By Jaelynn Shelton – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law Interact Club is excited to start the new year with events that give back to the community.

The club will have many opportunities for the members to get involved with and create new relationships.

“Interact club is a wonderful opportunity to get to meet like-minded students who want to help; they’re typically empathetic, and mindful of others,” Interact Club Advisor Ms. Jessel said. “It’s definitely a good club to give back to the community and by senior year you have an opportunity to possibly earn scholarships specifically just through Interact Club.”

The club tries to have between two and five events that members can sign up for each week. These events can contribute to members community service hours, which is great for college applications. 

“Community service is an excellent character builder; students broaden their perspectives and begin to look outside of their own life experiences,” said College and Career Center Coordinator Ms. Sylvia.

Interact Club allows students to get on board with new and interesting things. Students can also earn scholarships based on their community service from the club.

One annual event in particular is the OktoberFest, which is used to help raise money for Interact scholarships. These events are  made possible because of the club’s sponsorship from the Devon Rotary.

“It was really fun, there’s always a good time and I always had something to do,” junior Interact Club member Addison Schwing said.

Schwing said that when he volunteered he did security for the fest, which was unlike anything he’s done before, but he enjoyed the new perspective. 

Some other events the club does are a monthly Beth- El lunch on the weekends for just a few hours and selling raffle tickets for comedy shows.

The Interact Club is very flexible to those who are involved in sports or other clubs. They meet once a week for a few minutes after school in Room 228. They are always looking for new people to add to their tightly-packed group.

“You should join we meet once a week its for a few minutes and you get your volunteer hours,” Interact club member and sophomore Rachel Solkis said. “You don’t have to volunteer for everything we ask.”

The club has appealed the interest of a new freshman this year Samantha Burns.

“I wanted to be involved in the school, when we had the freshman welcome day they were explaining the club, and it sounded like fun,” Burns said. “It was a way to make new friends.”

Burns says she enjoys the club and the previous events she attended.