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This month, Rotarians, Interactors, Rotaractors, and RYLA participants are celebrating Rotary's commitment to family in honor of Family Month. Continue building the connection between your family and the family of Rotary. Consider bringing along members of your family when you participate in the activities of Rotary's youth and young adult programs, or organize a service project aimed at strengthening families in your community. Other activities to consider include: - Sponsoring a child-development seminar for new parents
- Organizing a father-daughter or mother-son dinner
- Promoting a family literacy project that emphasizes parents reading to their children
- Volunteering at a homeless shelter for families
- Assisting nursing home residents with craft projects they can give to family members
- Cleaning up a park or recreational area where families can spend time together
- Providing materials and support to a day care facility or orphanage
| | End Polio Now stars | December's End Polio Now Star is the Rotaract Club of Washington County, Oregon, USA. In October, club members "panhandled" in the Portland area for four hours to raise US$900 support of Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge to end polio. In addition, hundreds more were donated online. The club expects to triple the funds raised from its first "Panhandling for Polio" fundraiser last year. | | Interact video contest winners | | Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 Interact Video Contest! The Interact Club of Communities-in-Schools at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, USA, captured the grand prize for their entry "Giving Back Through Interact." This moving three-minute video shows the transformational impact the program can have on young adults. The Interact clubs of Shoumen, Bulgaria and Edmonton Centennial, Alberta, Canada shared first place with their videos "What Interact Means to Us" and "The World We Live In," respectively. The first Interact video contest received 29 entries from Interact clubs or their sponsor Rotary clubs in nine countries. View the winning video in the November issue of Interactive, Rotary International's online multimedia publication. Watch all of the videos submitted on the 2009 Interact Video Contest channel on YouTube. Finally, read more about the unique Interact Club Communities-in-Schools at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice here. | | Youth take part in Rotary-UN Day | On 7 November, more than 1,600 Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors, and RYLA participants met at United Nations headquarters in New York City for the annual Rotary-UN Day. Highlights included panel discussions about water, literacy, health, and youth, with speakers from the UN, Rotary International, and other nongovernmental organizations. The day also included a special program targeted at youth and young adults. This event featured former Interactor Sophia Hameed and Rotaractor Anne-Charlotte Perrin, who spoke about their experiences as Rotary youth program participants. Rotary's New Generations have always played an important role in the Rotary-UN Day celebration, highlighting Rotary's commitment to youth worldwide. Learn more about the special youth program, and read about the other Rotary-UN Day events. | | New Generations in the news | In Tortola, British Virgin Islands, the Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town invited members of the Rotaract Club of Tortola to preside over their club meeting in honor of New Generations Month. The Rotaract club used the opportunity to present a check for US$3,333 to Special Olympics. Learn more.
In Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, four Interact clubs teamed up to protect and beautify the environment by planting beach grass along the Boardwalk. Read about this and other district service projects here.
In Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Rotaractors joined Rotarians and other community members to provide 500 winter coats to children and teens in need. Read more. In Georgetown, Guyana, Interactors donated several boxes of books to the Drop-In Centre, a home for more than 50 underprivileged children, in honor of World Interact Week. Learn more. | | Upcoming events | 2010 South Asia Rotaract Conference
Aurangabad, India
28-31 January
This meeting is hosted by Rotaractors from District 3132. Hundreds of Rotaractors from across South Asia are expected to attend. Learn more. European Rotaract Convention (EUCO) 2010
Warsaw, Poland
28 April-2 May
This meeting is hosted by Rotaractors from District 2230 (Belarus; Poland; Ukraine). The organizers are expecting 500 Rotaractors from around Europe to attend. Learn more. | EDITORS: Jean Stanula, Program Coordinator Annahita Ghaboussi, Senior Coordinator Haris Sofradzija, Program Coordinator www.rotary.org | | | | |
NOTE: We are maintaining three separate mailing lists for this newsletter (Interact, Rotaract, and RYLA) but all will receive the same publication. | | |
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