Saturday, students from Picayune Memorial High School’s Interact Club donned princess and superhero attire for Character and Superhero Day held at the school’s gymnasium.

The Interact Club, which began in December, is a community service organization sponsored by the Rotary Club of Picayune. The organization helps high school students receive community service hours while making a difference in their community, said Allison Wheat, Interact Club advisor.

“Our purpose today is to let the community know that all these kids in the club are available for community service projects, whether it’s a church or club that needs something from us,” Wheat said.

During the event, children got the opportunity to meet and take pictures with the Mad Hatter and Alice from “Alice in Wonderland,” Elsa from “Frozen,” Spider-Man, Thor, Batman, Superman, Belle, Ariel, Flounder, G.I. Joe, Woody and Peter Pan.

Le’Keisha Bethancourt brought her daughter Amarlie Weathersby to meet her favorite characters.

“When I saw the posting on Facebook, I knew I wanted to bring my daughter. I’m an alumni here so I wanted her to come experience my high school and these characters because this isn’t something that normally happens in Picayune,” Bethancourt said.

The club worked alongside Walgreens to offer photo packages. Most of the event’s proceeds will go to the club, Wheat said.

Currently, 127 students are involved in the club, including Senior Katherine Griggs, who donned an outfit Ariel wore in “The Little Mermaid.”

“Basically we’re using this event as a way to introduce ourselves to the community. We want to let them know that we’re here and that we also want to do many fun activities with the community,” Griggs said.

“Our motto is service above self and we hope to give back a lot to the community,” Wheat said.

Recently, the club participated in the Rotary Club of Picayune’s Annual Fishing Rodeo, where several high school students volunteered to fish with special needs children.

They’re currently working on establishing a recycling program within the school district and plan to do more community service projects in the near future, Wheat said

For more information, contact Wheat at awheat@pcu.k12.ms.us.