Officers:

President- Carlee Moir
Vice President- Katerina Moshos
Secretary- Jessica Geida
Treasurer- Jamie Wozniak
Public Relations- Liz Ficek
Senior Reps.- J.J. Smith, Erica Cantwell
Junior Reps.- Zanib Hassan, Hannah Hewes, Kelly Rice
Sophomore Reps.- Jada Goodwin, Devon McNaney, Kelsey Ploppert
Freshman Reps.-Danielle Geida, Alex Stephanou, Scott Warner
Faculty Moderators - Mrs. Fahnestock, Mrs. Gambone, Mrs. McCool

Calendar of upcoming projects:
  
Jan. 16th to 30th--  ‘Adopt a Platoon’ Project and the Guyana Project
Jan. 18th -- MNHS Choir Dance-A-Thon to benefit The Multiple Sclerosis Society
Jan. 23rd  -- ‘Daffodil Days’ to benefit The American Cancer Society
March 27th --  Daffodil Delivery
March: Dress for Success – Women’s Suit Collectionp;
Next meeting date:  Tuesday, February 5th, 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria.

What is Interact?

Interact is a combination service and social club for young people, ages 14 to 18. Each of the over 7,200 Interact Clubs around the world are sponsored by a Rotary Club that provides guidance and inspiration. But the youth clubs are self-governing and self supporting, giving Interactors a chance to develop a range of leadership skills while learning the value of good teamwork. Interact stands for International Action. International because Interact clubs exist in over 88 countries and 17 geographical areas. Action because Interactors are doers;young people who want to solve problems, improve the quality of life, and make new friends in their community and throughout the world.

The Rotary Clubs of Newtown Square and Broomall sponsor our MNHS Interact Club. These clubs have welcomed our officers to their meetings, treating them to a complimentary dinner. The clubs have also sponsored our members at leadership conferences. In addition, the Rotary Club of Newtown Square has provided us with our podium, gavel, gong, and banner. Both Rotaries have purchased daffodils to support our sale in March to benefit the American Cancer Society. In 2005, the Newtown Square Rotary honored us with a Distinguished ClubService Award plaque. In 2007, the Broomall Rotary established a Rotary Interact Scholarship. We thank the Newtown Square and Broomall Rotary Clubs for their continued support.

 Membership:

Standard Interact Club Constitution: In order to be considered a member in good standing, the Constitution states that members should attend at least 60% of the meetings. MNHS Interact officers encourage you to attend meetings and participate in projects. A combination of meetings and/or projects should add up to your participation in a minimum of 6.

Membership dues are $2.00. Each member is asked to make this donation once every year. Dues can be paid tonight or during the school day, dues can be placed in an envelope marked with your name and grade and given to your Interact Class Representative, who will record your payment and submit it to our Treasurer, Jamie Wozniak.

Always-important reminders:

Officers for next year: Any junior interested in being an officer next year, must have participated in at least 6 projects this year and attended meetings and chaired a committee or project.

Important reminder:  The following members signed up to be on the public relations committee: Megan Brown, Bobbi Caprice, Kristi Dodbiba, Keara Farrelly, Julie Sebastian and Erin Tobin.  After this meeting, please take the Interact flyers down that are on the bulletin boards in the hallways.  Thank you to Liz Ficek and Katerina Moshos for posting the flyers.

Old Business:
Winter Coat Collection for Phila. Cares – Thank you to Chairperson Arya George for counting the coats and packing them in bags for delivery.  Thank you to all members who donated coats.  Thank you to the following members for sorting the coats: Zach Cetlin,
Kaylie McMenamin, Melanie Sarcinello, and Christine Torelli. 
Thank you to Dane Hopkins, J.J. Smith and the MNSD Transportation Dept. for delivering the coats to Philadelphia Cares.  The coats will be distributed in Philadelphia.

Adopt a Family project:  Interact once again made Christmas morning special for a family that needed our support.  Thank you to J.J. Smith and other members for collecting money at lunches to help purchase the Christmas gifts.  We also donated from our treasury to complete the purchases.  Thank you to the following people for shopping:
Autofeh Fotovat-Ahmadi, Ron Alf, Greg Gomolka, Sam Hafez, Tina Krejewski,
and Jackie Purcell.

Fair Acres Holiday Caroling:
Thank you to the following members who sang with the residents:  Lexie Abel,
Morgan Benner, Anna Brasch, Justin Chau, Jenn Clay, Sarah Dermigny, Briana Grassi,
Nicolette Graw, Emily Mark, Trinity Miller, Thuan Nguyen, Dorela Priftanji, J. J. Smith,
Alex Stephanou, Jamie Vickerman, and Nicki Zois.  Thank you for spending a little time to bring cheer to the people at Fair Acres.

Children in Guyana project:  Save your used prescription bottles (labels removed):
Co-chairs of this committee are Paul Ciavardelli and Shiang-Ting Yeh.  Later in the year we will be collecting a variety of items.  Currently Interact has begun to help the Newtown Square Rotary collect used prescription medicine bottles.  Please remove the labels and donate as many as you can to help the Mercy Hospital, Public Hospital and the Leprosarium in Guyana.
Thank you to the following members who have brought in these bottles:  Melissa Brennan,Christina Croce, Arya George, Kate Stulpin, and Jayme Vickerman. Drop your donation in Room 111 and write your name down so we can say thank you.

New Business:
Adopt a Platoon Project:  Jan. 16th to Jan. 30th. 
Our troops need Our help.
The Class Reps. have met and planned this project.  Each homeroom has been assigned an item to be collected.  The Class reps. will meet tonight with interested Interact members who are willing to visit an assigned homeroom and encourage all students to donate the requested item. A poster needs to be created to advertise our mission in each homeroom. Jess Geida, our Vice President, made a sample poster for you to see to get an idea of the information that should be included on your poster. Our collection will start next Wednesday, Jan. 16th.  Please sign-up tonight.

MN Choir Dance-A-Thon - Jan. 18th – An exciting opportunity! Interact has been graciously invited to join hands with the MNHS Choir and ‘Dance the Night Away’.  Proceeds will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.  Details:
Date – Friday, Jan. 18th Time:  7 PM to 7 AM (You may not leave before Midnight unless you a have a note signed by a   parent.) (If you leave at midnight you may not return.) (If you do not leave at midnight then you must stay the rest of the night.)
Cost:  $15.00 to pay for entertainment and refreshments.
           $10.00 if you bring a donation of food to share.
If you are interested in participating you will need the flowing 3 papers:

1. Yellow paper – Information sheet and parent permission form
2. Pink paper – Health History/Permission Form
3. Green paper – Dance-A-Thon Sponsor Form benefiting Multiple Sclerosis

Sign-up tonight and come ‘Dance the Night Away’ for a great cause.

American Cancer Society Daffodil Days: – Sale in Jan. / Feb. – Delivery in March
Sign-up tonight if you want to sell daffodils.  We will be in touch with you via your homeroom for further information.  We will begin to take daffodil orders on Jan. 23rd.  All orders will be due on Feb. 13th.  4 chairpersons will be needed to coordinate order forms.