College kids join club of community service

Alex de Vos
Senior students from Catholic Regional College have joined forces with Drysdale’s Rotary Club to help underprivileged and sick children.
Fourteen students from years ten to 12 have formed Catholic Regional College Rotary Interact Club.
Rotary Club of Drysdale officially chartered the Interact group this week.
The Interact club coordinates a variety of projects to help children in Australia and internationally. The first project involved students collecting text books and shipping them to schools in the Solomon Islands.
The club is now preparing a day of fun activities for sick kids at Geelong Hospital and at Queenscliff’s Cottage By the Sea.
School Interact coordinator Bill Miles said the club was an opportunity for students to develop various skills of benefit when entering the workforce.
“Students learn networking and organisational skills, which are vital in the workforce,” Mr Miles said.
Club president Sarah Goette was “thrilled” to be involved in the project.
She said the club had helped improve her leadership and communication skills.