A memorable charter nite for RC Chennai Legends
RIDE Anirudha Roychowdhury presided over the charter nite celebrations of RC Chennai Legends, RID 3232, in Chennai recently. He stressed on engaging every member of the club in all its activities. “Active member engagement and fellowship strengthen relationship among members, and would pave way for a well-balanced and vibrant Rotary club,” he added.
DGN N S Saravanan offered practical tips for the club to adopt and grow. Edward, a member of RC Malta, RID 2110, was felicitated for his help in various service projects in India since Dec 2004, when tsunami struck the Indian coast. The club has instituted an award in his name to be presented every year to an outstanding Rotary community service project.
The club had received the charter in 2019 from PRIP Shekhar Mehta but the ensuing Covid pandemic and lockdown had hampered its progress, says PDG G Olivannan, the governor’s special representative to the club. “Now it is all set to scale new heights, thanks to the incessant motivation of its charter president Elanchezhian who has steered the club effectively in the last three years, building its team spirit,” he adds.
The club with 25 members has so far done service projects worth ₹1 crore including humanitarian aid worth ₹70 lakh to Sri Lanka in the form of food material and medicines. A mega plantation drive was organised in the campuses of two colleges in the city under the leadership of club president Rajashekhar Subbaiah. “We have planted around 175 saplings,” he says. The entire greening drive has cost ₹20 lakh. Scholarships were distributed to meritorious government school students in the city.
