. There was much amusement
at Rotarians wearing nametags that described secrets that included ‘’I always run with scissors’’, “ I secretly
dance to ABBA”, “I can break dance” and “I really am a hip-hop artist”!!
President Kirsty Holmes then handed over her Presidential Chain to President for the night, Interactor and
Norwegian Exchange Student Amalie Ringdal Birkhol who delivered the Four Way Test in both Norwegian
and English.
Amalie was quick to issue her first presidential decree that all Rotarians had to make animal noises prior to
speaking which proved to be spectacularly silly!
Her Sergeant at Arms, Interact President Brooke Garland was ruthless in her fining of Rotarians for poor
animal noises, cheeky comments and general misbehaviour throughout the evening, with all money being
raised during the night going to Interact's support of Shelter Box.
Throughout the night Rotarians were challenged to a number of quizzes and activities including a contest
that saw each table having to sing the Norwegian national anthem (in Norwegian!), and participate in a trivia
competition ‘Are you smarter than an Interactor?’ This proved to be a lot of fun with chocolates being
awarded to the winning table. Amalie concluded the evening by presenting a snapshot of her time in
Australia so far, ending with a quick fire quiz on Norway that again saw Rotarians have to reach in their
pockets!
The Yass Rotarians were extremely good sports and by all accounts, enjoyed the night very much. For their
part, the Interactors were warmly welcomed and made to feel a real part of the Yass Rotary family.
A highly successful evening that was enjoyed by everyone - a big thank you to President Kirsty for allowing
the mayhem to occur!!
Contact Us - District Interact Committee 2014/15
District Interact email address [email protected]
Chair – Natalie Jupe (E-club of Brindabella) [email protected] 0419 161 974
Past Chair – Phil Mewett (Sussex Inlet) [email protected] 0407 577 677
Nathan Watkins (Sussex Inlet) [email protected] 0407 384 359
Liam Kelso (Tumbarumba) [email protected] 0407 417 562
Susan Alexander (Hall) [email protected]
Gail Freeman (Canberra South) [email protected] 02 6295 2844
Handy Links
Interact Handbook https://www.rotary.org/en/document/879
Interact Club Certification form https://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/654_
cert_form_en.pdf
Interact Presidential Citation form https://www.rotary.org/en/document/678
Rotary District 9710 http://www.rotaryd9710.org.au/
District 9710 Interact Page http://www.rotaryd9710.org.au/rotary-service-
projects/youth/interact.html
District 9710Interact’s Official Facebook Page www.facebook.com/InteractDistrict9710
Interact Club of Tumbarumba Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Interact-club-
of-Tumbarumba/176286185769733
Interact Club of Batemans Bay Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/BBHSINTERACT
Interact Club of Bowral High School Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/BowralHighInteract
Interact Club of Moruya Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/MoruyaInteract
Interact Club of Narrabundah College Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/InteractNarrabundah
Interact Club of Telopea Park Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/TelopeaParkInteract
Rotary International’s Official Interact Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/interactofficial
To qualify for the Presidential Citation, Interact clubs must carry out activities listed
so please visit https://www.rotary.org/en/document/presidential-citation-interact-clubs
and use this form to plan and report your Interact Clubs accomplishments for the 2014-15
--- See form for details