Interact
Rotary’s youth side, for school-age leaders aged 12 to 18. Action-driven service clubs run in schools and neighbourhoods — started before some members can even drive, and the first chapter of a half-century habit.
Interact in District 9350
What Interact is (since 1962)
Chartered as “Interact” — short for “International Action” — by Rotary International on 5 November 1962. The first club met at Melbourne High School in Florida; the idea spread fast because the formula is honest: secondary-school students running their own service projects with a sponsor Rotary club’s network behind them.
Who joins (ages 12-18)
School-age service. Each club is based at a single school or in a geographic community; meetings happen on school grounds with a teacher advisor and the sponsor Rotary club’s liaison. Most clubs charter at high school, but younger members are common too — some countries run a separate “EarlyAct” track for primary school.
What members do
Two service projects every Rotary year: one local, one international. Beach clean-ups, school garden builds, fundraisers for partner Interact clubs overseas, food drives, blood-drive partnerships. Officers rotate yearly — by 16 most Interactors have served as a club secretary or treasurer. Project planning and fundraising are the curriculum.
In District 9350
Interact chapters in the district are based at schools and sponsored by their nearest Rotary club. The sponsor Rotary club handles RI chartering paperwork, finds a teacher advisor, and stands alongside the chapter for the long haul. If you’re a teacher, parent or student wanting to start a chapter, your nearest Rotary club is the place to begin.