Interact Play Dates with Astor Home for Children
For two years, the Rhinebeck Interact Club has been participating with the local Astor Home for Children in Rhinebeck. They’ve had student volunteers from the club go spend time with the kids and have fun activity festivals. Often, the festivals are seasonally themed, from dress up for Halloween and decorating cookies in the winter to spring time flower planting and outdoor games.
This year, Astor was Rhinebeck’s top priority in terms of local projects. Astor Play dates were organized by co presidents Rachel Dull and Sarah Wood and were attended by 15-40 club members and 20-40 Astor students at a time. Our biggest play date was in the Fall where we had 40 Interacters and activities like face painting, obstacle courses, and a photo booth!
In July 2019, Interact had another Astor Play date with twelve volunteers and 20 kids. We have plans to continue these play dates next year, making them more routine and having lots of new and exciting activities.