AUG 2014ISSUE 02

Rtn Prasad Kamat

Dear fellow Rotarians

Warm Rotary Greetings. After a relatively dry month of June, Monsoon & rains are at Peak all over Goa, I thank all Rotarians, Anns, Annettes, Friends in Rotary & Friends of Rotary for making installation ceremony an event to remember. Annual Monsoon Trek as well as initiative taken by Anns, to come forward and do projects in areas of their interest have helped to strengthen the bonding amongst Rotary family. Secretarial Report ahead, will further guide you on various other projects undertaken in the month of July.

August is membership development month in the Rotary Calendar. Work done by Rotary Club of Bicholim has attracted many like-minded people in the past, who have joined Rotary to provide service above self. I request Rotarians to search for more such like-minded people, who can join the Club in times to come. Also, as discussed earlier during our weekly meetings, we need to focus on Annettes as well as our Partners in Service as future Rotarians. They need to be oriented about the Rotary Culture, to enable their smooth transition as Rotarians.

Rotary's T-E-A-C-H Programme is yet another effort by Rotary to change lives of children in the community. I am glad that our Club too has made significant contribution towards the programme. Let's light up Rotary to changes lives of people around us.

Yours in Rotary,

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In Rotary, we mark August as Membership and Extension Month. There is a good reason why we remind ourselves of the importance of membership early in every Rotary year: because the job of growing our membership is one that we can never begin too soon. It is also a job that we can never stop working on. In order to keep serving, Rotary always needs to be growing!

We have talked for many years about the importance of the family of Rotary. In this Rotary year, I want to make not just the family of Rotary, but our own Rotary families, a priority in our membership. After 37 years of following me in Rotary, my wife, Corinna, finally became a Rotarian last year. We attended the chartering of a new club in Taiwan together, and she said, "It's time for me to become a Rotarian too!" So she joined that club. And soon, so did a lot of other people. Now that club has 102 members, and it's the second-largest club in Taiwan.

Inviting our spouses into Rotary isn't just about getting our numbers up. It addresses the reality that Rotary still has far more men as members than it does women, and that is something we need to work on. When we bring more women into Rotary, our clubs become more appealing to prospective female members - and become more productive as well.

This year we are going to have something new in Rotary: a membership support team pin. This means that if you invite a new member into Rotary, you get a special pin to wear with your Rotary gear wheel. But we all know that the job of growing membership doesn't end when a new member joins. It ends only when a new member is enjoying being a Rotarian and never wants to leave! And making

MessageAug 2014

PresidentRotary InternationalGary C.K.Huang

sure that our clubs are enjoyable places to be is a key part of growing membership.

People come into Rotary for all kinds of reasons, but they stay because Rotary is fun to be a part of. So I want to remind all of you to have fun in your clubs and your districts. Rotary is based on the idea that our service is more effective when we serve together with our friends. So let's enjoy our Rotary service, share it with others, and Light Up Rotary together!

Birthdays August 2014

Birthdays September 2014

Fellowship Greetings

17 Sun Ann. Sharmila W/o Rtn Prashant Chanekar

21 Thu Ann. Shilpa W/o Rtn Sandeep Desai

24 Sun Esha d/in law Rtn Prithviraj Sardesai

25 Mon Deepti d/o Rtn Raghunath Gauns

25 Mon Ann. Dr. Jyoti W/o Rtn Dr Sandip Sawant

29 Fri Tejas s/o Rtn Deepak Kadkade

30 Sat Rtn. Prithviraj Sardesai

1 Mon Aakansha d/o Rtn Nilin Karpe

1 Mon Ann. Tarannum W/o Rtn Muzawar Shah

2 Tue Ashish s/o Rtn Shamkant Mulgaonkar

4 Thu Rtn. Sudin Nayak5 Fri Gandha

d/o Rtn Sudin Nayak7 Sun Arohi

d/o Rtn Atreya Sawant7 Sun Ann. Gauri

W/o Rtn Samir Falari8 Mon Ann. Pushpa

W/o Rtn Prithviraj Sardesai10 Wed Priyadarshini

d/o Rtn Prithviraj Sardesai14 Sun Rtn. Ajitrao Desai14 Sun Ann. Leena

W/o Rtn Rajkumar Kamat

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Club ServiceIn the July month of Rotary Year 2014-

15 we had 5 Weekly Meetings:Membership Development:The strength of the club at the end of June 2014 was 49. Mr. Samir Falari was inducted as new

member on 5th July 2014 during the Installation Ceremony. The Present strength of the club is 50 active members.Highlights of the Weekly Meetings:

1st Meeting: 2nd July 2014 President welcomed the members for the 1st weekly meeting. President briefed about the different committees formed for the preparation of Installation Ceremony which was planned on 5th July. Attendance was 84%.

2nd meeting: Installation Ceremony: 5th July 2014 Rtn. Prasad Kamat as President & Rtn. Sudin Nayak as Secretary & Board of Directors of Rotary Club of Bicholim for the year 2014-15 were installed at the hands of Installation Officer Rtn. Gaurish Dhond, at Hirabai Memorial Hall.

MonthlyReportJuly 2014

SecretaryRtn Sudin Nayak

3rd Meeting: 16th July 2014 President Rtn. Prasasd thanked all the members for successfully conducting & attending the Installation Ceremony held on 5th July. President encouraged members to donate books for the Rotary Teach Program with theme 'One Million Books, One Million Smiles'. President informed about the Monsoon Trek scheduled on 20th July at Satrey - Valpoi. The attendance was 62%.

4th Meeting: 23rd July 2014 Guest Speaker Rtn. Pradip Lad. Rtn. Pradip Lad gave talk on Union Budget approved by the Central Government. The attendance was 56%. President also informed about Installation of Rotaract Club held on 19th July, 2014 where he was present as Installation Officer.

5th Meeting: 30th July 2014 Minutes of 1st BOD meeting held on 25th July 2014 were read by Secretary & confirmed. Ann.Sandhya Khanolkar , Rtn. Samir Falari, Rtn. Arun Salkar, Rtn. Anand Desai, Rtn.Sagar Shetye, Rtn.Dr.Sandip Sawant, Rtn.Vallabh Salkar, Rtn.Dr.Rajesh Kenny, Rtn.Rajkumar Kamat, Rtn.Pradip Lad, Rtn. Kaustubh Patnekar, Rtn.Prasad Kamat, Rtn.Sudin Nayak, Rtn.Vishesh Mardolkar donated/collected books for TEACH Program. Attendance was 32%.Board of Directors Meet

First BoD meet of the year 2014-15 was held on Friday 25th July 2014Bulletin: Club bulletin Amigo, July 2014 was released along with "Fellowbook" - Club Planner cum Club Directory during Installation Ceremony.

Youth Service:Installation of Rotaract Club of Bicholim

(sponsored by the Club) was held on 19th July,

2014 at Deendayal Hall, Bicholim. Six Rotarians attended the function. Monsoon Trek

Annual Monson Trek was held on 20th

July 2014 at Satrey Valpoi , where in 57 Rotarian, Anns & Annettes participated and enjoyed the trek. Project was coordinated by Youth Service Director Rtn.Vallabh Salkar

Vocational Service:Workshop on Rakhi Making &

Fashion Strings by Anns:Workshop on Rakhi making & Fashion string makings initiated by Anns was held on 19th July 2014 at Rotary House from 4pm to 6.30 pm. Mrs. Maithali, a teacher from Keshav Seva Sadhana School for special children, Bicholim was the trainer for Rakhi making & Annett

Mayank Karapurkar was the trainer for fashion Strings making. Over 60 participants from Rotary family & community attended this workshop.

Community Service:Girl Child Adoption:

Three Girl Children were adopted by Rtn.Damodar Prabhu & 1 Girl Child was adopted by Rtn.Pradip lad for their education purposesSave Planet Earth:

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The Tree Plantation Drive: On 19th July 2014, around 150 Cashew saplings of native variety were planted and distributed in Sarvan village. Community service Director Rtn. Vishesh Mardolkar sponsored the saplings worth Rs. 9000/- Rtn. Dr. Sandip Sawant was the coordinator for the project. Medical Camp:

On 22nd July 2014, free medical camp on COPD & Asthma was organised in association

with Mardolkar hospital & Cipla Ltd.. The special feature of the camp was the lungs check up, which was conducted by specialists using sophisticated equipment & the patients were given further instructions accordingly. 18 patients in and around Bicholim benefitted from the camp. Rtn. Vishesh Mardolkar was the coordinator for the project.(Photos attached)Collection of Books under Rotary T-E-A-C-H Program:

With the aim of eradicating illiteracy from India, Club Rotarians collected and donated around 600 books for the Rotary Teach Program with the theme 'One Million Books, One Million Smiles', towards eradicating illiteracy. The Club had set up book collection centers at various points in Bicholim and the program was even advertised through social media. Medical Assistance:

Continuing with the tradition of proving service above self, The Club members have joined hands to provide financial assistance for

medical treatment of Pandurang Gaonkar, a of two year old child from Kudchirem, who is having a deformity in his legs. Rtn.Anand & Rtn.Nilin coordinated for this project. President and secretary are taking updates of the situation on day to day basis and informing the Club members in the weekly meetings accordingly.School Report:

The strength of the School run by Rotary Charitable Trust for the new academic year 2014-15 s as follows:o For a nursery, strength is 31.o For a lower kg, strength is 43.o For upper kg, strength is 50.For Primary School:o The strength for I std. is 47o The strength for II std. is 39o The strength for III std. is 45o The strength for IV std. is 47

Rtn.Dipesh Kamat has donated Rs. 5000 for Rotary School, wherein, the yearly interest of that amount will be awarded to the best student of Std. IVth .

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The Rakhee making and fashion strings workshops was held on 19th July 2014.

The workshop started at 4.15 pm with floral welcome of the training faculty that is Mrs. Maithili Parab for Rakhee making- a teacher Keshav Seva Sadhana's school for special children and Miss. Trupti Naik her assistant And Mast. Mayank Durgesh Karapurkar for fashion strings versatile Annette form our very own

Rotary family and Ann. Aparna Durgesh Karapurkar to assist him Followed by a brief introduction and presentation of the idea behind

the workshop by first lady Ann. Milinda Prasad Kamat.

After the formal introduction of the trainers, the participants were divided into two groups to care the learning and teaching process, since there was by difference between

the age group. One group was taken for Rakhee making and simultaneously other group was taken for fashion strings in another class the participants were thought to make four different types of Rakhee and three different patterns of fashion strings. After the groups were done they were interchange likewise all the participants got to learn both the skills without wasting any time.

The workshop was co ordinate by Ann D. Jyoti Sandip Sawant and assisted by Ann. Milinda Kamat, Ann. Santoshi Nayak, Ann. Smita Mardolkar and Annette Sailee Kenny.The workshop concluded with the formal presentation of mementos to the faculty by first lady Ann. Milinda Kamat and Ann. Santoshi Nayak and followed by snacks and tea to all.

The vote of thanks was presented by Ann. Smita Vishesh Mardolkar.

On public demand the Rakhee which were made in the workshop by the participants were sold to them. Since no registration fees or material charges were taken from the participants as per minimum costing Rs. 5/- per Rakhee were charged from them. A fair amount of Rs. 730/- was collected from the sale of these Rakhee.

The workshop ended at 6.15 pm overall this workshop received a good response of about 57 participants which includes 57 Ann's and 14 Annetes of Bicholim Rotary family as well as other children's and ladies from the community. Also about 10 Rotarians were present for this event.

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This article was published in “Aitar” weekly of Konkani Daily “Sunaparant” on Sunday 3rd August 2014

AUG 2014ISSUE 02

Standing from L to R, Rtn Prithviraj Sardesai,Rtn Anthony D’Souza,Rtn Arun Salkar, Rtn Nilin Karpe, Rtn Pradip Lad, Rtn Sagar Shetye, Rtn Vinayak Shirodkar, Rtn Anand Desai, Rtn Damodar Prabhu, Rtn Swapnil Dixit, Rtn Shivanand Pal, Rtn Gurudatt Kamat, Rtn Vijay Sardesai, Rtn Narahari Sawant, Rtn Durgesh Karapurkar, Rtn Ramanand Natekar, Rtn Milind Shirodkar, Rtn Amol Sawant ,Rtn Sandesh Burye, Rtn Dr Sandip Sawant, Rtn Vallabh Salkar, Rtn Jitendra Bandekar, Rtn Sudatt Mandrekar, Rtn Parish Khanolkar and Rtn Rajkumar Kamat Sitting L to R Rtn Sudin Nayak, Rtn Prasad Kamat, Installation Officer Rtn Gaurish Dhond, Rtn Santosh Sawal and Rtn Vishesh Mardolkar.

Rtn Prasad and his Team 2014-15

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