WVHS Interact Club helps with Rotary mask distribution

Members of the Warwick Valley High School’s Interact Club volunteered to help distribute more than 7,000 masks with the Warwick Valley Rotary Club as part of the Rotary’s Million Mask Challenge Tour on Jan. 23, at St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick.

Masks were handed out to representatives from local organizations for our first responders, senior citizens, veterans and others to protect us from the threat of Covid-19.

 “Even through Covid, these students are willing and able to help our community in any way possible,” said Interact Club Advisor Jeanine Fogler. “I couldn’t be more proud of this club and the work they do.’

The Interact Club is a leadership-building group of about 80 members. The Warwick Valley Rotary sponsors the club.

Interact Club president Ana Finucane said the club has been trying to find safe ways to stay involved during the pandemic.

“Ms. Fogler suggested this to us and she asked for volunteers,” Ana said. “Of course I wanted to come out here because I like being involved. It’s my senior year so I’m trying to make the most out of it, even with the pandemic. And I’m really glad a lot of the girls came out. It was good to see that the signup sheet we had filled up so fast, and people were asking to go.”

The Warwick Valley Central School district received 1,300 masks as part of the distribution.

Members of the Warwick Valley High School Interact Club volunteered to help the Warwick Valley Rotary Club distribute 7,000 masks at St. Anthony Community Hospital on Jan. 23, 2021. Also in the photograph are WVHS Principal Marguerite Fusco, at left, Warwick Valley Rotary Club President Ed Lynch, at center in baseball hat, and WVCSD Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Leach, in the rear next to Lynch.

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