Monday 14 May 2012

Report for April 2012

Community Services continue unabated at Bombay West


Ø  On 8th April 2012 : Free  Eye Check up Camp.  Nearly 100 people took the benefit of the camp. Spectacles  were also provided to the needy people free of cost. 

Ø  On 15th April :  As lead host club the  Seminar on “Leadership Within” with other  Clubs  under the leadership of DGE Rtn. Bal Inamdar was held. Workshop was conducted by  Rtn. PP  Madhav Mohan and  Rtn. PP KCR Raja.  About 60 senior members including  incoming  President /Officers  attended.


Ø  Rotary Club of Bombay West in  collaboration - funding  from Rotary Club of  Yverdon-les Bains, Switzerland   alongwith  contribution from  Dist. 3140  Grant Funds has undertaken   to construct two check dams at (1)  Haloli Satavipada, Taluka Palghar and (2)   Savare Taluka Palghar.  We have successfully completed  one check dam and one is under construction.  On 18th April, 2012, Rtn. PP Dr. Ramesh Vaswani of R.C. Yverdon-les-Bains  alongwith  15  Rotarians  visited the site and inaugurated  the check dam which is completed. 

Ø  On 21st April – 58th Charter Nite of our Club was celebrated at Hotel  Palmgrove, Juhu with Ghazal programme as a tribute to Ghazal Maestro  Jagjit Singh, Presentation of Lifetime Achievement  Award to our Senior Rtn. Madhu Narang and felicitation of  Golden Jubilee Wedding   Anniversary Rotarian Couples  with cake cutting  where  our Past Presidents were present . 

Ø  On 28th April :  Lifetime Achievement Award  was presented to Rtn. PP Ramesh Oza  for his valuable contribution in the field  of Audiology  to some of the leading hospitals in Mumbai and especially to KDN Shruti School for the hearing impaired students.  This Award was presented to Rtn. PP Ramesh Oza at the hands of  Major General Ian Cardozo,  who is Chairman of  Rehabilitation of Handicapped  on Central Govt., Delhi and he specially came to present this award.