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The brand new Interact Club of the Sacred Heart High School is now Official ! 
After months of behind-the-scenes work, getting the young people lined up, informing them about Rotary, Interact and the great potential of Interact, PDG Greg Arcaro and former Club Secretary Peggy Murphy, supported by Sacred Heart High School Faculty Anne Murphy, the Club was officially chartered. Following receipt of all the required paperwork, District Governor Krishnan Chittur approved the application and forwarded it to Rotary International. Rotary International President Barry Rassin signed the Charter on 7 December.
After months of behind-the-scenes work, getting the young people lined up, informing them about Rotary, Interact and the great potential of Interact, PDG Greg Arcaro and former Club Secretary Peggy Murphy, supported by Sacred Heart High School Faculty Anne Murphy, the Club was officially chartered. Following receipt of all the required paperwork, District Governor Krishnan Chittur approved the application and forwarded it to Rotary International. Rotary International President Barry Rassin signed the Charter on 7 December. 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. Interact clubs bring together young people to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self. There are 20,372 Interact Clubs in the world today with 468,556 members, in 159 countries.
Interact clubs organize at least two projects every year, one that helps their school or community and one that promotes international understanding. Rotary club sponsors mentor and guide Interactors as they carry out projects and develop leadership skills.
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The first of two outdoor courts in Yonkers will be at Barton Park later this fall with a second basketball court in the works to be rebuilt in the spring of 2019. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be scheduled at the completion of the courts.
Our Club and friends of Rotary, together donated 32 turkeys to the underprivileged children at the Eugenia Maria de Hostos Micro-Society School in Yonkers. Club Member Barbara Hanna was able to get the turkeys at a steep discount from our local ShopRite and deliver them to the School. The recipients of the turkeys were chosen by the teachers and designated as "winners" in a turkey raffle.
On behalf of the Club, Club Past President and District Governor-Elect Mahbub Ahmad, Club Secretary Seeme Asad and Club Rotary Foundation Chair Bina Ahmad, handed over the collected donations of pajamas to the School.
Lauding our Club as one of the vibrant Clubs in the District, DG Kris Chittur commended the past Presidents of the Club for leading the Club to where it is today. He particularly congratulated the Club and Past President Alix Schnee on achieving the Presidential Citation the second year in a row. He was confident that the Club do the same this year. DG Kris also presented the Paul Harris Fellow pins to President-Elect Shahid Latif and Club Rotary Foundation Chair Bina Ahmad, saying contributions to the Rotary International Foundation are extremely important. He emphatically said "it is your money that is feeding a destitute child in India, or sending another child to school in remote Africa or providing clean drinking water to communities in Latin America. It is your money that has brought the world so close to ending Polio".
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