Battlefield High School's Interact Club wins Rotary award

Gainesville, Va. - Members of the Battlefield High School’s Interact club receive a presidential award from Rotary International. The club, sponsored by Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary, demonstrated exceptional service through international and local projects. {Submitted photo}

By: aleks dolzenko | InsideNova
Published: December 29, 2009

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Gainesville, Va. - For the first time, Battlefield High School's Interact Club, a group sponsored by the Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary club, received a presidential citation from Rotary International. The Battlefield club was recognized for its outstanding work, which included several service projects in the United States and a project in Romania.

As part of an international effort, Battlefield Interact partnered with a club in California to purchase sup-plies for an orphanage school in Romania.

Locally, they worked at Haymarket Earth Day and the Children's Wellness Festival. The Interact members also organized an Easter egg hunt for the children at

Securing Emergency Resources Through Volunteer Efforts Inc., which provides emergency housing and food for the disadvantaged.

-- Katherine Gotthardt