Pikeville Rotary Youth Club Receives Awards

PIKEVILLE ROTARY YOUTH CLUB RECEIVES AWARDS

Pikeville Rotary Club recently successfully completed their 10 years of Interact sponsorship. The club enrolls high school students from Pike County and Pikeville city to engage in various service projects. The goal of the program is to encourage leadership in our youth while instilling local and international community service.

The following students participated in the program this year: Esha Narola, Henna Chandel, Rachel Hazelett, Dalton Stanley, Breanna Blackburn, Hunter Heffington, Iman Ali, Noor Ali, Keeley Williams, Krishna Ammisetty, Micah Heffington, Patrick Cordero, Pranay Patel, Vianna Le, Wendi Smith, Beniah Stumph, Olivia Lane, Cailee Marcum, Cameron Wright, Rachel Smith, Elizabeth Johnson, Holly Hamilton, Haleigh Harris, Kaitlin Mosley, Mason Johnson, Elisha Caudill, Sarah Caudill, Paige Werner.

Esha Narola served as the president, Iman Ali as vice president, Henna Chandel as the secretary, Noor Ali and Rachel Smith as the school coordinators.

Local community service projects included volunteering at the UPike Homecoming, Safe Halloween for children sponsored by the YMCA, Coats for Kids program, the Pikeville Rotary Club Pancake Day and International Dinner.  The club also collected about 500 cans for Westcare, the local homeless shelter.

International service projects included collecting and donating 150 used eyeglasses to the Indian Red Cross and 400 textbooks for various third world countries.

They also participated in Rotary educational activities.

Esha Narola, Rachel Hazelett, and Henna Chandel were awarded the Outstanding Service Awards by Howard Roberts, President of the Pikeville Rotary Club, while Dalton Stanley, Wendi Smith Iman Ali, Noor Ali, Patrick Cordero, and Pranay Patel received Community Service Awards.

The program is coordinated by Dr Seema Sachdeva of Pikeville Rotary Club. All local high school students are encouraged to join and they can get program application in fall from their school counselors.