It looked like a well-oiled machine today as the Lima Rotary Club lent a helping hand to the West Ohio Food Bank. Rotarians teamed up with twenty members of Bath High School's Interact Club to pack food boxes for the food bank.
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For nearly a century, the Lima Rotary Club has helped local children have a special day just for them. Their annual Special Needs Christmas Party continues their century long tradition to help kids with disabilities. Over 30 kids, ages 5 to 14-years-old, were invited to the party. this year businesses, club and community members sponsored each of the kids and got them a present that they have been wishing for. During the party, the Bath Interact Club helped with some activities like face painting and balloon animals. The party is something that the kids and the organizers look forward to each year.
The Rotary Club sponsors the Interact Club which promotes their motto of Service above Self. Some of the volunteerism that the students participate in include helping at the West Ohio Food Bank; with the Night to Shine, a prom for people with disabilities; the Special Needs Christmas Party; and recently put on a mock crash for the Bath Students before prom.
The SADD Reality Party is more than just a high school party that is being acted out, this is a snapshot of what could happen in every community across the country. The dangers of underage drinking, drugs, peer pressure, attempted suicide, and even sexual assault are all real for today’s teens. The students are from the SADD chapters at Allen East and Perry and the Bath Interact Club, are not only are playing their parts, but they also wrote the script to reflect what they see and hear goes on with other teens and sometimes at their school.
The Rotary Club of Lima hosted their Annual Special Needs Christmas party at the Shawnee Methodist Church. There were many things to do from face painting and ornament decorating, and even some super heroes showed up. Many of the volunteers of this event were high school students part of the Bath Interact Club, a partner of the Lima Rotary Club.
The Bath Interact Club focusing on safety before their prom this weekend.