Lisbon HS LA Rotary Interact Induction‏

Lisbon High School Interact Club Charter Members attended the Annual Awards Banquet at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston as guests of their sponsors at Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club.  Pictured (l-r) front row: Interact members Morgan Reeves; Sierra Crosby; Brianna Bennett; Dillon Poole; Melissa Hoskins; Mercedes Hursh; Sarah Craig; Emma Wilson; and Samantha Foote.  Back row:  William Denehy, LA Rotary Vocational Service Chair; Monica Millhime, LHS Club Advisor; Kristianna Benoit; Kody Priddle, Interact Club President; Paula Caron, Vice President; Paige Galligan, Secretary; Kyle Priddle, Treasurer; Abigail Roy; Meghan Craig, Community Service Club President; Brandon Laurelez; Taylor Stevens; and Kenneth Healey, LHS Principal.  Not available for photo Ryan Buzzell, Jenna Clifford, Nichole Conrad, Justin Crocker, Robert Dall, Tim Dobson, Bailey Galipeau, Sarah Giraldo, Delanie Ouellette, Jennifer Smith, Adam Thebeau, Ginny Tolbert and Brett Williams.  Photo by Kathy Becvar.
 
Lisbon – Twenty members of Lisbon High School’s Community Service Club were officially sworn in as charter members of the newly formed, re-organized LHS Interact Club.  The students were presented with the LHS Interact Club Charter by Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Vocational Service Chair, William Denehy.  “Rotary’s commitment to service and youths would not be complete if we did not also nurture healthy social values such as civic-consciousness, caring for others, and concern for the environment at an early age which is possible through the formation of Interact Clubs,” shares Denehy.  “Interact is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people ages 12 to 18.  The program gives teens an opportunity to participate in meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills.”  Students accompanied by LHS Principal, Kenneth Healey, and Community Service Club Advisor, Monica Millhime, attended the induction ceremony on Wednesday, May 11 held at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston as invited guests of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club.

“LHS students were previously affiliated with the local Lisbon Rotary for many years as a co-curricular club.  As a former Rotarian, in June of 2008 the Lisbon Rotary fellowship group reluctantly relinquished their Charter to Rotary International due to economic conditions and a decline in membership,” commented Healey.  “Without sponsorship of a local club for our high school students we created the Community Service Club.  Today, thanks to a new partnership with the LA Rotary Club, Lisbon students will once again have the opportunity to be members of an Interact Club.”  Interact is Rotary International’s service club for young people ages 12-18.  Interact clubs are sponsored by individual Rotary clubs which provide support and guidance to students.

Lewiston-Auburn Rotary meets at noon every Thursday at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston.  FMI contact LA Rotary Secretary, Nancy Brown at 837-7430 or email brememberedsoc@aol.com