Some enthusiastic and community-minded high school students from North Battleford Comprehensive High School now have an Interact Club.
Interact is a Rotary-backed organization that helps teenagers to get together for meetings and engage in community service and charitable activities to better the community and the world.
The new NBCHS Interact Club formally received its charter from the Battlefords Rotary Club, which has been active in promoting efforts towards getting an Interact Club established in the community.
Club president Bryan Nylander explained that instead of the club trying to convince young people to form a club, they put information about the concept out to young people and “let the youth decide when they were ready”.
A few interested students came forward expressing their interest. Nylander said two students from NBCHS, Andrea Ornawka and Alicia Piller, approached Rotary with the idea of transitioning an existing community sport club at NBCHS into an Interact Club.
A number of the members of the new Interact Club were on hand Monday at the Battlefords Rotary Club’s meeting at Northland Power Curling Centre, to receive club pins.
In attendance was Alicia Piller, the club’s president, Natalya Shevchuk (vice-president), Jenelle Korpach (secretary), Andrea Ornawka (director), Drew Hornsby (director), Naomi Wall, Megan Friedrich, Tomas Bunnell and Emilia Bacchetto. Rob Wall acts as advisor.
Unable to attend Monday were other club members Dakota Peterson (director), Inshal Anees, Kate Keller, Nolan Timmerman, Shayna Swindler, Ted Policha and Drew Beavers.
In speaking to Rotary Club meeting, Piller said, “we only hope to set a strong foundation for years to come and effect as much positive change for the future as we can along the way.”
