Involving Interact with Peer Leadership and Depression Prevention
Channel: Rotary District 7910 - Suburban Boston/Central Mass
Date: 2016-11-14

One service project that Interact teens have helped launch is international mental-health and -wellness promotion. It is called Peer Leadership and Depression Prevention. To download the brochure, visit http://www.adolescentwellness.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Interact-tri-fold-2016-2017.pdf 

Interact clubs in every community are encouraged to replicate it. To download the procedure manual, visit http://www.adolescentwellness.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Procedure-Manual-Interact-Peer-Leadership-and-Depression-Prevention.pdf

If there is no nearby Interact club, you may start one. To download the Interact certification form, visit https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/document/interact-club-certification-form

A Peer Leadership and Depression Prevention program can be implemented locally or in communication with other Interact clubs in the U.S., Puerto Rico, India and beyond.

This video was produced by Steve Kirk, president of the Rotary Club of Concord.

To learn more about Interact in Rotary District 7910, visit http://rotary7910.org/SitePage/youth-service/interact

To learn more about Rotary District 7910, visit http://rotary7910.org.