Sydney Sunrise Rotary Club sponsorst Interact club

Posted by Gord Hankin 
on Feb 14, 2012
 
 
Rotarians from Sydney and students from Glace Bay formed a special bond this week.
 

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Sydney-Sunrise Pres Lorne Baldin and Voc Ser Chair Phil Thompson present a bell and banner to the new Glace Bay High Interact at their charter ceremony on Feb 9

By Sharon Montgomery-Dupe - Cape Breton Post

GLACE BAY — Rotarians from Sydney and students from Glace Bay formed a special bond this week.

The Sydney Sunrise Rotary Club is sponsoring the first-ever interact club at Glace Bay High School. The partnership was officially marked Thursday with charter day.

Rotarian Phil Thompson said the students were presented with the Rotary bell and banner, to officially recognize the interact club as part of the Rotarian family.

The Sydney Sunrise club sponsored an interact club at the former Holy Angels school in Sydney and with the school’s closure the Rotarians began to look for another partnership.

There is no Rotary Club in Glace Bay and some residents of the community are members of the Sunrise club.

“We saw GBHS as a good opportunity to continue the youth program, to bring an interact program into this school,” Thompson said.

Julie Anderson, staff adviser for the Riverview High School interact club along with club members Alison Crosby and Janelle Poushay attended charter day. Crosby was a member of the interact club at Holy Angels.

“We are here to cheer them on,” Anderson said.

Teachers Michelle Vokey and Mike McPhee are the liaisons with the Glace Bay club.

Vokey said it is exciting to see an interact club formed at the Glace Bay school. She said the students wasted no time becoming involved and held a fundraiser for Feed Nova Scotia before Christmas, raising $1,200. The Rotarians added $1,000 for a total donation of $2,200.

Several members of the Sunrise Rotary Club attended the charter day including president Lorne Baldin and incoming president Ray MacNeil.

“We see enthusiasm here, with close to 30 students already signed up,” Baldin said.

Emma Donahue is the interact club president.

Donahue acknowledged the club’s great reception from students at the high school.

“I think the club appeals to students because it is all about giving back to the community,” she said.