 Rotary brings three outstanding programs to Cambria teens. Four Way Test Essay Contest, Interact Club, and College Scholarships. The Cambria Rotary Club has
always taken an interest in the youth of the community. Perhaps this is due to so many of its forty plus members being parents, teachers and or school administrators. Four Way Test
Middle School 7th graders are annually challenged to write a minimum of 250 words explaining how the four way test has or should have impacted their personal lives. Essays are collected and reviewed by the club's members. An overall winner is selected and awarded a check for $50.00. The winning essay is then passed along to the District level where it is entered for a district prize of $250.00.
InteractInteract is an international organization of service and social clubs for young people of secondary school age that fosters leadership and responsible citizenship and promotes international understanding and peace. The name was created by combining the words "international" and "action." Interact clubs are sponsored by Rotary clubs as a program of Rotary International. Rotary clubs provide guidance and inspiration, but the Interact clubs are self-governing and self-supporting. Clubs take a variety of forms, both single-gender and mixed as well as large and small. The membership base of a club can be drawn from the student body of a single school or from two or more schools from the same community. Each year, Interact clubs complete at least one community service project and at least one project that furthers international understanding and goodwill. Interactors develop a worldwide network of friendships through exchanges with local and overseas clubs. Along the way, Interactors develop their leadership skills and initiative while meeting new friends. Through their service activities, Interactors learn the importance of:
The first Interact club was initiated in 1962 by the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Florida, USA. Two months later, the first Interact club outside the United States was established in Tanjore, India. Today there are more than 6,650 Interact clubs in some 103 countries and geographical areas, making Interact a truly worldwide phenomenon. ScholarshipsCambria's Rotary club give $2,000.00 annually to selected graduating seniors of Coast Union High School. The money is divided equally among four persons. This year over thirty applicants were interviewed. The review panel was stunned by how well prepared and deserving the candidates were. Many applicants were able to sustain over a 4.0 grade point average throughout grades 9 - 12. GPA's, Class Rank and Career Goals don't come close to telling the real story behind who these people are. Listening to them speak, seeing their presence, their demeanor and discovering where they came from, how they found their path and that they have a clear and focused vision of what their future will be gives the Rotary scholarship committee confidence in a good investment. This is an investment that will garner good will for all whom these graduates come in contact with. |
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