Youth Empowerment Through Books: Interact Club helps distribute books to combat misinformation among youth

The importance of giving out free educational or informational books for the youth cannot be overstated. On June 22, 2023, the BTIHS Interact Club had its first community project in Bauan as its members join the Rotary Club of Bauan with their book distribution project. This project aimed to hand out free educational and informational books that predominantly deals with the proper and improper use of media in chosen elementary schools such as Balayong, Sinala, Sambat and San Pascual.

The five officers of Interact Club mainly IC President - Mathea Nicolette C. Mañibo, IC VP - Ives Trayco, IC Secretary - Erica Jhoy Dipasupil, IC Treasurer - John Henry Liancei Delacion, and IC Sergeant at Arms - Carl Justine Austria who served as the representatives of BTIHS Interact club to take part in the Book Distribution project that was chaired by Dir. Franco Rae R. Garcia. This project was headed by HCP Sebastian Ian Cabral, and along with The Basic Education and Literacy Chairman PP Victor Arellano, and other members such as PP Efren Reyes, PP Noel Bautista, PD Dennis Panopio, Rtn. Rommel Basilan, Rtn. Jake De villa, Rtn. Alex Acuzar, Rtn. Allan Mendoza, and the Rotakids Marian Cabral and Bridget Garcia, and of course the people behind the manufacturing of the #Youthink books, The Sponsors Canvas Ph, Art'e Bauan, and Barako PH.

Nowadays, it's possible to find false information and unsupported facts online. This could potentially spread false information, especially among children. As a result, kids must be nurtured through education from an early age. Despite this possibility to occur, misconception can be prevented with the aid of the #Youthink books that were distributed to primary pupils in Bauan and San Pascual, Batangas. The schools that were chosen by the Rotary Club of Bauan within the vicinity of Bauan, Batangas includes Balayong Elementary School, and Sinala Elementary School, while in the vicinity of San Pascual, Batangas, the schools that were chosen to receive the #Youthink books were the San Pascual Central School, and the Sambat Elementary School.

The BTIHS Inter-actors' duties for this project includes helping to distribute the books to the kids of the selected elementary schools as they also assisted the pupils in reading and comprehending key passages in the books as they did so.

All in all, this project marks the first job that the BTIHS Interact club members accomplished under the Rotary Club of Bauan, and they showed that they are capable of being of service to the community they live in.