Marblehead Rotary Club honors Jack Attridge and Jim Nye with Paul Harris Fellows Awards

Last Thursday at Marblehead Rotary Club’s weekly luncheon held at the Boston Yacht Club, Jack Attridge (Marblehead Rotary Club) and Jim Nye (Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor) were honored with Paul Harris Fellows awards for their leadership and work with the Marblehead Interact Club.

Also on-hand to participate and witness the awards ceremony were Craig VanRemoorel, President of the Marblehead Interact Club and Joan Stomatuk, a former educator at Marblehead High School and long-time advisor to the group. The Marblehead Interact Club was founded by (past) Marblehead Rotary Club President Nancy Gwin.

The Interact Club offers Marblehead High School students the opportunity to develop leadership skills through community-based service projects. The club gives students the chance to make a real difference in their community while having fun. Every Interact club carries out two service projects a year: one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding.

The Marblehead Rotary Club engages in numerous ways with Marblehead's youth including its scholarship and campership programs, the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Interact Club for high school students, the annual Easter Egg Hunt, The Rubber Duck Regatta, and Marblehead's Got Talent! 

Pictured: Marblehead Rotary Club President Zach Newell, President of the Marblehead Interact Club, Craig VanRemoorel, Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow award recipient, Jack Attridge, Interact Club Advisor, Joan Stomatuk, Paul Harris Fellow award recipient, Jim Nye, Interact Club founder and former Marblehead Rotary Club President, Nancy Gwin.