The Interact Club helps History in Action Day

     The Chadron High School Interact Club, a volunteer group dedicated "to making Chadron a better place" helped out at History in Action Day on September 29, 2019 at the Dawes County Museum.
     History in Action Day is an event that's held by the Dawes County Museum that shows how life was lived in the 1800's. Students' jobs included quartering apples, churning butter, working at a concession stand, which served free drinks, cookies, and homemade ice cream, and making apple cider. The Dawes County Museum has old toys, dolls, hair salon machines, a schoolhouse, and a 1800's style country house.
      Grace Sorenson, a senior and president of the Interact Club said, "We try to help the community in any way possible to make Chadron a better place. The Dawes County Museum has been a great asset to Chadron for many years." Sorenson says the Interact Club was, "just helping a part of Chadron."
      The Interact Club has been volunteering at this event for four years and they plan on volunteering for many years to come, said Roger Wess, a member of the Rotary Club, which sponsors Interact Clubs for high schools.
     "The goals for Interact are to develop leadership skills and active participation in community and international organization," Wess said. "Rotary Clubs sponsor Interact Clubs for high school students to prepare them to be community leaders as adults in their churches, civic clubs, community development projects, as well as state, federal, and international activities." He said that Rotary Clubs want to prepare to solve problems, not complain, and History in Action Day is "a good opportunity to work with adults, many quite elderly, to provide a hands-on experience with life as it was lived many years ago." Wess said that students, "often has to make decisions about helping children and others get the most benefit from their afternoon at Dawes County. Interact Students provided a service to our community."