LOOKING AHEAD

District 7305 Interact Conference in Pitts-

burgh will be on Wednesday, October 16.

District 7305 Interact Symposium will be held

on Saturday, October 19 in Derry Area High School.

WORLD POLIO DAY is October 24

INTERNATIONAL INTERACT WEEK is No-

vember 4 through November 10.

World Affairs Institute at the John Heinz Histo-

ry Center in Pittsburgh will be on Wednesday, No-

vember 13.

CARDS FOR VETERANS are due no later than

Friday, December 4.

We hear the term “sustainable” a lot, but what will it take to achieve a sustainable world for all—a world with no poverty, a thriving planet, and peace and prosperity? The Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are a blueprint for all countries to work to-gether to reach global sustainability by 2030. At this year’s World Affairs Institute, hear from in-spirational leaders who will address the three pil-lars of sustainability: economic, social, and envi-ronmental. Learn how you can use your creativity, your knowhow, and technology to help build a world in which no one is left behind.

Registration will open soon! Contact your spon-soring Rotary Club to see if they are offering schol-arships for you to attend.

Go to www.worldpittsburgh.org/WAI2019 for continually updated event information.

Rotary District 7305

October 2019 Newsle�er

TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO

IMPROVE YOUR INTERACT CLUB

Be sure that your Interact Club is represented at ei-

ther or both the District 7305 District Conference on

Wednesday, October 16 beginning at 7:30 a.m. with

a breakfast at the Double Tree by Hilton Pittsburgh

Green Tree.

The District 7305 Interact Symposium will be held

on Saturday, October 19 at the Derry Area High

School in Derry, PA. Registration will begin at 9:30

a.m. and the Symposium will begin at 10 a.m. In-

teractors, their advisors and sponsoring Rotary Club

Interact Chairs are all invited to the Symposium.

Both of these events will give you an excellent op-

portunity to exchange ideas with other Interactors

and their Clubs and also to learn what unique op-

portunities YOU have as an Interactor.

Articles and pictures for the November 2019 Interact Ro-

tary District 7305 Newsletter are due no later than Mon-

day, October 28. Items for publication can be sent to

Mark Barnhart at mbarnhar@verizon.net.

INFO FOR NOW OR

FOR THE FUTURE

Did you know that scholarships are available for

those who are looking to earn their Masters Degree?

Applicants must attend a learning institution out-

side of the United States and must be in an area of

study that falls under one of the six areas of focus of

Rotary International. We know that you are still in

high school but please keep this opportunity in the

back of your mind and perhaps you may have a rela-

tive who is contemplating earning a Masters Degree

outside of the United States. Applicants must not be

a Rotarian or child or grandchild of a Rotarian. For

additional information and any questions, please

contact Pat Shaffer at patshaffer@tprsold.com.

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October 2019 Newsle�er—Page 2

One Day. One Focus:

Ending Polio

24 October

The Conemaugh

Township High School

Rotary Interact club has

gone through many

changes over the last few

months. First, we started

an annual soccer tourna-

ment for charity in June.

The event raised over

$4,000 for SHOFCO - a

charity that works to

build urban promise out

of urban poverty in Africa.

We also celebrated the

graduation of 14 of our senior members who moved onto

the next chapter of their lives taking many experiences

from Rotary Interact with them.

Over the Summer, we worked alongside Common

Grounds Outreach for their annual “Serve Week”. This

has been our third year working with them on this pro-

ject. During this week of volunteer work, members of

both groups did a variety of service projects. This includ-

ed working on the new Quemahoning Dam trails, doing

yard work for elderly neighbors, and creating a sustaina-

ble garden at the high school. The sustainable garden is

part of a three-year project planned by our Rotary Inter-

act club. The garden will help members of the community

and our life skills class. In the future, an outdoor class-

room and pollinator garden will be added.

With the new school year beginning, we have 40

new members! Our club has never had numbers this

high. With all the new members, our goal of having at

least one service project per month will be reached easily.

Both new and old members alike are excited to see what

this year has in store for us!

Summer vacations and hectic back to school schedules didn't stop Greensburg Salem In-teractors from serving their community the past few months! Check out some of the activi-ties they've been helping with:

GS Interact sponsored the Service Above Self 5K on Memorial Day, raising funds to support Wounded Warrior Project and PA Hero Walk. Interact donated $1,000 to each or-ganization!

Interactors helped during Nicely Elemen-tary School’s Annual Color Run.

Three Interactors distributed food boxes to senior citizens residing in Penn Towers in Greensburg for the Westmoreland County Food Bank.

Thunder, lightning and downpours couldn’t keep Interactors from passing out food during a local food bank distribution!

Several Interactors helped Greensburg Rotarians and the Greensburg Volun-teer Fire Department pack over 400 hy-giene packs which were distributed at the Greensburg Salvation Army’s Back to School Bash at St. Clair Park. While volunteering at the Back to School Bash, not only did Interactors help distribute the hygiene packs but they also helped local students choose a new book at the Greensburg Salem table. What a fantastic event to help students in need!

Greensburg Salem Interact is looking forward to running the school district’s Pink Out campaign and hosting the 3rd Annual Harlem Wizards event this Fall.

The Greensburg Salem High School Interact Club pre-

sents, The Harlem Wizards vs. The Greensburg Salem All

-Stars on Tuesday, November 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the high

school gym. For information, please contact Melissa

Bowman at gshsharlemwizardsevent@gmail.com.

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Now is the time to start to get your planning done for this

year’s Cards for Veterans. I will need to receive ALL

CARDS no later than Friday, December 4. Remember

that cards must not be in envelopes, must not be reli-

gious in nature and must not contain glitter.

A lot of Interact Clubs get their elementary schools in-

volved by having the younger students make “home

made” cards. Remember that cards can contain a mes-

sage thanking the veteran for their service and can be

signed with just a first name, NO LAST NAMES.

Since we have doubled the number of Interact Clubs in

our new District, we should have no problem breaking

last year’s record of 9,748 cards.

Activity Fair- The Interact Club or-

ganized an Activity Fair during Back

to School night at the senior and jun-

ior high schools for parents and dur-

ing school lunches for the students

throughout the week. Clubs and organizations spread

the word about what they do and recruited new stu-

dents to participate.

Somerset County

Food Bank Food Dis-

tribution- Interactors

helped distribute and

carry food for people

during the monthly food

distribution.

Dressed- Interactors volun-

teered with the non-profit or-

ganization, Dressed, to set up

for their 2019 Homecoming

Shop at a local church. The In-

teractors helped organize dress-

es by sizes, set up shoes and

jewelry, and made sure every-

thing was set up for the Friday

night and Saturday shops in

September. Once the event

concluded, interactors helped

tear down the remaining dresses and accessories.

Festival of Books- Interactors volunteered at the Festival of Books event that was held in Uptown Som-erset on a Saturday in Septem-ber. Members of the communi-ty were encouraged to come out and listen to authors read their books or enjoy talking to the authors. The Interactors helped set up tents and tear them down once the event was over.

Pictured are the officers of Ligonier Valley

High School Interact Club meeting with the

officers of Latrobe High School Interact

Club to plan and discuss the Lip Sync Battle.

The Lip Sync Battle is a fundraiser taking

place at 6:30pm on November 22 at Ligonier Valley High

School. All of the money raised will be donated to local

food pantries in Ligonier and Latrobe. There will be con-

cessions and a basket raffle at the fundraiser as well. Our

goal is to have 20 total acts and lots of people in the audi-

ence for a great turn out to support a good cause!

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October 2019 Newsle�er—Page 4

Members of the Ambridge

Area Middle School recently

participated in the local home

-coming parade.