LZHS Interact 2009-2010
Savin' the world since 1999
Welcome to Interact! Interact is Lake Zurich High School's service club. We're over 120 members strong and our numbers grow every year. Interact members volunteer in our schoool, community and in the world. As an Interact member, you'll have the opportunity to volunteer at local soup kitchens, package food and supplies for 3rd world countries, go to an all-expense-paid four day leadership conference, and a whole lot more!
So what are some benefits of being an Interact member? Tons! Interact members get an honors cord at graduation (with 2 years of membership), Interact looks great on college applications, Interact members are recognized with a certificate of membership in the LZ Interact club, may attend the Interact breakfast at the end of the year, make new friends (all over Illinois if you go to leadership conference), make connections with influencial people in the community, and most importantly, that warm fuzzy feeling of feeling of doing something good.
UPDATES/NEWS
-Bowl with Rotary! Friday, May 21, 2010 from 7-10pm _ Brunswick Zone. Proceeds to assist St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in Lake Zurich.
Upcoming Meetings
**May 11, 2010**
We meet at 7:20 a.m. in the small auditorium
Upcoming Projects
Highway Cleanup, Emmaus House
Roll With Rotary Flyer
Signup Sheet
Above: Sponsor child in Nicaragua, Packing 20,000 Books for Kenya (with Rotary and Bookfriends International), and the Interact 2009-2010 yearbook photo
Check out the Ela Township Youth Website:
www.wassupinlz.com
Worldwide
Interact is Rotary Internationals service club for young people ages 14 to 18. Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs, which provide support and guidance, but they are self-governing and self-supporting. There are more than 250,000 Interact members worldwide in 10,700 clubs in 109 countries.
Lake Zurich Interact Club
Interact is Lake Zurich High School's service club. Our club was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the Lake Zurich and Long Grove Rotary clubs. We're over 120 members strong and our numbers grow every year. Interact members volunteer in our school, community and in the world. As an Interact member, you'll have the opportunity to volunteer at local soup kitchens, package food and supplies for 3rd world countries, go to an all-expense-paid four-day leadership conference, and a whole lot more!
When We Meet
The Lake Zurich Interact Club meets every other Tuesday at 7:20 a.m. in the small auditorium. For a list of dates, see our calendar linked to on the left. Interact uses a mass text messaging system and facebook to inform members of meetings. If you are not receiving these messages, please contact us.
Requirements
To be an official Interact member, you will need to complete two basic requirements by the end of the year:
1. Attend 60% or more of our meetings. If you do not attend a minimum of 60% of our meetings you will not become an Interact member.
2. Complete 5 projects by the end of the year. Projects will be announced at meetings and include helping at soup kitchens, highway cleanups, packaging books and supplies for 3rd world countries, leadership conference, and much more.
At the end of the year, members who completed the requirements for the year will be invited to an Interact breakfast and will receive a certificate acknowledging their membership in our club. They may also use Interact on college applications. If you are a senior, you will receive a cord for graduation.
How We Will Contact You
Prior to meetings and projects, Interact members will receive a text message and a facebook message.
You will only receive a text message if you opted to receive them during our online signup process.
If you no longer wish to receive text messages, reply with "stop" to any Interact text message.
If you no longer wish to receive facebook messages, simply remove yourself from our group.
Contact Us
Text Message Us
New this year is text messaging. If you have a question and don't check your email, feel free to text us at our new Interact phone number!
(224) 225-9545
How to contact Interact
The best way to contact Interact is to use the contact form to your left or text messaging if you prefer. You should recieve a reply within a couple hours from us that way. Additionally, you can contact one of our Interact Sponsors or officers.
Interact Faculty Sponsors
Mr. Chris Lagioia
Ms. Jetta Grano
Interact Officers
Sponsoring Rotary Clubs
Lake Zurich Rotary Club
Long Grove Rotary Club
Project/Attendance Matrix Update May 3nd 2010
Each "1" denotes a project (for example, 111 = 3 projects)
Each "X" denotes an attendance at a meeting (for example: XX = 2 meetings)
Example: 1XX11XXX = 3 projects, 5 meetings
BY THE END OF THE YEAR YOU NEED a MINIMUM of 5 PROJECTS (the 1s)
-You need eight Xs and five 1s by the end of the year!
To be an Interact member (recieve an honors cord for graduation after two years of membership, attend the Interact breakfast, and use Interact on college apps) you must have 5 projects completed and have had attended a minimum of 60% of our meetings.
Projects so far
Car Wash
HC Decorating
Haunted House
Emmaus Houses (multiple)
Charity Bash Lunch Signups
Charity Bash Badminton Work
Charity Bash Badminton Baking
Paradise Park
Business EXPO
Bookfriends
RYLA - March
Art Auction
Easter Party
RYLA -April
Ela Township Website Project
Rotary Park Help
Recycling Club Help
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If you think something is incorrect:
Text our Interact # (224)-225-9545
OR
Email: click the "Contact Us" link on the left
In 2010, Interact sponsored 12 children to go to school in Nicaragua.
Interact Members help pack 20,000 books for Kenya
Over 300 LZHS students played in the 2nd Annual Charity Badminton Tournament (part of Charity Bash, a week of school wide fundraising efforts that raised over $44,000 this year). The Badminton Tournament raised over $1,600 this year.
LZHS Students play badminton on ten courts with five minute rounds.
Freerice.com - Play a simple vocab game. For every correct answer, Free Rice will donate 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger. More than 66 billion grains of rice have been donated to date.
Love Light & Melody - Love Light & Melody is an organization dedicated to battling extreme poverty. Love Light and Melody focuses on the city trash dump in Managua, Nicaragua, where nearly 1,500 live, work, and make their homes. The goal of Love Light & Melody is to identify and meet the immediate physical needs, raise awareness about the nearly 1,500 people living in a trash dump, and fight social injustice.
Emmaus House of Hospitality - In 2007 alone, Emmaus House of Hospitality served more than 8,300 meals at the St. Francis Community Dinner. Every week, donated food feeds more than 100 people every Sunday in Lake Zurich. Trader Joes, Pizza Hut, and KFC donate food to Emmaus House. Emmaus House also delivers around 700lbs of food every week to people in need.
Lake Zurich Business EXPO
St. Francis Community Food Pantry
Paradise Park Nursing Home
Lake Zurich High School Charity Bash
Highway Cleanup
RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Program
YMCA After School Youth Program -Wassup in LZ
...no handouts right now
Meetings
May 11, 2010
Meetings are held in the small auditorium at 7:20 am.
You must attend a MINIMUM of 60% of our meetings by the end of the year.
