INTERACT & ROTARACT INTERACT CLUB OF COWES


2009. We are a thriving Club; current numbers stand at 10 members, 8 girls and 2 boys.


The Interact Club of Cowes was chartered in March


meet every other Saturday afternoon and work on a number of Community and fundraising projects throughout the year. We keep a detailed archive of photographs and articles about our Club and have regular displays and information leaflets at our events.


• Visiting the Isle of Wight Society for the Blind.


Church Carol Service in conjunction with our sponsoring Rotary Club.


• Sponsored Swim.


Shoebox Scheme, in conjunction with our sponsoring Rotary Club, which is Cowes. In October, we organized a Sponsored Swim, which raised £275.00. We donated £200.00 to SSAFA, our President’s nominated Charity. The money will be used


PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA ROTARACT CLUB


Southsea, we are in the process of welcoming in our new committee for the 2017-18 academic year. As a club, we are associated with the University of Portsmouth, but memberships are not exclusive to students. We have recently been working with the Foodcycle hub in Portsmouth, with whom we shall be hosting our Charter Night.


to develop an international service project with our connections in Italy, with the Rotaract Club of Cesena and Milano Castello Rotaract Club. We will also be setting up a mentoring scheme with the support of our local Rotary Clubs, utilising untapped industry experience from the Rotarians to aid in the professional development of our members.


Castle, Cosham, and Portsmouth and Southsea Rotary. We often help with the Christmas shoe box collections and the yearly Dragon Boat race which we recently attended.


Our new President will be Thea Noli, an Italian International Student studying a second degree in


W ROTARY1110.ORG I E EDITOR@ROTARY1110.ORG 9 We will be continuing our work with Southsea In the coming year, our new committee is hoping Here at the Rotaract Club of Portsmouth and Our first project for the year 2016 - 2017, was the Rotary


Our latest project is a Charity Quiz Night and Supper to be held in June and we will hold our annual fundraising Carwash with the assistance of the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service in Newport, proceeds of which will as usual be divided equally between the Firefighters Charity and our nominated Interact Charities.


our Rotary Club, supporting them in their community projects and fundraisers, especially in Cowes Week.


Anna Morgan-Crockett (Rotary Club of Cowes) Youth Service Chairman


Law, who features on the board of the University of Portsmouth as a student trustee. Our new Treasurer is Ming Wu, a founder of the Maker's Guild, a research student and an industrial designer. Our new Vice President and Secretary will be Adele Benson, who is a 2nd-year International relations student. As a result of our work with Foodcycle, Thea and Adele will be becoming hub leaders in Portsmouth.


or connect with us on Facebook (Rotaract Club of Portsmouth and Southsea), Instagram (Portsmouth_ Rotaract) or Twitter (@Rotaract_Portsm). We are always looking for new ideas so feel free to get in touch and involved.


• Food Cycle Kitchen. To get in touch please email Rotaract@upsu.net In addition, throughout the year, we work jointly with In December, we fundraised with a stall at our local Our Officers are President, Secretary and Treasurer. We by SSAFA to support a family project on the Island. • F


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