(Rotary Club of Saipan) — Just in time for the start of the new school year, the Interact Club of Saipan Southern High School adopted a bus shelter, located in Dandan. Club members spent the past three weekends of their summer break removing graffiti, picking up trash, and painting the bus shelter in front of Dandan Middle School.
When asked about the reason for choosing this project, club president Jessie Reyes said, “we wanted to help beautify our community and create a safe space for students, who use the bus shelter for catching the bus to school.”
Geneline Camacho, a teacher at Saipan Southern and Interact club advisor, said “our club wanted to take on a project that helped our students in PSS. We wanted to adopt a bus shelter that was used by students from our school. We worked with the Public School System-Office of Pupil Transportation Director Sean San Nicolas who helped us identify a bus shelter that fit our needs.”
Students were joined by members of the Rotary Club and parents of the Interact members in repainting the bus shelter.
Asked about plans on maintaining the bus shelter through the school year, Reyes replied, ”We plan to come at least once a month to collect any trash in the area and paint over any graffiti we find. Our hope is that other students that attend Saipan Southern will take pride in the efforts of one of their school’s clubs and help us keep the bus shelter free from vandalism.”
Greg Borja, the Rotary Club of Saipan’s director of new generations (youth services), said “it is wonderful to see our students living up to the Rotary motto of Service Above Self. Two of Rotary’s Areas of Focus are 1) Promoting Basic Education & Literacy and 2) Supporting the Environment. The work done at the bus shelter, and its planned maintenance will provide a safe place for students to prepare themselves for a day of learning. The Interact of Saipan Southern High is an inspiration to our other youth clubs, as they each wish to adopt a bus shelter that serves their individual school.”
The Interact Club of Saipan Southern High School is one of four Rotary youth clubs sponsored by the Rotary Club of Saipan. These include the Interact Clubs at Marianas High School, Kagman High School, and Saipan International School.
Interact Clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Service Above Self. The Interact Clubs on Saipan are part of 14,911 Interact Clubs found worldwide across 145 countries.
For information on how to get involved in Interact, contact your school or send message to the Rotary Club of Saipan Facebook page.
Interact Club of Saipan Southern High School members spent the past three weekends of their summer break removing graffiti, picking up trash, and painting the bus shelter in front of Dandan Middle School.
Interact Club of Saipan Southern High School members pose for a photo at the Dandan bus shelter that they repainted and cleaned up.
