The spirit of service transcends caste, religion, discrimination, time and boundaries as it is a noble and sacred act, said RI director M Muruganandam, speaking at the charter presentation of a new club — RC Salem Divine Hearts — exclusively made up of disabled members.
He noted that by joining Rotary, the charter members “have demonstrated to the world that we too can render impactful service to society.” Muruganandam praised the efforts of AG K Vasumathi, and Kamaraj Pillai, president of the sponsoring club, RC Salem Gymkhana, its secretary Suresh Babu and members, for coming together to form a first-of-its-kind club in RI District 2982.
In his address, DG P Sivasundaram said the charter installation event of the club reflected the theme ‘Ability beyond Disability’and the new club is a towering example of Rotary’s DEI principles. P Manikandan was installed as charter president, Zakir Hussan as secretary and C Vijayakumar as treasurer.The new club has 16 charter members.
The event was attended by DGND S Suresh Kumar, PDGs R Govindarajan, Dharmesh Patel, DRFC M Srinivasan, District membership chair Rajesh, service projects chair Gowri Shankar, and Genesis Foundation chairman Karlin Ebe, a Rotarian.