Canadian Interact club wins 2012 video contest

By Ryan Hyland
Rotary News -- 10 January 2013

T he Interact Club of Hugh Boyd Secondary School in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, is the grand-prize winner of the 2012 Interact video contest with its entry, Students Making a Difference.

The 80-member Interact club chose the theme, “Five ways my Interact club makes the world a better place.” The video tells the story of how club members collaborated on projects that made a positive impact both locally and internationally.

“When writing the script, our Interact club really wanted to emphasize the power of numbers,” says club president Shaane Nathu. “The idea we wanted to convey is that an initiative can start with just one person and grow from there. This concept makes our hopes and dreams to make a difference a reality. We may be just students, but we can have an impact on our society.”

Nathu says it took about two weeks to produce the video, which highlights five projects that his Interact club took part in with its sponsor, the Rotary Club of Richmond Sunset.

Rotarian Magdalen Leung, a sponsor of the Interact club, says she knew the students had a good chance of winning the contest.

“Our Rotary club encouraged the Interactors to enter this competition because we have seen how committed and energized they are in every project they participate in. We realized their successes would make a great story,” says Leung. “The recognition of their outstanding work will help other young people participate in the work of Rotary.”

Says Nathu: “The best part of making the video was all of us coming together and working as a team. We understood how much of an impact this video could potentially have on other Interactors.”

The Hugh Boyd club will receive a letter from RI President Sakuji Tanaka and an engraved plaque. And its video will be featured for a year on RI’s Official Interact Video Contest YouTube page.

Finalists

In addition to the grand-prize winner, three entries were selected as finalists: the Interact Club of Alexandria Sporting, Egypt, with Youth for the Future; the Interact Club of Kathmandu Mid Town, Nepal, with Today’s Tomorrow; and the Interact Club of Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, with Interact 2062: How Interact Is Going to Change the World.

Want to hear directly from the winning Interactors? Join a Facebook chat on Tuesday, 22 January from 11:30 a.m to 12:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time). Interactors from several of the winning clubs will explain more about their club’s service projects, and share how they transformed this community action into an award-winning video.

14 Comments:

At 3:28PM on 30 April 2013, Margot Bureaux wrote: Very impressive! Well done. I am looking to help youth be more involved in rural Nova Scotia. This video will be helpful in showing how they could be a part of something great.

At 10:00AM on 7 February 2013, Myra Panjaitan wrote: Dear Interact club President, I am a Rotarian in Indonesia District 3410 and currently in the process of forming the first school based Interact club in Indonesia, I would like to know more on scholarship and videos that i can use to campaign. Looking forward to hear from you. Thanks & Regards, myra

At 12:41PM on 25 January 2013, Rotr. Obasi wrote: behold what mannar of love that rotary has bestowed upon them that they should be called interactors. Yes the wining interactors are jolly good fellows.

At 12:21PM on 23 January 2013, Barbara Maves wrote: Great video President Nathu and your Hugh Boyd Interactors. What seems obvious is that all your club members make up the "team for service" and the reason you have been able to do so many projects successfully. T-ogether E-ach A-ccomplishes M-ore; Teamwork works. A lesson many Rotary clubs can learn from you.

At 12:20PM on 23 January 2013, mina haart wrote: We are so proud of interactors BRAVO!!

At 9:53AM on 17 January 2013, Desmond Devnich wrote: Congratulations Interactors! There is so much we can learn from the New Generations of Rotary if we just listen.

At 8:38AM on 15 January 2013, Ann Kennedy wrote: Congrats to the winning Interact Club of Chiliwack, British Columbia, Canada. A job well done. Ann Kennedy, New Generations Chair, Rotary club of Dunedin, Florida, USA District 6950

At 9:25AM on 14 January 2013, WAEL RASHED wrote: great work ,interactors of british columbia ,i am the supervisor of interact alexandria sporting ur finalist ,for the second year in a row we r the finalists ,wish to have contacts with ur interact chair .thanks

At 9:25AM on 14 January 2013, Jacqueline wrote: I was a student at Hugh Boyd Secondary, graduating class of 2007. I am so proud of all the students and teachers who made it possible to have an Interact Club there! We didn't have one at the school back then, but I always wished we had. Go Interact!!!!

At 9:22AM on 14 January 2013, Karen Paul wrote: Very inspiring for our youth today. It certainly makes me a proud Canadian Rotarian. Excellent video!

At 9:21AM on 14 January 2013, Robert Madsen wrote: Wow, that's another mightily impressive group of community minded students! Congrats to Hugh Boyd as well as all Interactors that continually do impressive things throughout the world!

At 2:10PM on 11 January 2013, Scott Mills wrote: Excellent and inspiring. Lessons all Rotarians can learn. Thank you, Richmond, BC Interactors.

At 8:34AM on 11 January 2013, KevinTran wrote: Nice post!

At 4:06PM on 10 January 2013, Maria Cote wrote: Nathu said it very clear:"all of us coming together and working as a team" That is what is needed in many Clubs all over the world 'TEAM WORK".

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