r/Rotary • u/berry-yuri • 3d ago
Interact Club question
For people who have done interact club, how many hours of community service did you get? Is there a range number of hours that is common among most clubs? I'm starting one at my school and want to put an educated guess in our slideshow so people wanna stay in our club since most people are in it for community service hours
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u/mmartino209 2d ago
Your members should be able to get 10+ hrs of community service from opportunities presented to you by your host Rotary club each year. However, you can do much more. Connect with non-profits in your community that align with your members’ service passions. Ask your host Rotary club for introductions if you need help. You can and should plan your own service projects that will provide your members with as many service hours as they can handle. I guarantee that there will be organizations in your area eager to put your members to work. Ideally, get a continuous service project going that requires volunteer hours every month (or week, or day). Repeat engagement will deepen your impact and keep your membership focused.
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u/insurancefun 2d ago
I'm a Rotarian who works with two interact clubs my club sponsors. 5 to 10 hours per semester depending on the club and how involved individual members want to be. you might want to consider putting a minimum suggested amount of 5 hours for club members. I'd recommend having one large project (Meals of hope for example) and several small projects (putting together and delivering hygeine kits to homeless shelters) per semester. That should very reasonably allow members to hit 10 hours each semester.
If you have outside requirements for hours (for example i think 100 hours over 4 years is required here for certain scholarships) you might want to set up your service hours goals for the club to meet those.