Dave Rolfe introduced our guests by offering a brief history of Westbrook High School Interact. During Dave’s Presidential year 2000-2001, he saw the wonderful results in Windham at their Interact Club and hoped to bring it to Westbrook. After securing the support of Bruce Dyer, the club was formed in 2004. Fourteen years later, we are pleased to say the Bruce continues as the club’s Adviser.
Interact Adviser Bruce Dyer introduces our guests
President Kimmie Goddard spoke about some of what the club has planned for this school year. They will be volunteering at the Run the Ridge Race on Oct 20. The club will be helping with Halloween on Main St and participating in the annual Festival of Trees. At the Congin Craft Fair, they will be assisting with parking and doing crafts with kids to keep them entertained while their parents shop.
Additional planned activities include many that this club does annually: Making pies for the food pantry at Thanksgiving, bell ringing for the Salvation Army, and volunteering at Preble St soup kitchen. The club also volunteers with Partners in World Health. At this time, the club has 23 members, but they are hoping to grow.
Also present at our meeting was Allyson LaPierre. Allyson attended RYLA last June. She told us that it was both fun and challenging. She made lots of friends that she remains in touch with and developed leadership skills that have helped her as she now mentors members of the Freshmen class.
We look forward to hearing more from this energetic group during the year.
L-R: Avery Tucker, Kimmie Goddard,
Rylee Troiano, and Allyson LaPierre