A ROTARY-supported youth group held a successful concert recently highlighting local talent and raised a large donation of food for Tavistock Foodbank.
The Tavistock Interact Club, comprising students from Tavistock College and Mount Kelly College, and which aims to support charities both locally and internationally, organised the talent show 'Random Acts of Kindness' showcasing soloists, group and band performances.
The concert was free to attend but donations of food for the foodbank were asked for.
The Interact club has gone from strength to strength within a year since it was formed.
The group began with 13 members, which has now grown to 20, and is led by co-presidents Lauren Dawe of Mount Kelly and Jed Coiley of Tavistock College.
The Interact Club supports a UK project and an international project. They chose to support Tavistock Foodbank as their UK project and early next year will decide upon an international project to support.
Trevor Williams, chairman of Rotary's youth opportunities, praised the club members for the great concert they put on.
He said: 'They threw a music gig at Tavistock College to support the foodbank, with no charge for attending but donations of food in lieu of an entry fee. It was a really good evening with lots of youngsters attending as well as parents, Rotary club members and foodbank organisers.
'There was a variety of talent with self-penned songs from female and male soloists and group performances.
'It started with melodic solos and ended with thrashing drums and guitars at the end. Everyone had a jolly good time.'
Co-president of Interact Lauren Dawe said: 'Tavistock Interact is a group of students aged between 14 and 18, who meet once a fortnight to plan events to benefit the loal community and international projects.
'In the past some of our projects have included visiting old people's homes, picking up litter around the Meadows and holding a quiz night to provide for children in Zambia and Literacy in a Box.
'We continue to strive forward by making connections with foreign Interact clubs, so that hopefully in the future we can achieve something that is recognised internation-ally.
'We are always on the look out for new members to help aid us in making a difference. If you are interested please fell free to contact us!'
An Interact meeting was held at the beginning of December, where club members received their membership badges from Rotary club president Tony Everitt and senior vice president Tony Parker.
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