Georgia, a high school student, is President of Rotary Interact at Emerald Christian College, and her father, Daniel, is President of D9560 Passport Rotary.

Rotary is a family affair, as Georgia’s two younger sisters also help out with events, such as collecting and counting cans for the recycling program.

Mr Roussounis said it was good to lead by example.

“We’ve lived in Emerald for six years and I joined Passport Rotary shortly after moving here,” he said.

“It was a way to get out into the community and meet people.

“It’s great [that] I get to show my kids the importance of serving the community."

Georgia, 16, said the school’s Rotary Interact started in 2020 with only six members.

“We did fundraisers such as a car wash, we sold lolly bags at different markets and sent hygiene packs to kids in the Northern Territory’s Indigenous communities,” she said.

“Last year there were a lot of restrictions with what Interact could do, but this year we plan on doing a haunted house, a carwash this term, and we’re kicking the year off with a charter night that is a combined Emerald Christian College and Emerald State High School Interact event.

“We also go to Avalon Aged Care to give the residents Mother’s and Father’s Day gifts, like origami and jars with tealight candles, as well as putting up Christmas decorations, which we’re hoping to do again this year.

“They love seeing us all as they don’t get a lot of visitors.”