Kings Park Interact Club and Commack-Kings Park Rotary Club
Team Up to End Hunger
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The first Rotary Club was formed in Chicago in 1905, and today Rotary International is a 1.2 million-member service organization that exists in numerous countries across the world. Interact is a club for youth ages 12-18 who want to connect with others in their community or school. Interact club members have fun while carrying out service projects and learning about the world. While Interact clubs receive guidance from local Rotary clubs, they govern and support themselves. Our Kings Park High School Interact Club came into existence just last year.
This past Wednesday, the Kings Park High School Interact Club partnered with other local Interact Clubs, Rotary Clubs, and Outreach (a local non-profit organization) to hold an End Hunger program. The clubs, along with adult volunteers, created an assembly line in the high school cafeteria. In this assembly line, we packed nutritious non-perishable ready to cook meals, which will be provided to local food pantries and soup kitchens, as well as directly to public school students who do not have reliable access to food. In a few hours, our four “assembly lines” were able to prepare and package about 10,000 meals!
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This project came together thanks to the collaboration and support of volunteers from the Commack High School Interact Club, the Commack-Kings Park Rotary Club, the East Northport Rotary Club, and the Hauppauge Rotary Club.
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According to Superintendent Eagen, “This project is evidence of the strong level of service that exists in Kings Park. I am especially very proud of our Interact students for their efforts on this project. I wanted to extend a special thank you to the many student and adult volunteers for your time and support! Together we were able to ensure that many local families and students will not go hungry.”