ROTARY INTERACT CLUBS
An Interact Club is Rotary International’s service club for teens 14-18 dedicated to helping others.
- Make new friends
- Improve our community
- Develop leadership skills
- Serve our community
- Make a difference in the world
- Earn community service hours
What we do:
- Projects During Lunch
- Make cards for veterans, seniors, Meals on Wheels
- Make holiday treats/things for seniors centers, nursing homes, Meals On Wheels
- Volunteering in the Community
- Channel Cleanups
- Youth Empowerment Service Day – donate your time to creating care packages, cards, and paracord bracelets for our active military
- Library’s Hands That Touch a Heart event
- City’s 4th of July Celebration – run games, face painting, other activities
Interact is active in our community of our Rotary District 5320! You will see students from all over Orange County work together to package ten thousand meals for those affected by homelessness or doing toy drives for other students in need, or activities with younger youth to bring kindness everywhere they go!
Note: All Rotarians working with youth under the age of 18 must complete bi-annual Youth Protection training.
Interact is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 12 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting.Club membership varies greatly. Clubs can be single gender or mixed, large or small. They can draw from the student body of a single school or from two or more schools in the same community.Each year, Interact clubs complete at least two community service projects, one of which furthers international understanding and goodwill. Through these efforts, Interactors develop a network of friendships with local and overseas clubs and learn the importance ofDeveloping leadership skills and personal integrity
- Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others
- Understanding the value of individual responsibility and hard work
- Advancing international understanding and goodwill
As one of the most significant and fastest-growing programs of Rotary service, with more than 10,700 clubs in 109 countries and geographical areas, Interact has become a worldwide phenomenon. Almost 200,000 young people are involved in Interact.
Contact your District 5320 Area Advisor for Rotary/Interact:
District Interact Chair Lane Calvert
Email Lane Calvert
Phone: 714-906-0929
Rotary/Interact Advisor List
Rotary District 5320 has 4 areas that cover North, South, East, West in Orange County and parts of Los Angeles County.
Interact Clubs By Area 9-12-24 (PDF)
Youth Service Chairs-Interact Advisors By Area 8-19-24 (PDF)
Rotary/Interact Newletter
August 2024
