What’s Up at Bombay West – November, 2011

• Inducted two new members viz.
• o   Rtn. Sarfaraz Jumani
• o   Rtn. Harshil Choksey

·        Rtn. Dr. Pratima Kodkani conducted IQ test & counseling to (40) students of S. S. Sahney School, Khar Danda.

• ·        Lecture on Medical Emergency & Response (Heart Attack) by Dr. Prafulla Thorat held on Sunday, 6^th November, 2011 at 10 am at Board Room as a part of Health Awareness Programme

• ·        11^th Nov.  Celebrated  Childrens Day at Municipal  School, Dixit Road, Vile Parle (East). Children of Bhavishya Yaan with the help of teachers from VIDYA performed in multifarious activities  like poetry recitation, acting , English speaking, puppetry, dancing, etc. 
• ·        12^th Nov.  :  Visited Maswan with PP Rtn. Hemant Jagtap alongwith 14 other Rotarians from our club to finalise the location for Check Dam.
• ·        14^th Nov. : Celebrated Children’s Day at Vidyanidhi School. 
• ·        To help the  10^th standard students in their studies, we have donated a CD of lessons  in difficult subjects like Science, Maths and Social Studies   for the children of Vidyanidhi School.
• ·        Celebrated Childrens Day  at B.L. Agarwal School by showing a movie to the primary section students.
• ·        Nov. 15  :  Donation to  SOPAN (Society of Parents of Children with autism) Project at BMC Municipal School, Jogeshwari where we have donated  equipments for Vocational Training  Programme.
• ·        Rotary Club  of Thane Green City,  a  lead  Host  Club  had organized Seminar on Global Warming and Water on 15^th November, 2011, at Ambrosia Hall, Satkar Hotel, Thane and our Club was one of the Host club.
• ·        Nov. 16 : Holy Cross School  celebrated  Children’s Day by organizing   different competitions  and games. Our Club sponsored  the prizes.
• ·        On Sunday, 20^th November, 2011 – A Lecture  on  “Depression”  was held at Board Room of Rotary Service Centre  from 10.00 am  onwards  by our own Rtn. Dr. Shyamlal Khanna to create Health Awareness
• ·        22^nd November ;  Inter-school Elocution Contest on 4-Way Test was  held at Rotary Service Centre .  30 students from 10 school participated. Prizes were distributed  to the winners
• ·        27^th  November :  A free General, Dental  and Asthma Check up Camp was held at Rotary Service Centre  for the nearby residents.  105 patients took the benefit of the camp and free medicines were given.  Cipla  had organized the Asthma check up .  Our Medical Centre Doctors – Dr Tehemtun Driver, Dr. Prafulla Thorat & Dr. Snehal Shroff  looked after all the patients with the assistance from  our Medical Staff. Inner Wheel  President & Members and  so many Rotarians were present.
• ·        Co-hosted the District Seminar on  Women Empowerment organized by Rotary Club of Mumbai Juhu at S.P. Jain Institute of Management on 28^th  November, 2011
• ·        Granted Vocational Loan Scholarship to  36 students for Engineering & Vocational Courses totaling to Rs. 7,93,000/- [July-November, 2011]
• ·        Rotary Club  of Thane Green City,  a  lead  Host  Club  had organized Seminar on Global Warming and Water on 15^th November, 2011, at Ambrosia Hall, Satkar Hotel, Thane and our Club was one of the Host club.
• ·        Co-hosted the District Seminar on  Women Empowerment organized by rotary Club of Mumbai Juhu at S.P. Jain Institute of Management on 28^th  November, 2011

 

 

Projects & More... October, 2011

1.       Bombay West continues to do exceedingly well this year in TRF Contributions…  $ 33761 and counting. Against target of $ 17000

2.       Average Attendance at the Regular Meetings was at a high of 67%

3.       Art & Craft competition  amongst all schools of Mumbai with  students having  hearing deficiencies  was held at Rotary’s KDN Shruti School for Hearing Impaired at Juhu, Mumbai

4.       Dist. MIPS Programme was held at our Rotary Service Centre from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm. Rotary Club of  Bombay West and Rotary Club of  Bombay Greencity were the lead host Clubs.

5.       Blood Donation Drive  in association with our Rotary’s DG Goenka Blood Bank, BSES Hospital, Andheri, Mumbai was held on 5^th October at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Versova.   150 students  donated blood.

6.       Conducted free Eye check up camp for 1000 school students  at Lilavati Podar & Raja Ramdeo Podar Shala  at Santacruz (West), Mumbai.

7.       Fellowship programme coinciding with Diwali celebrations was held in great style at Raheja Classique Club, Andheri, Mumbai.

8.       Vocational Loan Scholarships were granted to 32 students aggregating Rs.7.28 lacs during the current rotary year, upto 31^st Oct 2011.

9.       Established presence on Social Media by launching official Facebook page.

Bombay West to Honour RI President Kalyan Banerjee

Rotary Club of Bombay West will honour RI President Kalyan Banerjee, the third Indian to reach that coveted position in the 106 years of Rotary History, by initiating a Lecture Series.

Inauguration of the "Kalyan Banerjee Leadership Lecture" Series is scheduled for 24th December, 2011 at Jamnabai Narsee School Auditorium at 5.45 PM. Padmashri Dr.R.A.Mashelkar, who will deliver the inaugural lecture 'REINVENTING INDIA' in presence of RIP Kalyan Banerjee.

Rotarians with their family and friends are welcome to attend this landmark event.

To know more about this landmark event, click here

Rotary Club of Bombay West is now on FACEBOOK !!!

In keeping with the times and with a view to attracting GenNext to Rotary, Rotary Club of Bombay West now has presence on FaceBook !! 

Do visit our FaceBook Page and Click on "Like".  You may search for "Rotary Club of Bombay West" on FaceBook or you may visit our Website www.rotary-bom-west.org and Click on the FaceBook icon on our home page.  You will be directed to our FaceBook Page. We would welcome your comments and suggestions !!!

Bombay West Rocks

The Community Projects completed so far during the current Rotary Year…

July, 2011

a)     Free Eye Checkup camp for School children at Parle Tilak Vidyalaya for nearly 1000 students and free spectacles are  provided to the needy students.
b)     Distribution of Note books to the needy students of Anjuman Shaan-E-Millad Urdu High School at  Malad
c)     Started Mid-day Meal Project by distributing mid-day meal for under privileged students of  Kanya  Vidyalaya, Santacruz (West)  and Sane Guruji School at Santacruz (West).
d)     Under our continuing project, granted Vocational Loan Scholarship totaling to Rs. 1,60,000/- 

August 2011

 
a)     Blood Donation Camp was organized at BSES Hospital
b)     Inaugurated  Rotary Tailoring  Training Centre for Women at YWCA, Andheri and donated 11 Sewing machines & two special embroidery and special designing machines jointly by  our Club, Inner Wheel Club of Bombay West and  Saheli Foundation.
c)     Tree Plantation Project executed at Anandilal Poddar School, Santacruz (West)
d)     Vedic Maths training was held for 5^th, 6^th & 7^th standard students of Shri Ram Welfare School, Andheri West conducted by Prof. Bhalchandra Naik.
e)     Eye Check up Camp for  1000 school students was held at Hussain Allana  English School, Lokhandwala  Complex, Andheri
f)       Granted Vocational Loan Scholarship to (6)  no. of students for Engineering & Vocational Courses totaling to Rs. 1,43,000/-

Boyz Dayz Out : 28 Rotarians participated in Stag Picnic and had gala time at Bangkok !!

September 2011

Bombay West surpasses its TRF Target by miles:

TRF Promised target US $ _15000 + Polio 2000 US$    Fulfilled till date US $ _31,011.10

a)     Career Guidance Workshop at C.D. Barfiwala School, Andheri conducted by Rtn. Gaurang Mehta. (250) students participated.
b)     Co-hosted Dist. Joint Thalassaemia  Check up and Blood Donation Camp at SNDT College, Juhu 
c)     Celebrated Teachers Day and Felicitated (45) Teachers of Municipal Schools adopted by our Club
d)     Special Programmes on Health,  Education  and Society  Welfare Related Lectures. Our first lecture series was on Sunday, 18^th September, 2011 at 10.00 am  at the Board Room of Rotary Service Centre. Smt. Kalpana Kulkarni  from B.M.C. Water Treatment  Plant, Bhandup  gave a  presentation  on Water Bourne Diseases. Over 35 Rotarians, Rotaractors, and Vocational Loan Students participated.
e)     Co-hosted Dist. TRF Seminar at Hotel Ramada, Navi Mumbai
f)       Celebrated World Elder’s Day- a R.I. Dist. 3140 event  co-sponsored by   23 Clubs and  4 Host Clubs being  Rotary club of Bombay West, Inner Wheel Club of Bombay West, Rotary Club of Mumbai North Island and Rotary Club of Mumbai Midtown respectively. More than 350 Senior Citizens attended . (40)  Senior Citizens  above (75) years of age were  felicitated and  honoured.
g)     Inaugurated  Bhavishya Yaan  Programme on 24^th September, 2011 at 10.30  a.m Municipal Marathi School, Dixit Road, Vile Parle (East). In association with VIDYA, NGO Bhavishya Yaan is a skill  enhancement programme for underprivileged  children of Municipal Schools in Mumbai by imparting  conversational English, Computer skills, Soft skills and such other skills that would make them more capable of handling  the demanding challenges of higher education and  also to make  them  more self reliant. This is an ongoing project  for next three years.
h)     Co-hosted UDAAN – Interact Conference at Bhaidas Hall
i)       Granted Vocational Loan Scholarship to (11)  no. of students for Engineering & Vocational Courses totaling to Rs. 2,35,000/-

Bhavishya Yaan Project Launched Successfully !!

Rotary Club of Bombay West with support of Rotary Club of Bombay and Vidya (an NGO) has successfully launched "Bhavishya Yaan" Project at a Municipal School in Mumbai suburb.

Bhavishya Yaan is a skills enhancement programme for less privileged children studying at Municipal Schools acclaimed by Rotary International as the most innovative project in the field of literacy. We have implemented this programme at a school in Municipal School in Vile Parle East, Mumbai.

Under this programme, a batch of around 120 students are selected from the V to VII standard and given structured coaching for two years in conversational English, Computer Education and Soft Skills outside their regular school hours. Our Club has partnered with a widely acclaimed NGO, Vidya which has a track record of running educational institutes for the less-privileged. The computer classes will be conducted by Bhavan’s Gandhi Institute of Computer Education & IT.

Rotary Club of Bombay is assisting us in this project, having successfully implemented it across four Municipal Schools in South Mumbai. The students who were part of this initiative have generally improved their academic performance and have become either more employable or better equipped to face the demanding challenges of a fruitful higher education. Deserving and meritorious students have also been later given scholarships for further studies to make them realize their dreams of a better future.

Welcome....

Welcome to Rotary Club of Bombay West...

Rotary Club of Bombay West began its journey on 22nd April, 1954.. the first baby club of Rotary Club of Bombay which was then celebrating its silver jubilee. Since then, Rotary Club of Bombay West has been rendering selfless, dedicated and committed service to the cause of humanity through its extremely successful projects in various avenues of service including medical assistance, vocational enhancement, caring for differently abled, literacy, rural development , environment and women empowerment.

Affiliated to Rotary International’s District 3140, the Club has established Rotary Public Service Charitable Trust, a charitable organization with its own corpus to fund the Club’s community service projects. The Club is considered as one of the prestigious Clubs of Dist.3140, having won several accolades from the District as well as Rotary International for touching innumerous lives through its pioneering community projects over the years.

The Club, it true tradition of the Rotary Spirit, fathered seven Rotary Clubs in suburbs of Mumbai, thus contributing in spreading the rotary movement in the metropolis.