Joliet West’s Interact Club Forms to Join Joliet Rotarians in Service Projects for Community
Joliet West High School’s Students of Service (SOS) recently formed an Interact Club with the Rotary Club of Joliet in order to work hand-in-hand on service projects for the community. At a recent Joliet Rotary meeting Joliet West students, Asha Reynolds, Haley Salazar, Anthony Schalk, and Frank Spesia sold 50/50 raffle tickets to club members with half of the proceeds going toward a new tee-shirt design for their student club.
“This was a great way for the students to get to know Joliet Rotarians, while having an opportunity to raise money for new shirts,” said Dan Milelich, president of Joliet Rotary. “As a service club, we are proud to join together with the Interact Club - and are very excited to work with these dedicated students to make even more of a difference in the community.”
During the 2009-2010 school year, SOS formally became an Interact Club with the Joliet Rotary. Students have not only provided service at Joliet West, but in the community as well. They’ve held a school-wide collection of hygiene and food products for Daybreak Shelter and volunteered at local nursing homes.
More recently, the students packaged food for third-world countries with the Feed My Starving Children organization, hosted a Cancer Awareness Week collecting donations for the American Cancer Society (ACS), and participated in Relay for Life raising over $1800.00 for ACS.
Their first event of the new school year included the collection of backpacks with school supplies for children in need.