Interact club has been fundraising since the beginning of the school year in order to aid in their traveling plans to Nicaragua this coming summer.

Several of Interact Club’s fundraising ideas include selling candy grams in the week approaching Christmas break, as well as their annual fundraiser selling Krispy Kreme donuts. Interact Club fundraises through the Rotary Club, with which they are partnered.

Junior, and Interact Club co-president, Jasmine Mearns has been avidly involved in planning a club trip since her Sophomore year. Nicaragua became the desired location, chosen in September, due to the Interact Club’s pre existing connection with the Rotary Club located in Nicaragua.

The trip to Nicaragua is estimated to be roughly 9 days long, where members of Interact Club will be volunteering through the Rotary Club in Nicaragua. Once there, they will be participating in a purifying water project.

About 12 to 25 members of the Interact Club that are interested in attending the trip will be covered by the club based on their participation in the club and their involvement in  fundraising for the trip.

This trip was anticipated to take place during spring break of 2018, but was pushed back to August of 2018 due to the large financial task as well as the ability to spend time in Nicaragua without missing school.

“I hope that this trip really brings to light for my Interactors on how valuable volunteer work is,” Mearns said, “I hope they begin to understand that everything they do to help makes a huge difference in many lives, and encourages them to continue to volunteer throughout their lives.”