Shaving and Shenanigans- a St Baldrick’s Event!

Interact Club Initiatives 2024- 2025: 

• Sachem Community Picnic Event (3 hours)
  • Hosted thousands of community members
  • Promoted literacy by donating hundreds of books 
  • Had engaging games and activities for elementary level students 
  • 4 PM – 7 PM 
    • Several hours devoted to planning event
• Lake Ronkonkoma Beach Clean Up Sept. 21st 2024(3 hours) 
  • International Coastal Cleanup
  • 40+ members
  • 9 AM – 12 PM 
  • Collected over 1500+ pieces of garbage and litter (including glass, bottles, cigarette buds, etc.)
• 9/11 Flag & Ceremony (2 hours)
  • + Veterans Day Flags
  • Deliver a student-led memorial speech to reflect on the significance of 9/11, its lasting impact, and how the event shaped our country and global perspective. 
  • Periodically, students attended & administrative members from the district office. 
• Blood Drives → Constantly engaging students to effectively combat the demand for blood. 

→ Partnering with local blood banks, we host organized blood drives throughout the year to help replenish critical supplies for hospitals and emergency services.

→ Students, faculty, and community members are encouraged to participate if eligible, learning the importance of civic responsibility and compassion through action. Each donation has the potential to save up to three lives, turning a simple act into a powerful contribution.

• October 28th, 2024
• February 13th, 2025
• April 10th, 2025

• Safe Halloween 10/30/24 

• • • Dressed up and gave out candy to kids in the community

• Trick or Feed October 29th, 2025

• •  (each student who participated = 1 hour) → collecting donations to give out towards our community in spirit of Halloween
  • Trunk or Treat
  • 40+ students involved
  • Directly tackling food insecurity in our community
• FOTAL Festival of Trees and Lights → Candyland (6 active hours; 4 planning hours) December 7th, 2024
  • Winter celebration at our homeschooling, transforming our school into a festive retreat filled with beautifully decorated trees, glowing lights, and seasonal cheer → dedicated towards families in our community, while providing small businesses opportunities to promote their products!
  • Won the club tree contest!
• Pulsera Project (25+ active hours) 2/3/25- 2/14/25
  • The Pulsera Project is a fair trade nonprofit organization that educates, empowers, and connects Central American artists with students in more than 4,000 U.S. schools through the sale of colorful handwoven bracelets, or “pulseras” in Spanish. 
  • 2 week long fundraiser 
  • Project planning → student-organized
• St. Baldrick’s → RPS + Rotary (10 planning hours; 6 active hours) 3/28/25
  • Rock Paper Scissors tournament
    • School wide competition!
  • The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity that funds childhood cancer research, with a mission to support the most promising research and give survivors long, healthy lives, ultimately aiming for cures for all kids with cancer. 
  • Engaged the students & athletes in a school-event → shaving and shenanigans. Hosted a variety of field games with volunteers shaving their head in donation for the initiative.
  • Attended rotary meetings to spread awareness and information about our projects, raising $350+ in donations — specifically catered to St. Baldricks. (2 hours)
  • Intense planning with club members, advisory board, and officers → raising 
• Food Pantry  (50+ hours)
  • Food Pantry Revamp
    • Moved from old location to new
    • Had to reorganize plus sort through all food and trash expired items
  • New items come in and students volunteer to organize items during free periods
  • Stored items are given out to families in our community weekly
  • We receive donations from elementary, middle and high schools in our district
  • Students stay after as a service opportunity to organize weekly (30+)
• Blessings in a Backpack (5 hours+)
  • Constant Packages
  • Christmas/Holiday Packages
  • mobilizes communities, individuals, and resources to provide food on the weekends for school-aged children in our community → providing meals/snack, donating 2000+ calories in snacks for families.