History of …: The Interact Club is in its 5th year at Maritzburg College and it involves approximately 45 pupils who give of their time voluntarily. The club aims at providing services to the community around College in Pietermaritzburg. We are also under the guidance of the Azalea Rotary Club.
The Four-way Test for all Interactors is:
Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendship?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Some of the activities offered and undertaken by the pupils are:
assisting at fun runs and the Comrades' Marathon
collecting and selling jumble with Rotary
making teaching aids for disadvantaged schools
hosting of the Cansa Relay for Life
working and learing from Hospice
assisting Hospice in fund raising and Hospice activities
Interact stands for : SERVICE ABOVE SELF
Past Captains: 2004 R K Hammond 2005 R K Hammond 2006 M M Stawicki 2007 M J B Kerr 2008 T Q Sibisi 2009 S Khanyile 2010 M.L.Nugbane
Stats/Highlights from the previous year: In 1985 the first CANSA Relay for Life took place. Relay for Life is an international event that is taking South Africa by storm and is spreading throughout the country due to its popularity as a wonderful community-based volunteer-driven event honouring cancer survivors.
Blood Bank course
Outreach computer lessons
Looking after animals at the SPCA
Mending cages at the SPCA
Relay for Life is an overnight community event that enables individual communities to get involved in the fight against cancer. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the 12-18 hour relay that includes luminaria and survivors’ lap of honour. Relay teams of 10-15 people walk on a pre marked track in support of CANSA. The relay takes place at night to highlight the fact that Cancer never sleeps.
Teams raise funds before and during the event and these funds are channelled towards CANSA services in that community. CANSA (SA) held its first Relay for Life event in 2005. Since then Relay has grown and in 2008 it was held in 16 communities.
Now, in 2009, the Maritzburg College Interact Club, in conjunction with CANSA, will host the Pietermaritzburg leg of the Relay on Saturday 22 August 2009.
