PHS Interact Ambassador to Kenya Sophia Brown said her team's time in Kenya was split into two segments, with the first week spent at the Prescott College Dopoi  Center in the Maasai Mara, and the second week in Naivasha, working with the Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Naivasha. She said they learned so much about the Maasai tribe, spending much time with the Maasai people and their elders, along with visiting their schools and working with the children, she felt they truly became part of the Maasai tribe, with each of them even being given Maasai names,  Their team had brought some school supplies with them, but saw the need for so much more.  She said, "We handed out pencils, and I have never seen a student so joyful as when receiving a brand new pencil.  Every little thing we take for granted is something that they value above all." 

 

During their second week, spent in Naivasha, they joined with the Rotary and Rotaract clubs to help distribute some of the mobility devices which Arizona Interact clubs had collected and shipped to Kenya.  She said, "We got to see firsthand the impact these devices can make on someone's life, like allowing somebody to gain back their dignity and independence, after no longer having to be carried everywhere."

 

PHS Interact Ambassador to Mexico Kadynce Brewer also shared witrh us how impactful her team's experience was, being able to work with the amazing ALEM wheelchair team of trained wheelchair mechanics, as they repaired and rebuilt wheelchairs for the disabled poor in central Mexico. 

 

District Interact Chair Art Harrington, Interact Ambassadors Sophia Brown and Kadynce Brewer, PHS Interact Advisor Cathleen Cherry, who served as the Team Leader of this year's Interact Ambassadors tri Mexico Team, and Pres. Christy Manning,

 

 

Interact Ambassador Sophia presenting a Naivasha Rotary Club banner to Pres. Christy Manning

 

For the past several years, Stephen Phair, a member of the Sun Lakes Rotary Club, has been working on a unique way to help raise awareness about Rotary in Arizona by getting approval for a special Rotary license plate, which Rotarians could order and display on their vehicles.  It has taken time, and a lot of work on his part, but it has finally happened.  Any of us who would like to have one, can now order one of these new Rotary license places from the Motor Vehicle Division of the Arizona Department of Transportation.   The plates can be ordered online from the AZ MVD Now website.

 

 

 

 

Marsha Teller, our Community Service Chair, is calling for Bundles of Diapers.  Last week we told you there is a critical need for diapers and pull-ups in Larger size diapers, 5T and 6T, and Pull-up diapers, sizes 4-6.  For each box of diapers, or a $20 donation to the project, you will receive one raffle ticket for what Pres. Christy says is a great prize.

 

 

REMINDER:  The Healing fields Flag Installation in Prescott Valley on  the Civic Center lawn will be happening at 6:45 a.m. on Friday, September 6.

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured above are some of the supplies collected by our PHS Interact Club and the Student Council, which are destined for school kids in Kenya and Mexico.  The club has had a very successsful drive, with generous donations by PHS students and their families, plus a large donation from the Salvation Army,  These school suppplies will be carried and delivered by our next Interact Ambassadors teams, traveling next summer to Kenya and Mexico.

 

 

 

Pastor Dan Storvick, from the Prescot Frontier Rotary Club, made his annual promise to personally contribute to Sunup Rotary $5 for every ticket purchased by a Sunup Rotarian for his club's Grapes 4 Good 18th Annual Auction & Wine Tasting fundraising event.  This popular "Garden Party" is being held at Watters Garden Center on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.  Tickets are $80 each.  Many different wines will be available, along with local micro-brews, to taste.  Culinary delights will be provided by El Gato Azul / Torma.  There will be live and silent auctions and raffles, along with Live Musical Entertainment.