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Making a difference for children at home and abroad through PCEP Interact...

Since 2008, the PCEP Interact
Club has been sponsoring an
Annual Peace Summit at the
Plymouth Canton Educational Park
(PCEP). This year's event was
planned for February 9th but was
"snowed out" by a blizzard. The
Summit went on as planned a month
later and was a tremendous suc-
cess. Nearly 100 high school stu-
dents from 5 area Interact Clubs
came together on March 17th at
PCEP to focus on “Building
Worldwide Foundations for
Children”. Dr. Bacheyie speaks about the importance of education in Ghana.
Sir Dr. Godfrey Bacheyie, a mem- all children, including the children plished. The students had a great
ber of the Rotary Club of Windsor and families of far away Guo. day in community service and in
1918, was the keynote speaker and The rest of the agenda for the day making new friends.
chief inspiration for the day. Dr. was three-fold: to raise funds for Interact is a program of Rotary
Bacheyie is a native of a small village school supplies for our new Area 5 International for high school young-
near Guo, Ghana. As a young boy, Rotary Elementary School in Guo, sters. There are 281,000 Interact
he was “found” by a Jesuit priest and Ghana; to write personal letters to clubs and 850,000 Interactors world-
singled out for education. He grew the children in the Guo school; and wide. The Interact Club at PCEP has
up to become a world renowned to make blankets to be distributed to 150+ members who participate in
pediatric surgeon. Dr. Godfrey talked youngsters in children’s hospitals in community and international service
about how important education is to SE Michigan. All goals were accom- projects throughout the school year.

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