Youth of Interact…

BIG news! With an already impressive first trimester submission of nearly $40k, Interact 5170 has INCREASED our end year goal of $70,000 to $140,000!

We believe in SHOOTING FOR THE MOON and pushing our collective efforts to the maximum. We are very enthusiastic and  BELIEVE in each and every one of you.

Continue your unprecedented achievements and we KNOW we will able to FREE THE YOUTH.

Keep spreading the word to Share Interact.

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Corey Ching

International Coordinator ’11-’12

International@Interact5170.org

All data has officially been sent in for the first trimester deadline!

I want to congratulate all of you! We’re doing such a spectacular job so far. You guys are amazing!!

For Free the Youth $ we’re JUST under 38.5 k! THAT IS OVER HALF OUR GOAL of $70,000. Keep working hard.

Remember, it’s not just funds that you are raising, but a better future for the next generation.  That is our ultimate goal!

For the full update, go and check our goals page here.

Corey Ching - Co-International Coordinator

International@Interact5170.org

http://www.marysmeals.org/

http://www.firelightfoundation.org/

They are the future; We are the future.

Free the Youth

Due to size parameters, we’ve finally been able to upload the Free The Youth Powerpoint!

Please reference the Powerpoint to CLEARLY understand our project! We encourage you to showcase it during your club meetings, charity dinners, and other events!

For future reference, it will be located under downloads on our district page!

Keep spreading the word of Interact and the 2011-2012 International Project: Free the Youth!

Corey Ching - Co-International Coordinator

International@Interact5170.org

http://www.marysmeals.org/

http://www.firelightfoundation.org/

They are the future; We are the future.

Free the Youth

Here at Interact 5170, we believe in change, in freedom, in evolution.
We like to be bold and different. We like to think big, and dream bigger!

As if the revolutionary achievement of 2,400 Interactors at FLC wasn’t enough, we decided to do something even bigger.

Introducing, the first ever, Interact 5170 District Wide Day of Service!

On December 18th 2011, from 12 Morning to 12 Midnight, we are calling ALL Interactors, ALL Community Members, ALL Clubs, ALL Rotarians, ALL Communities to join us in SHARING INTERACT with our D5170 community by serving!

OUR GOAL

To have every Interactor dedicate their entire day to service, and serve AT LEAST 5.170 hours (5 hours & about 10 minutes)

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?

1) JOIN IN
Invite all your friends, all your family, all your clubs, EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

2) FIND AN ACTIVITY
Contact your President, your Area Director, look at our list, go on Volunteer Match, or create your own! Find something to do to give back to your community.

3) SERVE YOUR 5.170 HOURS(+)
On event day, get out there and have fun! Bring friends and family, and inspire them to continue with goal!

4) RECORD
Take pictures of you and your friends doing your activity! Make sure you record how many hours you all served, and send both (photos & hour count) back to your Area Director!

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Need some service ideas?

Go to here or here.

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For more information please visit our facebook event (click on the flyer above!)

Interact D5170. It’s been a while! I want to first start off saying that I hope everyone is having a great thanksgiving break. In a club of community service, we do our best to give back, and while it’s key stay thankful for all that we have, I think it’s important we recognize everything we have done. I want to thank everyone for all the hard work you’ve put into fundraising, promoting, and providing a better future for the next generation.

FREE THE YOUTH  was an idea that came to us through the process of creating our project. I was stuck on the idea of making this year better than it ever was. I knew D5170 deserved nothing less than that. What better to help the world, than through the children of today. They are the future; we are the future.

It’s been a wonderful opportunity thus far to meet with representatives from both Mary’s Meals and Firelight Foundation. We have a lot in store. However, I know the works of  these projects have not been relayed to you on a continual basis, but I promise from here on that the D5170 community will be the first to know what’s next to come.

Let me give a brief recap of the year so far:

FLC – IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. Spectacular that 2400+ people were in that one auditorium. I can say you all look great starting down at Will and I. Joking aside, keep that enthusiasm coming.

After that, we’ve been working with Firelight on this project that will feature Interact D5170 happenings on their home website. This blog will update regularly. Let this be incentive to keep working hard and publishing what work you’ve done! Send anything FREE THE YOUTH related from pictures to videos, be it about  fundraisers or movie nights, or even just something special during your club meetings, to International@interact5170.org. Will and I might publish your work on  right here on the district website! And if Firelight decides to feature you, you could appear on their blog.

Here’s the first post covering FLC: http://blog.firelightfoundation.org/2011/10/21/young-philanthropists-free-the-youth-2/

Moreover, with Mary’s Meals, their founder Magnus, will be on a CNN Heroes Thanksgiving Night special called ‘A Celebration of Giving’, with the programme touching on the most recent developments at Mary’s Meals, including their response to the famine in Somalia and the wider East African crisis. The CNN special will air on Thursday (Nov 24). Check it out!

As well, they’ve updated their website! Mary’s Meals now has a new and improved home page for all different countries to go to their respective languages.

There’s a lot of exciting news  to bring, and I’ll be back to update all of you. I’ve just recently finished up a FREE THE YOUTH PowerPoint  to CLEARLY define our project and what we are doing. I know their is some discrepancy. It’s okay! Each year is different, and thus needs to be explained over again. That will be uploaded shortly!

Once again, have a great break everyone, stay thankful; stay hungry.

Corey Ching - Co-International Coordinator

International@Interact5170.org

http://www.marysmeals.org/

http://www.firelightfoundation.org/

They are the future; We are the future.

Free the Youth