RCB meets every Monday at 7pm. Issue 19 November 10, 2014

The Joy Of Giving! : Part 2The month of November being The Rota-

ry Foundation Month , we give you glimps-es into the minds of some of our Major Donors on to why they chose to donate to this Foundation and the happiness and sat-isfaction they found by doing so!

Continuing from last week, this week we have a few more Major Donors talking to us about it, as we hope that their words and opinion will create a ripple effect and inspire others to become Major Donors.

“It is always good to have a Monday meeting devoted to educating Rotarians, especially newly joined members about The Rotary Foundation, by having a good speaker talking about it” continues Major Donor Rtn. Vijayarajan. “It was when PDG Rtn. Prithvi Raval spoke about the Rotary Foundation and its various programs in one of the Monday meetings of our Club many years ago that I became aware of it. Years later, PRIP Rtn. Kalyan Banerjee in one of the District Assemblies appealed to all Ro-tarians to contribute liberally for this cause, and that was when I decided to become Major Donor!”.

His next few words, I am sure will moti-vate many of us to follow his example. Rtn. Vijay says “Most humans are wired to feel empathy and compassion. We want to help, but some ways of helping are more effec-tive than others. Contributing to the Rotary Foundation is one such way. It gives you a global reach. The joy that one experienc-es while giving back to society in whichev-er way, has no parallel. Donating a bit of money may not seem like much, but if your donation is joined with others, it becomes

something much bigger. The Rotary Foun-dation offers this ideal opportunity. When one feels settled in life, it would be a good idea to contribute a significant portion of your savings to charity. Don’t you think we owe this to our society, which has given us

much without expecting anything in return?” Well- spoken indeed!Major Donor Rtn. K.N.Prabhashankar

feels that hearing Late Rtn. PDG. M Sreeni-vasa Rao speaking about Foundation when he was the District Governor in 1987-88 in-spired him to contribute. He further goes on to say that he chose this Foundation to con-tribute in comparison with another because Rotary Foundation is our Foundation. He assures that it is the most trustworthy In-stitution in the world where you can be rest assured that your contribution will reach the right person.

All he wanted to see was a smile on the face of the ‘needy’.

He also says, “We can motivate more Ro-tarians to become Major Donors by creating awareness and talking about the benefits of contribution to the Rotary Foundation. Talk

about the projects the Rotary Foundation has assisted and due to which how many lives have been saved. Ask them to ex-perience ‘Joy of Giving’. Recognize every donor in an appropriate forum” is his piece of advice.

Coming to our next Major Donor Rtn. N. Gowrishankar who says he heard of the Rotary Foundation in those days, through word of mouth. He adds, “I was aware of the functionality of the process. But for me, inspiration comes from within. It is always our duty to help in any way possible.” He chose the Rotary Foundation to make his big donation as he felt that it was good to know that we were not the only ones try-ing to make a difference, but people from around the world were doing the same. This was credibility enough!

Talking about his motives and expecta-tions Rtn. Gowrishankar says “My motives were extremely simple and pure. We want-ed to make an impact on the lives of others, and the less fortunate. Education is an im-portant part of my family’s foundation, and we hoped that our contributions would help in the same. Motivation must come from within. One must feel energised by the ser-vice they do, and must be keen to ensure the progress of our people and country.”

Having heard from these generous Ro-tarians, we hope their words will be power-ful enough to make the Rotary Family real-ise that by adding value to the lives around us and in turn engaging yourself in a more worthy purpose, you discover that, you then are living a more worthy life !

Ann Raji Radhakrishnan

Fund Raising for Rotary TTK Blood Bank

The arrangement between RCB and TTK for funding the project was that, RCB should create infrastructure by way of Land, Build-ing, Equipments and assets. TTK should run the project efficiently and should take care of all the expenses of running the blood bank.

So, the onus of mobilizing the funds for acquisition of asset was a big concern. The flow of money was also not easy those days, it was very difficult and people did not have so much of money to spare.

Land was allotted by BDA. For Building ground floor, RCB needed lot of money. There was no way how you could approach Rotary Foundation for this as Rotary Foun-dation does not give grants for Buildings. So the entire amount had to be collected. Late Rtn. PDG. P T Kasturi, the founder of BMST, supplied bricks free of cost for the

entire building. He was running business of Brick kiln. Members of RCB contributed generously. Late PDG. Capt. V V K Mani and Rtn. Kasturi came with a brilliant idea of going door to door in Indiranagar area collecting old newspapers to raise funds. They were well supported by Rotractors and Rotarians of RCB. They also came with a unique idea of selling one brick at Rs.1,000/- per brick. They requested mem-bers and public to contribute towards bricks. They raised lot of funds through this. Capt. Mani when he was taking over as the Pres-ident of RCB for the year 1991-92, decided that he will focus only on BMST and all the funds raised during the year by the Club will go to BMST. One Rotarian contributed free steel for the construction, another Rotarian supplied free pipes and pipe fittings free of cost for plumbing work. With all these ef-

forts, finally the Ground floor was complet-ed in the year 1991-92 and then RI Presi-dent Raja Saboo inaugurated the project, Capt. Mani being the President of the Club.

As far as the required equipments were concerned, the Club got the first ever in the zone a 3H grant of $100,000 from Rotary Foundation. The Club contributed 10% of the required sum as their contribution. Thereafter many Matching Grants were availed and all the required equipment’s were added. To add the first and second floor, RCB raised funds and TTK’s matched the contribution of RCB.

Fund raising was possible only because of clear vision of our seniors like Late PDG. P T Kasturi, Late PDG. Capt. VVK Mani, Late Rtn. K Arun Kumar and many philan-thropists who contributed for the cause.

PDG Rtn. K.N.Prabhashankar

First Impressions : Rotary-TTK BloodbankOn 9th November, Community Services

Committee of our club organized their monthly committee meeting at our pres-tigious project, Rotary TTK Bloodbank in Indiranagar. Here are some excerpts from what members felt about our project.

I was very impressed seeing the inside of the blood bank activities. The efforts the team is putting into high quality standards to ensure that only the right blood is going to the hospitals, the creativity to find new donors and to look into other areas like training as well as stem cell activities. You have to be there to see and feel all the good work being done.

Rtn. Weber GuenterThe journey of a bottle of blood “From

vein to vein” as I saw it at the Rotary TTK Blood Bank was one of sheer dedication, determination and total commitment of Dr. Latha Jaganathan and her team. I feel proud to belong to the RCB family.

Ann. Anu SreedharVisited our 24x7, State-of-the-Art Blood

Bank. Enjoyed the feeling of knowing that we help save precious lives! Humbled to be an RCB member and do my bit.

Rtn. Ramesh Dasary

Filled with Pride and amazement at the humongous service DR. Latha and her team are doing. Humbleness of the Team gave me a sense of fulfillment of being a part of the Blood Bank.

Rtn. Dr. Gertrude D’SouzaYeoman Service to mankind. I was simply

amazed at the project site. The Rotary TTK Blood Bank is truly a signature project and a flagship one. I am excited to be part of it. Long live RCB

Rtn. Ravi Shankar AHats off to TTK Rotary Blood Bank for its

endeavor in saving millions of lives.Rtn. Dr. Ganapathy M.A.

It would be a good idea to form a Corps of Volunteers on the lines of National Cadet Corps consisting of Rotarians, Inner Wheel Members & Rotoractors to act as volun-teers as and when assistance is required by the Blood Bank. They should be on call & perhaps on group email/sms.

Dr Lata must address the Club, Inner wheel members and Rotaractors in a spe-cial meeting and share the same impres-sive presentation she made to us at the project visit.

Rtn. Vivek Prabhu

NOTICE

Please note Nominations are invited from the members for the Office Bearers for the Rotary year 2015-16 for the post of Presi-dent, Vice President, Secretary, Treasure, Joint Secretary, Sergeant at arms and four members of Board of Directors. The Nomi-nation forms must be duly filled and submit-ted to secretary on or before Monday, the 24th November 2014. Last date for with-drawals if any is on or before Monday, 1st December 2014. Elections if any contests for posts will be held at the Business Meet-ing on Monday the 22nd December 2014. The Nomination forms are available at the Rotary office. For further details kindly refer Rotary Club Byelaws Article 3 Section 1 (a) for rules and regulations.

Vivek R. Prabhu Hon.Secretary

Dare to Dream! Think Big! Do More! Aim Higher!

PDG Rtn. Ravi Vadlamani in his impec-cable style captivated the audience for 20 minutes. He endearingly began his speech recollecting association with our President Ram Seshu from their days in Round Table.

He said the Rotary had one of the best Foundations in the world with a four star rating. Rotary International is a global en-terprise consisting of 34,000 clubs from 200 countries and around 1.2 million members. The goal of the foundation was to raise 1 billion US dollars by 2017, the year Rotary would celebrate 100 years. He urged RCB to be a part of it with more donors of USD 10,000. People, he said contribute to chari-ty because of 5 I’s - Issues, Investment, In-volvement, Impact and Innovation.

Rtn. Ravi also spoke about the Name Endowment fund of USD 25,000 and its unique ability to be a perpetual fund. This fund is managed by a very competent fund manager. The donor can choose the project he wishes to support. He urged few mem-

bers to join together and pool in to create a fund. In fact such a fund can also be constituted in the name of a Rotarian. He suggested the ‘Term Fund’ with a minimum donation of USD 30,000 which is ideal for donors outside the Rotary fraternity.

He has personally created 3 endowment funds.The first one with his wife Rtn. Raji Vadlamani, and two others in the names of his late parents Valli Bhaskar Lakshmi and Uma Maheshwar Rao. Each of these funds supports the literary programs of the Rota-ry association and has given him immense gratitude in the service rendered.

In his trademark slogan ‘Dare to Dream’, he urged Rotarians to think big, do more and aim higher than ever before. He con-cluded his inspiring speech with an apt say-ing from Khalil Gibran- ‘All that you have, will one day be given. Let the season of giv-ing happen during your life rather than that of your inheritors.’

Ann. Ashwini Surendar

Rtn.Narayanan Suresh introduced the chief guest, PDG Rtn. Dr.Ravi Vadlamani.

Eminent Chartered Accountant, PDG Rtn.Dr.Ravi Vadlamani is a distinguished Rotarian and highly decorated District Gov-ernor.

A partner in the accountancy firm, Uma-maheshwara Rao & Company with branch-es in 4 cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telan-gana, he joined the Rotary Club of Guntur in AP in 1984.

He swiftly rose through the ranks and was president of his club in 1988-89. Thir-teen years later, Dr.Vadlamani became the governor of his Rotary District.

He was adjudged Best Governor in Glob-al Quest and stood Number One in the world. One of his major achievement was collecting over US$400,000 during his ten-ure, the highest in Zone 5 and 6.

PDG Vadlamani has Chaired many inter-national Rotary sessions on topics such as Water For Life, End of Poverty is Possible, Doing Good in the world to make dreams real at various annual Rotary conventions.

To date, PDG Dr.Vadlamani, who was conferred an honorary Doctorate Degree by Nagarjuna University for social work, has handled more than 22 international as-signments for Rotary International.

More Happy Schools! More Happy Children!Rtn. Sridhar Chari, announced about the

Malur Road Sign school project and intro-duced Mr. Harald Kirsch, who came from Germany to inaugurate the school on 15th Nov. 2014. He also informed that his com-

pany M/s Jenson Textile is supporting our Road Sign schools along with Mr. Guido Koch who is a Managing Director of the company. President handed over the Green Bond to Mr. Harald Kirsch and thanked him for his support extended to construct the schools in Malur by way of donating funds.

Rtn. Manjunath, A.N., Chairman of Com-munity Service announced about the Hap-

py School projects. Under this project, our club is equipping our schools with colourfull Nalli-Kalli desks as well as standard class-room desks, books for libraries, educative posters, play equipments, hanging libraries etc. to make the atmosphere of the school much more conducive to comfortable and joyful learning.

He requested PDG. Rtn Ravi Vadlamani to inaugurate the Happy School Desk proj-ect at Yeshwanthpur, Malur, PDG. Rtn. Raji Vadlamani to inaugurate Mindahalli Malur and DG Rtn.Manjunath Shetty and Rtn. Ar-jun Menda to inaugurate Nalli-Kalli project at our RCB schools in Malur.

He also appealed the members to come forward to donate a sum of Rs. 400/- per desk. The members spontaneously donat-ed 350 School Desk to Malur schools. This was matched by Rtn.Arjun Menda, taking the total number of desks to 700. President thanked Community Services team.

Proceedings of the meetingProceedings of the 19th meeting of the

80th Rotary year of the Rotary Club of Ban-galore held on Monday, the 10th November 2014.• Rtn.Sundeep Gupta, Sgt.at.arms re-

quested Rtn. PDG. Ravi Vadalamani to pick up the lucky draw and this was won by Rtn. Purnima Ranganath and it was sponsored by Rtn Faizal Jiruwala.

• The meeting was called to order by the President Rtn Ram Kumarr Seshu.

• President Rtn. Ram Kumarr Seshu, wel-comed Rotarians, Anns, Innerwheel Club members for the meeting.

• President welcomed the Chief Guest PDG. Rtn. Ravi Vadalamani and request-ed Rtn. Zarir Batha to escort him on to the dais and Rtn Vivek Prabhu to escort Rtn.DG.Manjunath Shetty.

• Rtn. Sridhar Chari, announced about the Malur Road Sign school project and intro-duced Mr. Harald Kirsch, who came from Germany to inaugurate the school on 15th Nov. 2014. He also informed that his com-pany M/s Jenson Textile is supporting our Rotary Road Sign Schools along with Mr. Guido Koch who is a Managing Director of the company. President handed over the Green Bond to Mr. Harald Kirsch and thanked him for his support extended to construct the schools in Malur by way of donating funds.

• Rtn. Manjunath, A.N., Chairman of Com-munity Service announced about the school projects and requested PDG. Rtn Ravi Vadlamani to inaugurate the Happy School Desk project at Yeshwanthpur, Malur and PDG. Rtn. Raji Vadlamani to in-augurate Mindahalli Malur and Rtn. Arjun Menda to inguruate Nali Kali project at our RCB schools in Malur. He also appealed the members to come forward to donate a sum of Rs. 400/- per desk. The mem-bers spontaneously donated 350 School Desk to Malur schools. This was matched by Rtn.Arjun Menda, taking total desks to 700. President thanked Community Ser-vice committee team for the wonderful projects undertaken by them.

• Rtn.Dr.Elizabeth Cherian, announced

about the Sanitary Napkin project. • Rtn. Zarir K.Batha, announced about the

Friendship exchange visit to Rotary Club of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• President congratulated Rtn. Gowri S.Oza for bagging 3 gold medals in the masters State legel Aquatic meet held on 1st and 2nd Nov. at the Deccan Interna-tional School.

• President also congratulated RCB Cricket team participated in the Inter Club Cricket team led by Rtn. Jayanth Rudra.

• President announced that Nominat-ing committee led by Rtn.Dr.Pradeep M.Rao has recommended Rtn. PP.Asha Prasanna Kumar of Rotary Tumkur East as the DGN for the Rotary Year 2017-18.

• President congratulated Rtn. Dr.H.Paramesh for being unanimously elected as National President of ‘Pediatric Association of India for the years 2015-16 during the recently held National Conven-tion in Burdwan, West Bengal.

• Rtn. Malini D’Cunha, read the Birthday and Wedding Anniversary Rotarians who were celebrating this week.

• Secretary Rtn. Vivek Prabhu, announced about the weekly and committee meet-ings.

• Rtn. Narayanan Suresh, introduced the Chief Guest PDG. Rtn. Ravi Vadalamani.

• PDG. Rtn. Ravi Vadalmani addressed the members to Art of Giving and The Rotary Foundation.

• President thanked PDG. Rtn. Ravi Va-dalamani and PDG. Raji Vadalamani and handed over the Green Bond and then adjourned the meeting.

Upcoming Events17th Nov 2014

3 Consul Generals- Mr Jörn Rhode the German Consul general, Mr Parag

Shirname, the Queensland Commissioner and Mr Wayne Lewis Commissioner of Vic-toria are our guests. The event is followed

by light fellowship.24th Nov 2014

Celebration of 80th Year – followed by Fellowship and Dinner.

Birthdays19th Nov Rtn. Ramdas S.S.21st Nov Rtn. R.Girish21st Nov Rtn Ramakrishna Moudgal22nd Nov Rtn. Somasundaram C.K.23rd Nov Rtn. Shailesh Rudra

Spouses’ Birthdays20th Nov Ann. Anjana Nilesh Vadhra23rd Nov Ann. Praemi M.Row23rd Nov Ann. Raji Hari

Wedding Anniversaries

18th Nov Rtn.Sharmila Mukherjee and Mr Amitava

19th Nov Rtn.S.Viswanath and Ann. Veena

20th Nov Rtn. Murali G.Iyer and Ann. Janaki

22nd Nov Rtn. Vinod Kumar Kapoor and Ann. Veena

Contribution to Community ChestBrought Forward Rs.84852Rtn.A.N.Manjunath 1000Rtn.Dr.Gertrude D’Souza 500Ann.Vasundara Raj 500Ann.Shalini Sanjay Jain 500Total Rs.87352

Attendance Total Membership 243Members Present 80Members Exempted 58

Communication CommitteeJt.Secretary Rtn.Rohidas BhatChair Rtn.Musten JiruwalaCo-Chairs Rtn.Kalpana Udaykumar

Rtn.Jagadish DVRtn.Sandhya Mendonca

Editor Nov ‘14 Ann.Raji Radhakrishana