Pictured: Marty Patchen (on left), Larry Miller (back row, 6th from right), Randy Lauder (back row, 5th from right)—Byesville Rotarians, Ryan White, Byesville Rotarian and Interact Advisor (back row, 3rd from right), and some of the Meadowbrook High student volunteers.
No readings for next meeting.
Next meeting is January 4, 2011.
Students from Meadowbrook High School and the Byesville Rotary high school Interact Club exemplified the Rotary motto “Service Above Self” on Friday and Saturday, December 17 and 18.
The students of the Interact Club inspired their fellow students to get involved in collecting and donating canned goods for the food basket program. They had a very successful food collection program this year and collected almost 3000 cans of food. Students and staff of Rolling Hills elementary and middle schools also participated .
On Friday, students met Byesville Rotary members at the Main Street United Methodist Activity Center to sort canned goods and other non-perishables. By noon, 175 boxes of food were ready for distribution on Saturday. Without the participation of the students, Byesville Rotary members would have been working into the afternoon.
On Saturday morning, more high school students arrived to help the Rotary distribute the food boxes. Lots of muscles were needed to move two food boxes per family from the Activity Center to waiting cars. In addition to the box of non-perishable goods, families also received a box of perishables which included a turkey, apples and oranges, onions, bread, butter, eggs, and milk.
The club’s next meeting will be 7:30 am, November 9, 2010, at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767
Pictured: Meadowbrook High School students and Interact Club members ready to start packing food baskets.
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