A new Interact Club at Govt Girls Higher Secondary School, Porur sponsored by Rotary Club of Chennai Towers was inaugurated on the 1st December 2010 at 4.30 pm at a function held at the School premises. The inauguration was blessed by rain God as it was showering and pouring heavily all thru. The heavy rains did not stop or deter the proceedings and the enthusiastic bunch of students stayed on just for this occassion which they have been looking forward to.
The event was attended by President Rtn Rajie, Secretary Rtn Shreelekha, Rtn Aarthi Varanasi and New Gen Director Rtn Satish Jupiter. The Chief Guest was Rtn Gnanavelan, District Chairman Intereact. The function commenced with an invocation followed by a crisp and thought provoking welcome address by our President Rtn Rajie who narrated a short story which had the moral that explained the value of things and about giving respect to the people and things around us. Rtn Rajie also spoke about three things namely Mistakes, Failures and Rejections and said that these are part of progress and nobody every achieved anything without facing these things in life.
Followed by the President’s speech was our Secretary Rtn Shreelekha who explained to the students about the Interact Club both in English and Tamil. Shree mentioned about the importance of the Interact Club and their role to further the cause of community service and projects. She said that the first Interact Club was started in the year 1962 and the second club was started in Thanjavur, Tamilnadu.
After this was the introduction of the new President of the Interact Club Miss Murugeswari of Class XI who was installed. After the installation she gave a bold and very brief acceptance speech where she thanked all for choosing her as the President, she said that she will motivate, encourage all Intereactors and carry out her repsonsibilities to the best of her ability. The Secretary Miss Radhika and Treasurer Miss Bhagyalakshmi were also pinned and welcomed to the new Board. New Gen Director Rtn Satish Jupiter unveiled and presented the 4 way test board and also explained the same to the students in detail about the 4 way test. He requested the School authorities to display the board in a prominent place.
The Chief was introduced prior to his speech, Rtn Gnanavelan, District Chairman Interact spoke and explained the purpose of an Interact Club and what needs to be done to carry out the routine functioning of the Club. He mentioned that Interact is International action, empowering youth and developing them as future leaders, he also said that that there interact clubs in over 10000 schools presently and is still growing day by day, the main focus is to lead, to connect and to serve. He urged the students to have 2 meetings in a month and take projects that do not involve much or any financial expenses. He too narrated a story which explained about problems in life and how to overcome them. Followed by his address was the vote of thanks by the Interact Secretary Radhika.
The function concluded with the National Anthem. The strength of the new Interact Club is 40 students as on date, I hasten to add that even before formal inauguration we had taken an approval for them to participate in the District Interact week celebrations held in Nov 2010 and they did take part actively.
The formalities such as the required forms duly signed and other documentation were completed and handed over to the District Chairman. A new banner, gavel, office bearer pins, 4 way test board etc were handed over to the new Club. Also present in the function were Asst HM Ms Kamala Rani and the Interact Coordinator from the School Mrs Joyce Balaselvi.
We wish the new Club all the very best and look forward to work with them jointly.