RCB meets every Monday at 7pm. Issue 8 August 25th, 2014

On 16th August, the Rotaract Club of Seshadripuram sponsored by the Rota-ry Club of Bangalore conducted its fi rst community service activity of Rotary Year - a blood donation camp at the Chamundi Scouts and Guides offi ce ,West Park Road, Malleswaram.

The President Rotaractor Shreyas and team had sent out posters to residences, places of worship and to educational institu-tions in and around the area. It was very in-teresting to note that the people who came forward were all there voluntarily and most were housewives and girls. It was striking to note that even a temple priest had come forward to donate blood.

Fifty units of blood were collected in half a day and Shivaji Rao Blood bank did a com-mendable job in getting the place ready and attending to every donor personally.

The residents and students of the locali- ty have asked for more camps periodically.The Rotaractors also spoke to the students and residents about Rotary and Rotaract and have managed to capture the interest of students and inspired them to become members of the Rotaract clubs.They cir-culated a write up on Rotaract movement to all the students who participated in the

camp.In fact Mr Manoj Kumar Ranmore, President of the Karnataka Maratha Wel-fare Association, a prominent social leader also incharge of the Shivaji Rao Blood bank who turned up at the camp offered to sup-port more camps of this kind in and around the area. He complimented the Rotaractors on their leadership and commitment.

Yes, the enthusiasm and social concern of the youngsters depicted hope for the future where Rotary would grow to be the most sought after service organisation and the world would be at peace because of Rotary.

Rtn.Elizabeth Paramesh

Helping To Save Precious Lives

Blood is the lifeline of human existence. Advances in science has enabled our doc-tors to save human lives by transfusing blood whenever required by the patient. Blood is required by accident victims, by patients during different types of surgery, for certain blood disorders like Thalas-semia and haemophilia etc. Without the availability of blood, many human lives which can be saved will be lost. Unfortu-nately, blood cannot be manufactured and cannot be stored and sold at super-mar-kets. But, the good news is, all of us have inherited a blood producing factory within our body that does not incur any cost!

Blood donors put this factory to better use by donating their blood regularly. And, Rotary Club of Bangalore facilitates the blood collection, inspection, storage and fi nally transfusion through its various ser-vice organizations like Rotary-TTK Blood Bank.

Rotary Club of Bangalore posts regular updates on Facebook about our activities and some very interesting information about making a difference. We intend to use Facebook to showcase our projects, invite people from our society to participate in our projects in any way they can and most importantly, inspire people to make a difference. Please like our Facebook page using the following web address and feel inspired everyday.

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Buddies’ Night was a unique programme at RCB on 25/8/14, which was formulated with the intention of showcasing Rotary and RCB, to friends of Rotarians, so as to spread the good word about Rotary through society and make its reach travel far and wide. This event saw a packed hall with guests and members sitting cheek-by-jowl with each other, absorb-ing the presentations they were treated to, by Rotarians, who shared their common passion of Rotary, friendship, fellowship and service with them.

Paul Harris said a long time ago- “ Man has an affi nity for his fellowmen, regardless of race, creed or politics, and the greater the va-

riety, the more the zest. All friendliness needs is a sporting chance; it will take care of itself in any company.“ Building bridges and friend-ship – the very foundation of Rotary, was the centre point of the evening. It also breathed life into Paul Harris’ words – “Friendship is a natural and willing servant. There is no rea-son why the great power of friendship should not be harnessed to do it’s part in the world’s work.” That was the concept of ‘Buddies’ Night’, which said – bring them all along; let your friends hear of Rotary.

President Ramkumar Seshu spoke about how joining Rotary would make a difference to oneself and the community, through a video on the same topic, followed up by PP. Rtn. Dr. Pradeep. M. Rao, who then took

the audience through the greatness, might, far reaching projects and famous people of Rotary. RCB was chartered in 1934, with 25 members, the 7th club in pre-independent India. Member profi le was mainly business, with few professionals, adding a sprinkling of Indians, as the years went along. Indepen-dence saw the British exiting, and Indians becoming main-stream. Membership to RCB was always by invitation and was reserved

for the best in society. He enumerated the number of eminent people who were, and are members of RCB, stating that every member is important in her/ his own right. It is a matter of pride that RCB has had as members, lumi-naries from every fi eld, he said. Also, we have had the good fortune of hearing as speakers, several literary, scientifi c, legal, sporting and political greats, he said. RCB still inducts the fi nest – all leaders in their chosen vocations, he said. Several fl agship projects of RCB,

such as the Rotary- TTK Blood bank, RBV, Nagadevanahalli, Malur schools and many more were mentioned as the long standing efforts that have gone into the service of the community.

A video on the Rotary foundation was pre-sented by Rtn. Ramkumar Seshu, which showed the audience how Rotary has helped people all over the world, in matters relating to health, cleanliness, clean drinking water, vocational and student guidance – all with funds that reach the foundation from various sources. Rtn. Zarir Batha gave an insight into this service arm of Rotary , which address-es problems of illiteracy, poverty, disease all over the world, with no man-made boundaries

coming in the way of service to humanity. The corpus built up, has been possible through the generosity of Rotarians, philanthropists. Bill Gates foundation donated generously to Rotary’s major project of Polio eradication. Polio Plus put Rotary on the international map, by it’s perseverance in nearing its aim of eradicating the scourge that robs children of their health. This has been Rotary’s ma-jor and most signifi cant achievement. The Rotary- TTK Blood Bank has been possible through a 3-H grant and is one of the fi nest in Asia, offering varied modern, safe blood banking and related services. All this was ex-

Buddiesʼ Night : Throwing Light on Rotaryʼs MightBuddies’ night was an initiative to showcase the kind of projects we do at Rotary Club of Bangalore and the kind of difference we make in our society to our friends.

plained by Dr. Ankit Mathur, from the blood bank.

It was the time to get to Fellowship and fun next, to give the guests a glimpse into the vast possibilities of light hearted seriousness Rotarians are capable of, while doing service ! Zarir Batha spoke on how fellowship brings Rotarian families together, giving talents a chance to shine, fl edgling novices a platform to grow and generally how fellowship activi-ties help in bonding and camaraderie. PDG Prithvi Raval spoke on IFMR – The Interna-

tional group of motorcyclists, who visit far and near places, zooming away on their bikes, all for the thrill of experiencing the unknown, in-dulge in fellowship and raise funds too along the way, for Rotary. IFMR, apart from being a major donor to the foundation, led a cam-paign, to make wearing helmets compulsory in Bangalore. He also took the attentive audi-ence through many other International hob-by groups that exist in the world of Rotary, saying any hobby can get a platform. He also shared interesting pictures of his biking expe-ditions to remote areas of India.

The meeting concluded with President Ramkumar Seshu explaining ‘Why Rotary?’,

through an audiovisual presentation that had various people from all over, saying how it brings people across the world, together, for a common purpose. Rotarians are ‘net ag-gregators’- they take and give back and are catalysts of change in all spheres that are important to humanity and the earth.The joy of giving, the satisfaction it gives , is inexpli-cable. “Giving is living”, said Rajendra Saboo. One has to experience it, to know, was the take home message.

Arch Klumph said “ If we work on immortal minds, if we imbue them with the full mean-ing of the spirit of Rotary as expressed in our objects, we are engraving on those tab-lets, something that will brighten all eternity.” President Ram thanked the anchor of the programme Pradeep Rao and his team for

attempting to do just that, thanking all guests present for having honoured the invitation extended to them. The spirit of Rotary then pervaded fellowship and dinner, which further enhanced the evening

Ann. Dr.Chandrika Rao

Buddiesʼ Night : Throwing Light on Rotaryʼs MightBuddies’ night was an initiative to showcase the kind of projects we do at Rotary Club of Bangalore and the kind of difference we make in our society to our friends.

Proceedings of the meetingProceedings of the 8th meeting of the

80th Rotary year of the Rotary Club of Ban-galore held on Monday, 25th August 2014. • Rtn. Sundeep Gupta, Sgt-at-arms con-

ducted the lucky draw for the Rotarians who signed in before 7.20 pm and this was won by Rtn. H.Ranganath.

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

• President Ramkumar Seshu welcomed Rotarians, Anns, Innerwheel Club mem-bers, Rotaractors and invitees.

• President requested all the invitees to stand and be recognized and requested our members to welcome them with a round of applause. President thanked the members for bringing many guests.

• President requested each Directors to talk about their avenue of service.

• Rtn. Sukhen Padmanabha, Director Community Service, Rtn. Dinyar Lan-grana, Director, Vocational Service, Rtn. Dr.Elizabeth Cherian Paramesh, Director, Youth Service and Rtn. Zarir K.Batha, Di-rector, International Service, Rtn. Ranga Rao, Vice President on Public Image Rtn. Shailesh Rudra, Director, Club Service spoke about their avenue of service.

• Ann. Tara Prasad read the Birthday and Wedding Anniversary of the Rotarians.

• Rtn.Shailesh Rudra gave a brief about the program and invited PP Rtn.Pradeep Rao to start the proceedings.

• PP. Rtn. Pradeep M.Rao, Chairman, Membership Development Committee gave a power point Presentation on RCB.

• Secretary Rtn.Vivek Prabhu, announced about the weekly meeting and District pro-grams about fund raiser musical nite.

• Rtn.Zarir K.Batha, Director, International Service explained about the Rotary Inter-national and its programs.

• Dr.Ankit Muzumdar, of Rotary TTK Blood Bank explained how our Blood Bank works and helps the needy in the society.

• PDG Rtn. Dr.Prithvi Raval, explained about the International Fellowship events and Rotary Foundation through Power Point Presentation.

• President fi nally, thanked all the invitees for making this meeting a success and he specially thanked Rtns. Musten Jiruwala, Dr.Pradeep M.Rao, Dr. Prithvi Raval, Zarir K.Batha and then requested everyone to join for Dinner on the terrace and then ad-journed the meeting.

Birthdays1st Sept Rtn. Hanif J.Siwani2nd Sept Rtn. Indra Arya5th Sept Rtn. Sohil D.Shah6th Sept Rtn. Hari K.7th Sept Rtn. Dr.Pradeep M.Rao

Spouses’ Birthdays1st Sept Ann. Devi Palanisamy1st Sept Ann. Kirti Bhalla2nd Sept Ann. Kamala Raghunath 4th Sept Ann. Indira Chandan5th Sept Ann. Alka Sureka7th Sept Ann. Manju Bhatia

Wedding Anniversary

2nd Sept Rtn. Narayan Suresh and Ann. Madhuri

3rd Sept Rtn. B.N.Rajashekar and Ann.Indrani

3rd Sept Rtn. Srinivasa Garaduchar and Ann. Sunita

4th Sept Rtn.Arjun Menda and Anne.Asha

6th Sept Rtn. Mohan Rao and Ann. Sudha

Attendance 25th August 2014Total Membership 239Members Present 106Members Exempted 58

Always Wear Your Rotary Pin

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

Rtn.Jagadish DVRtn.Sandhya Mendonca

Editor Aug ‘14 Ann Dr.Chandrika Rao

Next Two Weeks’ Programme1st September 2014 : PDG Rtn.Sunil

Zachariah – International Chair R.O.T.I. – 2013-15 & Training Leader 2015 Inter-national Assembly will speak on Rotary

Internation Theme “Light Up Rotary”8th September : Talk by Mr. Ramu Ve-

daraman – Mumbai’s Leading Authority on IPR and Patent Laws

Contribution to Community ChestBrought Forward Rs.26000Rtn. P.S.Sundara Murthy Rs.1000Rtn. Dr.B.V.Ramalinga Setty Rs.1000Rtn. B.Thyagarajan Rs.500Rtn. Roopa Venkatesh Rs.500Rtn. A.Ravishankar Rs.500Rtn.S.Viswanathan Rs.250Total Rs.29750

To subsidize the fabulous project of Paediatric Heart Surgeries, our RI District

3190 is holding a musical evening at the Good Shepherd Auditorium on

Sunday, August 31st 2014.Mr.Sanjeev Kohli for Mumbai, son

of Late Madan Mohan along with a super orchestra will be present. Kindly call Rtn.Purnimaa or Prakash to book

your tickets for a trip back in time when melody was king and music sublime.