Sparsh Hospice run by RC Banjara Hills, RI District 3150, takes care of terminally ill cancer patients. To mark the ‘World Hospice Day’ on October 11, 2014, the US Consul General Michael Mullins, visited the hospice and launched the volunteer enrollment programme ‘Friends of Sparsh.’Rtn Ravindra Ostwal of RC Malegaon Midtown, RI District 3030, was honoured with ‘Regional Service Award’ (South East Asia Region) for his services in eradicating polio.