Interact Club fund raising for Make-A-Wish

WARWICK — The Warwick Valley High School Interact Club is currently conducting a fund raiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley.

The group is working with the Horizon Family Medical Group, which donated the prizes, and the Hudson Valley Performing Arts Foundation to conduct a raffle for a brand new autographed guitar and stand.

The grand prize winner will have a choice of a guitar autographed by either the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift or Carlos Santa.

The second prize is an autographed and framed photograph of the Jonas Brothers.

All proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization that describes its mission as granting wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.

In order to qualify for a wish, the child must be between the ages of two and a half and 18 at the time of referral. It is the child’s physician that ultimately decides if a child is eligible.

“This is a wonderful example of more fortunate kids doing something nice for less fortunate kids,” said Dr. Alex Joanow, a founding partner of Horizon Family Medical Group.

In the past eight years, teacher and organization advisor Jeanine Fogler reported, the high school Interact Club has donated more $35,000 to worthy causes throughout the world.

Raffle tickets are $10 and may be purchased from any student Interact Club member or from Horizon Women’s Health (call 291-7400).

The drawing will be held in the Warwick Valley High School Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 8.

All the prizes may be viewed at www.hvpaf.org.