Community Service 2016

• Interact Club

The Interact Club of Lotus Valley carried out the following community service activities during the session 2016-2017:

• April 22^nd 2016


• Earth day assembly, Poster, Collage and Bookmark making, and awareness programme on "Youth, the future of our energy resources".

• May 4^th 2016

• Formation of Green Team to sensitize students about the environment
• Labour Day Assembly for Students and Housekeeping staff.

• May 2016

• Waste Paper and Spectacles collection drive.

• June 2016

• Each One, Reach One and Teach One Programme - adult literacy programme. An initiative to motivate, teach and help illiterate adults to become literate and independent. Interact club students took the initiative to educate the housekeeping staff.

• July 26^th 2016

• ‘Green-o-bin’ items collection – ‘Green-o-bin’ organisation which recycles waste papers collected 550 kgs of newspapers from our school.  In exchange, they gave eco-friendly items like pen-stands, book marks, frames etc. to our school.

• July 30^th 2016 

• Inviting students less privileged – Students from Arya Darshan Public School were invited to visit the exhibition ‘Aakriti’ creating a synergy between the two schools. Later, some of the Science and Maths models prepared by our students were donated to the school.

• August 20^th 2016 (PTM)

• Carpooling Survey – Over 300 parents were requested by the members of On the PTM day, members of the Interact Club got over 300 parents to fill a short MCQ survey on Carpooling, thus creating awareness.
• Bakery Sale: students made and sold delicious homemade items and raised money for charity.

• August 2016 (Entire month)

• Celebration of ‘White Cane Day’ – Around 1500 flags sent to us by IBA were sold to raise funds for the blind and the proceeds were donated to the Blind Association.

• September 2^nd 2016

• DILA Visit (District Interact Leadership Assembly): 30 students visited the DILA function to discuss the role and duties of the members of Interact Club and to plan the events of Rotary Club.

• September 24^th 2016

• Visit to SPCA shelter (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals): 8 students accompanied by a parent, visited the SPCA shelter to learn about animal behaviour, animal welfare and efforts of SPCA and to provide support to them.

• October 24^th  2016 

• Participated in an Essay Writing Competition as part of the Polio Campaign at Hindu College.
• Celebrated polio-free India by supporting Rotary in its efforts towards eradication of Polio from our country.

• October 2016 (Entire month)

• Food-a-Thon - Collecting non perishable food items donated by students of the school to give to Cheshire Home.

• November 2016 (1st week)

• Shramdaan board - Setting up a bulletin board in the school to update other students about the latest events & happenings of Interact Club.

• November 16^th 2016

• Say No to Pollution Campaign.

• November 17^th 2016

• Celebrating World Energy Conservation Day - Poster and Display Board making Competition
• Students set up a board on climate change & green energy, made posters on conserving energy and learnt about saving it for the betterment of the environment and their future.

• November 19^th 2016 (PTM)

• Charity Sale of delicious homemade bakery items, mocktails, bookmarks made by students.
• Assisted residents of Cheshire Home to raise funds for the establishment through a handicrafts sale.

• November 24^th - 25^th 2016

• Constitution Day - Celebrating the making of our constitution by conducting an essay writing and poster making contest.

• November 25^th 2016

• Danish Water Olympiad, students were able to test their Environmental Quotient and enhance their appreciation & knowledge about the environment.

• December 2^nd 2016

• Interact Video Contest - Making a video on ‘Making a Difference – If Interactors Ruled the World’ with a hope to change the world.

• December 7^th 2016

• Visit to Cheshire Home to donate of food items & other necessities collected by the students