Interact Club of Edina Forms at Edina High School

 

Interact Club of Edina Forms at Edina High School Edina, Minnesota, March 2, 2016 — The Interact Club of Edina has been chartered at Edina High School. The Rotary Clubs of Edina and Edina Morningside celebrated the milestone with the Interactors at a special event on Feb. 23, the 111th anniversary of Rotary International.
 
 
 
On Feb. 23, 1905, Rotary founder Paul Harris formed one of the world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Since then, Rotary has continued its commitment to service by providing clean water, improving maternal health, awarding scholarships, fighting diseases, and improving lives around the world. Besides Rotary clubs, the international service organization includes Interact and Rotaract clubs for high school and college students, respectively.
 
“I couldn’t think of a more fitting way to celebrate Rotary’s anniversary than to celebrate our community’s young people and the way they are coming together in service through Interact,” said Rotary Club of Edina President Jennifer Bennerotte at the Charter Night celebration.
 
Interact is a club for young people ages 12 to 18 who want to join together to tackle issues in their community that they care most about. Every Interact Club carries out at least two service projects a year: one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding. The Interact Club of Edina held a pencil drive last fall to send school supplies to Africa and “Skate to End Polio” in February at Braemar Arena to raise money for polio eradication.
 
More than 50 Edina High School students are members of the Interact Club of Edina. They are: Aarathi Garimella, Abdulhi Faher, Andy Opp, Casey Robinson, Catherine Lee, Elizabeth Anderson, Emma Bontheis, Emily Fan, Emma Simmons, Eva Anderson, Gaelle ElKoreh, Gauri Madhok, Harim J, Harry Arndt, Jack Keenan, Jack Lokowich, Jade Schmeling, Jane Lim, Julia Nelson, Katie Bogart, Kelly Jessen, Kristin Evans, Lauren Swenson, Lois Urban, Maria Byun, Melissa Bernstein, Michelle Walkup, Minh Tu, Mollie Mertes, Nadia Nik, Natalie Omodt, Ned Hall, Ngawang Botang, Ofir Brizinov, Riley Christianson, Pema Ihewa, Rozy Eastaugh, Sofia Garduno, Saumya Mangalick, Ruchita Jain, Sarah Thommen, Stella Hadjiyanis, Sydney Sabow, Tenzin Kunchok, Theo Madson, Tina Sletten and Melina Sherwood.
 
Officers are President Elizabeth Anderson, Vice President Rozy Eastaugh, Secretary Harry Arndt, Treasurer Casey Robinson and At-Large Director Kelly Jessen. Rotarian advisors are Josh Sprague, Sam Thompson and Nate Wenner from the Rotary Club of Edina and Mary Lokowich and Paul Nelson from the Rotary Club of Edina Morningside.
 
For more information about the Interact Club of Edina, contact Sprague, josh@joshsprague.com.