Interact Club of ACS Sitiawan
History Of Interact
Interact Club is a Rotary sponsored service organisation of young people in any four years of school immediately preceding the university or for young people between the ages of 14 to 18 years whose purpose is to provide opportunity for young people to work together in a world of fellowship dedicated to service and international understanding.
Thus in Malaysia students from Form 2 to Form 6 can join the interact club.
Interact Club can be either school or community based but Malaysia and District 3300, all our Interact Clubs are school based.
Every Interact Club is governed by a standard Constitution and By-Laws prescribed by Rotary International. Each Interact Club is self-governing and self supporting.
The first Interact Club was formed in 1962 in Melbourne High School, Florida, USA. Two months later, the first Interact Club outside the USA was formed in Tanjore, India. By the first anniversary, there were 177 Interact Clubs in 24 countries. As of June, 2003, there are 9164 Interact Clubs with a membership of about 210,772 Interacters in 113 countries.
In our District 3300, there are about 150 Interact Clubs with a membership of over 8,000 Interacters thus making our District having one of the most number of interacters in the world.
Many Rotary Clubs in our District sponsor more than 5 interact clubs each with RC Penang supporting 10, RC Pudu and RC Kuala Lumpur sponsoring 9 each. The others are Rcs Petaling Jaya(7), Gombak(6), Klang(6), Alor Star(6), Ipoh(5) and Seremban(5).
Many Interacters have later become Rotaracters and may have now joined Rotary to continue their service.
Rotary International prefaced in one of its publication on Service to New Generations that “No matter how ardently Rotarians pursue their good works in the local and world community, these efforts will recede into history unless young people are prepared to assume the mantle of leadership and service when their time comes.”
Rotary, therefore, views the development of our young people as being of such paramount importance that its wide range of activities permeates all four Avenues of Rotary Service. In common, with all Rotary Clubs worldwide, the Rotary Club in our District are committed in developing the talents and enthusiasm of our new generation and instilling in them a sense of personal and civic responsibility.
Board of Directors 2007/2008
President : Jennifer Chen XiaoJing
Vice-President : Ling Yuan Zhou
Honorary Secretary : Lee Chiou Hwa
Assistant Secretary : Winnie Chong Wie Inn
Honorary Treasurer : Chiong Hoe Sieng
Sergeant-At-Arms : Mark Cheng Sheng En
Directors :
Club Service : Poh Tze Phei
Community Service : Tang Tai Wen
Funding : Ling Hwa Wei
International Understanding : Prashan a/l Lokanathan
Publicity : Juhann Teh