Interact and IPS School #2 Raise $1,775.00 for Haiti Relief
The Interact Club at IPS School #2 (Center for Inquiry) at 725 N. New Jersey Street in downtown Indianapolis spearheaded a school-wide collection effort to raise funds for Rotary District 6560 World Community Service Foundation to benefit Haiti. In one week at this school with fewer than 300 students, $1,775.00 was collected. Interact President Josh Brunsting, a CFI eighth grader, presented the check to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis at its weekly meeting on Tuesday, February 9th. Josh was accompanied by Rotarian Scott Armstrong, who meets with the Interact students every other week. Scott stated that he is extremely proud of what the students accomplished in such a short time frame. Josh and all of the Interact Club members spent the week leading up to the collection advertising and advising the individual classes on how best to drum up donations. They then spent the collection week counting funds and spurring their assigned classes to even greater giving.
The Rotary Foundation of Indianapolis will match donations made by Rotary Club of Indianapolis members and the contributions from the Interact Club. The combined donations total $6,795 for relief to earthquake ravaged Haiti.
