Julianna Kantner, the winner of our 4 Way Test Speech Contest for the past two years recently sent Rick Morton an email. This is a great example of the benefits of both Interact and the speech contest. Julianna could possibly be president of a Rotary Club sometime in the future!
Hi Mr. Morton,
I hope you are doing well! I just wanted to let you and the Lenexa Rotary Club know that I have joined the up and coming University of Arkansas Rotaract Club.
It is a pretty awesome organization. There are many international students who are members of the organization which makes for an awesome community. Similar to Interact, we have monthly or bi-monthly service projects. Although, my favorite part is the international service project we are working on.
Currently, our club is communicating with a Rotaract club in Mexico about building a school for a community near them. Hopefully we will be able to help with the project in Mexico by spring break or summer. We will be having a conference call with them next week.
Also, the club offers members opportunities to go on 90-day international service trips. Rotaract allows us to go on an exchange where we have an internship in another country and serve with another Rotary club for an entire summer! I am hoping to do something like this within the next few years.
Anyway, I am glad many of you encouraged me to join Rotaract! I will definitely be getting more involved within the next few years.
Julianna Kantner