Club Matters – September 2020
RC Thanjavur South — RID 2981
A tree plantation drive was taken up at the Little Scholars HS School with participation of their Interactors. A drip irrigation system and an RWH unit were installed at the school.
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RC Salem South — RID 2982
The club, in association with Salem Corporation, built a retaining wall to an existing well at Thathampatty village to prevent it from caving in. The project cost ₹2.75 lakh. Water from the well is used for plants in the nearby Miyawaki forest.
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RC Thuraiyur Perumalmalai — RID 3000
An Oximetre for checking oxygen level in blood was donated to Thuraiyur Municipality to help battle Covid-19.
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RC Gurgaon Cosmopolitan — RID 3011
Braille and large print books were donated to the National Association for the Blind, New Delhi, which will benefit 25 schoolchildren. The project initiated by club member Bharat Singh and president Abhinav will add to the e-book library at the NAB.
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RC Achalpur — RID 3030
The club members distributed masks among 200 families in a slum area to provide protection against coronavirus.
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RC Indore Meghdoot — RID 3040
The club’s women’s empowerment centre employing 10 people is making masks which are sold at ₹7 per piece. The women get ₹3 for each mask and the centre is producing around 950 masks in two days working four hours a day. The project is being coordinated by Rtn Sadhana Singh.
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RC Guna Royal — RID 3053
Masks and sanitisers were distributed to corona warriors, traffic police personnel, officers and the public as part of the club’s ongoing projects to prevent the spread of Covid virus.
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RC Ahmedabad Asmita — RID 3054
This all-women’s club has planted 6,700 trees at various localities in the city. PDG Maulin Patel, AG Sangita Shah, club president Dr Varsha Prajapati and other Rotarians took part in the green drive. The plantation activities of the club created a buzz in Ahmedabad.
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RC Tarapur — RID 3060
Fruits were distributed to over 2,000 women in the town and in the nearby areas for five consecutive days as part of Gaurivrat celebrations. The beneficiaries thanked Rotary for their gesture to mark this unique festival.
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RC Jammu Elite — RID 3070
This all-women’s club distributed bird feeders to provide food for birds. The members also put up bird feeders in their homes.
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RC Moradabad Achievers — RID 3100
The Rotarians donated a sewing machine, gifts and ₹15,000 in cash to a poor family for their daughter’s marriage.
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RC Kanpur Chamber — RID 3110
The Rotarians distributed around 550 four-layered cotton masks among the public, along with pamphlets with dos and don’ts to protect themselves from coronavirus.
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RC Panvel Elite — RID 3131
The club members, in association with RAC Panvel Elite, donated 100 face shields to local journalists, the Panvel Press Club, RSS-Jan Kalyan Samiti and Dr Prabhakar Patwardhan Smruti Rugnalaya, an orthopaedic hospital in the city, as part of its efforts to support the frontline workers against the Covid pandemic.
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RC Akkalkot — RID 3132
Doctors and paramedics from rural hospitals, taluk health centres and Akkalkot Taluka Medical Practitioners Association were honoured with Corona Warrior certificates for their work in containing the pandemic. Taluka health officer Dr Ashwin Karjakhede was the chief guest at the event. Club president Jitendra Kumar Jaju and secretary Sunil Boralkar were also present.
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RC Chilakaluripet — RID 3150
A mega health camp was organised for the staff of a local cotton products industry. Around 425 workers were screened and medicines were given to them after consultations. The project cost ₹4.25 lakh.
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RC Kavali — RID 3160
Two sewing machines sponsored by Rtn Vishnuvardhan were presented to needy women. Food packets sponsored by club president K Gopikrishna and his friends were given to needy persons and underprivileged families in view of the pandemic.
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RC Mundgod Heritage — RID 3170
More than 300 patients benefitted from a mega health camp organised at Baddigeri village in Mundgod taluk. Free medicines were given to all the patients. Van Mahotsav was observed by planting 20 saplings at the Rotary school and government hospital.
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RC Belthangady — RID 3181
The club members took part in paddy cultivation along with the Anns. Karnataka MLC Prathapsimha Nayak, also a Rotarian, was the chief guest at the unique event. The Rotarians enjoyed planting the paddy seedling.
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RC Kalamassery — RID 3201
Bicycles were gifted to schoolchildren under the district’s Pedal to School project. The club also donated 36 sets of cot, bed and pillow with sheets and covers to the first line Covid treatment centre being set up in Kochi.
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RC Payyanur — RID 3202
The club donated 50 beds, bedsheets and other accessories to set up a first line treatment centre at the Ramanthali Government HS School. Legislator C Krishnan inaugurated the centre in the presence of panchayat chief A Valsala. Club secretary P Surendran briefed the gathering on the project.
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RC Trivandrum Suburban — RID 3211
A smart TV was presented by the club to a girl student to help her in her studies and follow educational content required for her class.
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RC Madras Chenna Patna — RID 3232
As part of its efforts in fighting Covid, the club joined hands with two other clubs to provide 170 oximetres to the Tamil Nadu State Health Minister Dr Vijaya Bhaskar at his office. The project cost ₹1.7 lakh.
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RC Siliguri Central — RID 3240
The Rotarians donated one-month ration to 30 families of tea garden workers who were badly hit due to the Covid pandemic. The project cost ₹30,000.
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RC Belur — RID 3291
PDG Ravi Sehgal and IPP Rakesh Bhatia handed over infrared thermometers to the Little Sisters of The Poor, an old age home in Kolkata, where 120 elders are accommodated. The club got masks from DG Ajay Agarwal and gave it to the Shakespeare Police Station.
