Interact helped CommUNITY SJP make bagged lunches for the hungry on Saturday, April 2nd, 2022

We met after school to make cards/notes/letters for hospital patients, retirement home residents, frontline workers (like firefighters and medical workers), and others who could use some kindness through the Brighten a Day Foundation

Our teachers and guidance counselors have been very overwhelmed this school year. They have had a lot of pressure, and have felt VERY unappreciated. We decided to give them a “holiday gift” of KINDNESS. Students wrote letters to teachers/guidance counselors at Cherry Hill High School East to tell them how important they are to them.

The letters were placed in the teacher mailboxes on Monday morning (Jan 10th),

giving them something nice with which to start their New Year and their Monday morning.

On MONDAY, DECEMBER 27th from 10am-12pm and 1pm-3pm, we helped to sort and box up clothing donations in Medford, NJ for the JFCS

WORLD KINDNESS DAY IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13th

COUGAR KINDNESS PAW-SITIVE MESSAGES

Congrats to our TOP 6 SALES PEOPLE:

1. Nico Zhang (10th Grade) - 1080 Chocolate Bars Sold

2. Cici Muljono (11th Grade) - 703 Chocolate Bars Sold

3. Lilly Zhang (11th Grade) - 660 Chocolate Bars Sold

4. Lillian Tan (9th Grade) - 604 Chocolate Bars Sold

5. Bar Leshed (11th Grade) - 540 Chocolate Bars Sold

6. Gustavo Regino (10th Grade) - 420 Chocolate Bars Sold

We were able to raise a total of $3,875.00 to donate to the Sarcoma Foundation of America!

This year's Chocolate Bar Fundraiser was in honor of Jaclyn Ehrlich (Class of 2020) for the National Sarcoma Foundation. Jaclyn was a HUGE fan and supporter of our Interact Club Chocolate Bar Sale every year.

This was written by her family:

Jaclyn was a 16 year old high school junior playing varsity soccer, serving as VP of student government and looking forward to her junior prom when her world, and ours, changed when she was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma. Jaclyn fought bravely for 2 and 1/2 years, and while enduring treatments, chemotherapy, surgery, more chemotherapy, more surgery, experimental clinical trials, and radiation she refused to stop living her life the way she wanted to. She attended her junior prom. She endured her treatment and earned a 4.0 GPA her senior year of high school. From her hospital bed she coordinated summer soccer practice and with a boot attended as many practices and games as possible earning her the most courageous athlete award. Still, while enduring chemo treatment she attended her freshman year of college at UCF and earned a 3.8 GPA, joined AEPhi sorority and got involved in Knight-Thon and philanthropy events. Unfortunately Jaclyn’s battle ended August 8, 2021, when she could not fight any longer. She is an example of living every minute to its absolute fullest and is a true inspiration to everyone who knew her. She was taken from us to soon and will be forever missed. Please help us honor her by supporting research to end this awful disease.

We joined forces with Miracle League to help fundraise for “Build Jake’s Place” (the awesome local park where we planted flowers in the Spring of 2021!).

Build Jake’s Place received 50% of all Double Good Popcorn sales.

This 4 day event ran from June 28th -July 2^nd, 2021

Interact Club raised $763.00,

& all of the groups together were able to raise a total of $4,308.00