ROTARY CLUB OF NEWSLETTER Issue 2, August, 2020

B Mallikarjuna Deekshit Chandrakanth Munigala President Secretary

ROTARY CLUB OF SECUNDERABAD 1964 A TRIBUTE TO LATE PP RTN D. BALACHANDRA

“When you are no more, seek not for your resting place rubble and stone but the hearts of men”, wrote Jalaluddin Rumi. We want to tell you Balachandra Sir, that you will live in our hearts for times to come. Very often you communicated through your silence, a smiling “that’s right” conveying your approval of a friend’s opinion. Your projects at Gandhi Hospital, scholarships for our youth, passion to provide infrastructure facilities at government schools will always inspire us to continue doing our bit for the community. Farewell Dear Sir, till we meet again.

AUGUST ! 2ND MONTH OF THE ROTARY YEAR! August is membership and club development month, a time to focus on and appreciate the members, celebrate their devotion to the club and the impact they have made. It's also a time to think about developing strategies around growing the membership. The reason why Rotary is such a successful organization is because it is full of members that have one trait in common - the passion to make a difference in the world. All of us share this passion and it's what drives us to work together. To mark this Rotary Membership month, Rotary Club of Secunderabad has inducted a total of 18 new members from various classifications. With this our club has taken the number one spot in the District 3150.

CLUB DONATION TO SIKH SOCIETY(TSS)

On Behalf of Rotary Club of Secunderabad, PP Rotarian Dayanand Gauri has contributed Rs 40,000/- to Telangana Sikh Society(TSS).

Telangana Sikh Society(TSS) will utilize these fund to help the under privileged people for their health needs.

Cheque has been handed over to S.P. Singh by President Rtn. Mallikarjuna Deekshit, Secretary Rtn. ChandrakanthEvent Munigala Flier and Templates President Available Elect Rtn. Valmiki Harikishan.

All the major newspapers has covered this news.

ROTARY LALCHAND GAURI SHELTER BAHADURPALLY

Rotary Club of Secunderabad has given financial Assistance to 5 Students with the amount of Rs. 5,000/- each.

Total of Rs. 25,000/- has been presented by President B. Mallikarjuna Deekshit to the economically poor students residing at Rotary Lalchand Gauri Shelters, Bahadurpally. Cakes were also distributed to the under privileged kids during this occasion.

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INSTALLATION OF EGG BANK AT HOME FOR DISABLED

Rotary Club of Secunderabad in Association with Valmiki foundation involving R.I. District 3150 (consists of entire Telangana and Guntur & Prakasham of AP) has launched its first Egg Bank at Home for Disabled, Bansilalpet. PDG Suresh Chandrakshekar has donated 3500 eggs for the 350 disabled and destitute children. District Governor Rtn. NV Hanumanth Reddy along with other club members have participated in this project. FIRST CLUB ASSEMBLY

Rotary Club of Secunderabad has organised its first club of Assembly with all the club members in the month of August. Club Members have exchanged various club goals in this meet.

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DISTRICT DESIGNATED PROJECT AT DHARUR

On behalf of Rotary Club of Secunderabad in the villages of Dornal, Dharur and Station Dharur, Director for Youth Service, Nayantara Rao Nanda Kumar, have planted and donated 170 saplings of Mango(1 year old saplings), Lime(3 year old saplings) and Jack Fruit (6 month old saplings). Rtn. Nayantara has identified small and marginalized farmers who will tend and nurture these saplings. The objective is to improve nutrition in the villages and support a movement towards food sovereignty. Fruit trees require less work than crops and their produce will feed generations. Self-sufficiency through growing most or all the food a small farmer needs, make villages stronger ecosystems, economically stable and leads to true Independence. This project is designed as per Permaculture Principles and addresses: 1. People Care 2. Fair Share 3. Earth Care.

DISTRICT DESIGNATED PROJECT AT MAHABUBIA GOVT. SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

On behalf of Rotary Club of Secunderabad, Director for Literacy and WinS, Rtn. Sudharani Wunna, has planted many saplings around Mahabubia Govt school for girls.

Rotary Club of Secunderabad thank youth Services Director Rtn. Nayantara Nandakumar and Literacy Director Rtn. Sudharani Wunna for this great effort. Total 200 saplings were planted at these places.

EGG BANK - DEDICATED TO RI DIST 3150

District Governor NV Hamnath Reddy has Dedicated the Rotary Egg Bank to RI District 3150. Padma Bhushan Pullela Gopichand, Rtn. Ravishankar Dakoju, Rotarians from various Districts and countries have also participated in this event.

OUR CLUB AT DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP SEMINAR

All the eminent personalities from the Rotary Club of Secunderabad (PDG Suresh Chandrashekar, Assistant Governor KR Parthasarathy, District Membership Chair – Twin Cities B.N Sireesh) have been the speakers at the RI District 3150 Membership seminar.

District Governor has also presented the charter to the respective president of the Rotaract Clubs of Secunderabad.

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AUGUST SPEAKER MEET

Rotary Club of Secunderabad has organized speaker in the month of August. Speaker Dr. Sriram has educated about the common eye problems.

JOINT NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION TRAINING

A Joint Rotary New member Orientation training program was organized AG KRP Sarathy for his assigned clubs RC Secunderabad RC RC Spectrum along with our sister club RC Hassan Hoysala RID 3182 as part of mandated activity during the Rotary Designated Membership Retention and Development month August 2020. PDG Suresh (Membership Counselor 3150 ) was the training faculty who motivated the new members with his inspiring talk. This is the second Orientation training program organised for the newly inducted members of the assigned clubs.

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SERVICE PROJECTS

Rotary Club of Secunderabad have done two service projects on a single day. One project was the Installation of Disinfectant chamber at the Swarg vatika, Tirumulgiri, Secunderabad. DG NV Hanumanth Reddy and Past DG Governor Ramesh Vangala was the chief guest for Disinfectant Chamber Inauguration. The second project was distribution of Eggs to the kids at the cherish orphanage, Kismatpur, . All the major leading newspaper and media have covered this news.

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AUGUST BIRTHDAY’S AND ANNIVERSARIES

August Birthdays: August Aniversaries: 18th August – Rtn. Sudhir Bhansali 10th August –Rtn Rajanikanth and Anne. Sandhya Tadinada 19th August – Rtn. Mahabaleswar Boorugu 25th August – Rtn. Srinivas Peddi

We hope you enjoyed reading the August Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Secunderbad.

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Yours in Rotary Service ‘aboveself’

President : Mallikarjuna Deekshit

Secretary : Chandrakanth Munigala

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