DG Goes Back To School

 
Rotary District Governor Tim Schilds and First Lady Sally visited the Rotary Interact Club of J. Percy Page High School on November 5, 2015.
 
Tim and Sally were warmly welcomed and got an insight into the busy agenda and plans of the Interact Club for the 2015-2016 school year.
 
They had a tour of the school and were impressed with the Rotary Interact wall mural, the Rotary Bulletin Board, and the Rotary Interact Club banner. They were also impressed that six of our Rotary Interact Club members were attending the November 7th RYLA–Interact conference in Edmonton.
 
Tim gave an insightful and inspiring talk to the club. He highlighted that ironically November 5th, the day he was visiting, was International Interact Day. Interact started in 1962 in the USA. The Interact name comes from “International Action”. There are over 33,000 Interact Clubs for students 12 to 18 years old, in over 200 countries in the world. There are 50 Interact Clubs in our District 5370.
 
Tim started the first Interact Club in the district in Dawson Creek B.C. in 2003, which to date has raised over $250,000 used mainly to help educate girls in Africa. Tim highlighted the current Rotary motto “Be A Gift To The World” and gave out pins with this motto to all in attendance.
 
 
He suggested that we plan to have a District 5370 Interact Conference to share best ideas and practices April 22 or 23, 2016 to coincide with the visit by the current Rotary International President Ravi. This is a great idea and we look forward to receiving more information on this event.
 
Thanks Tim and Sally for coming out to visit the Rotary Interact Club of J. Percy Page High School !