Activities and Photos

What is Interact?

Founded in 1962, Interact stands for International Action. Interact is found in over 100 countries. Interact is a Rotary sponsored service club for young people age 14-18 or secondary age students. This club at Jefferson High School was founded in 1998.

All Interact clubs carry at least two service projects yearly - one that serves the school or community and another that furthers international understanding.

The youth clubs are self-governing and self-supporting giving Interactors a chance to develop a range of leadership skills while learning value of good teamwork.

2009 - 2010 Thomas Jefferson HS Interact Accomplishments

The DTC Rotary is  very proud of all the work that the TJHS Interact Club has accomplished this year.  This group of young people really exemplifies Rotary’s focus of “Service Above Self”.  This club is continually looking for ways that they can give back to their school, their  own community and the global community.  Their experience with Interact creates many opportunities for each of them to develop leadership skills.

 

 

INVOLVEMENT WITH HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:

 

The TJ Interact Club has volunteered to help special ed students at TJ learn computer skills.  Members give one to one tutoring to the special needs students.

 

Interactors and DECCA members were responsible for a TJ beautification project creating planters within the school.

 

The majority of our club members are also members of the TJ Student Council, DECCA  and athletic teams.

 

 

LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS:

 

Interactors helped deliver Thanksgiving Turkeys to needed families through the Interfaith Community Service.

 

The Interact Club gave a Christmas donation of  $100 worth of new clothes and food to a needy single mother and daughter.

 

Project Cure:  An Interact student volunteered to sort medical supplies.

 

 

DISTRICT/INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS:

 

Students organized a Book Drive for Uganda.  7  large boxes  of books were shipped to a school in Uganda this fall.

 

Interact students organized and collected “Nickels for Haiti” (This is an on going project )

 

Pig Out for Polio:  During April students will collect crutches.

 

Shelter Box:  Last spring the club donated $500 of their funds and this was matched by the DTC Rotary to purchase one shelter box.

 

Plans for being a “Sister Club” to a new Interact Club at  the Denver Venture Charter school near 5 Points.

 

Plans for a Food Drive at the local Safeway to replenish supplies at Interfaith Community Service.

 

 

LEADERSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY INTERACTORS:

 

Thomas Currington, Interact VP participated in RYLA last summer and is now motivated to return as a counselor.  He is the  Varsity Wrestling team captain, class representative for student council and a member of MECA (Mexican Heritage Club)

 

Ruyi Eu, Interact Treasurer, is in the National Honor Society, the City Wide Student Council, and does Volunteer work at the Denver Chinese School and Senior Citizen Center.

 

Page W., is the treasurer for the TJ Student Council, member of the City Wide Student Council, a DECCA officer for two years, a member of the Peace Council and the Black Student Alliance.

 

Paige M. is the Treasurer for DECCA, Captain of the girls Varsity Soccer team and volunteers outside of school for a non-profit called Wish for Wheels, which donates bicycles to needy children in Colorado.

 

 

 

SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES:

 

Hot Chocolate sales  (Students were at school at 5:30 am to heat water and prepare the ingredients for selling hot chocolate to students).

 

Candy Canes were sold during December

 

Cell phones were collected and funds were earned.

Peace Wall 2007 Rotary International Convention

Leadership Training Events:

District Interact Workshop in September

RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership Awards conference held in August

 

Thomas Jefferson High School Class of 2006 - 2007 Interactors raised $5,000.00 for Heifer International - What a Special Group of Kids!

 

 

 

 

 

Brighton Charter Interact Club Helps Thomas Jefferson Interact Club Raise Funds For Heifer International

The Brighton Charter Interact club is co-sponsored by the Brighton Early and the Brighton Rotary clubs.  The club began in 2002 and has worked on many community service projects, as well as having been leaders at their school in assisting with various events such as school field days, Prom, manning the concessions at the basketball and volleyball games and the like.  Several Interact students spend at least one or two afternoons a week reading to the Head Start children in the same building below. They have a 2 mile stretch of Hwy 7 east of the school from Pheasant Ridge to I-76 that they are responsible for and clean at least quarterly.  In the past years they have donated money to Meals on Wheels, the Adams County Humane Society, His Hands Ministries food bank, Almost Home and now CASA.  The Interact members held several bake sales, car washes, and even wrapped Christmas packages one year to raise funds to purchase hats for a hat tree at a doctor's office in Denver associated with Children's Hospital.  The hat tree is for those children that are being treated for cancer and they can change hats each time they come in for their visit with the doctor.  The Interact members have been working very hard this school year on developing a plan to upgrade the service organization signs on the north and south ends of town on Hwy 85.  They designed a new sign and contacted all the service clubs that are currently represented on the existing signs.  Teams of Interact members and a Rotary team leader met with all the service clubs to present their idea and ask for suupport.  They then met with the City Council Study Session in April and presented their idea for the upgrade of these entry signs into Brighton.  After their presentation, the city came up with their suggestion for the sign upgrades, the one you saw yesterday.  It will now be a joint effort with the city to complete this project next school year. 

On an international level, last year the Interact members donated $750 to the DTC Rotary club to help purchase bio-sand water filters for families in the Dominican Republic.  These water filters can last for 50 years and can provide clean, safe drinking water for over 600 people.  This year the Brighton Charter Interactors donated money to the district Interact project, Heifer International.  The district goal was to raise $5000.00 to purchase an Ark for a village in a third world country.  The goal was reached with our Interactors donating $615 and the sponsoring Rotary clubs matching their contribution to total $1230.00.
 
 

Thomas Jefferson High School Homecoming Car Bash 2005 -2006 Class

Many thanks to every one who participated in helping pull off this fund raising event, especially to Mr. Showers for all he does for this group.

 

 

 

 

Club Events:

Homecoming Car Bash - Fundraising project

Sweep the Streets - Club Sponsored clean-up of school grounds and surrounding areas

Interact Week - Project with other Interact clubs in the district at the Denver Rescue Mission

Flower Power - Collection of potted plants after the Colorado Home and Garden Show and distribution to local senior citizens homes

Denver Health Christmas Party - District Wide

 

 

 

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