ROTARY CLUB OFQUILON WEST END

Club No: 62620 Zone: XIII Vol. XII Issue: 9

21Aug.2014

21Aug.2014

THE FIRST 100% PHF CLUB IN RI DIST 3211

We meet on every THURSDAY at 8.15pm at Crowther Masonic HallEmail ID : quilonwestend@gmail.com www.facebook.com/quilonwestend.rotary

RI President Dist. Governor

Gary C.K. Huang K.S. Sasikumar

District Seminar on MembershipDevelopment- A Huge Success

TODAY -Weekly Meeting

RI President Gary Huang honored

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District Governor K.S.Sasikumar inaugurating the Seminar.

The tireless efforts put in by Rtn Thomas Vavanikkunnel, Organizing Committee Chairman of the District Seminar on Membership Development and his team of committed Rotarians, bore fruits as the seminar proved a tremendous success in terms of registration, contents, ambience , food and entertainment.

The ambience at Water Ripples, Kumarakom was spectacular. This marvellous resort on the shore of Vembanadu Lake, a blend of heritage style and modern facilities, was the right venue for the 936 delegates to experience the most sought-after atmosphere. The speeches were impressive, particularly that of the Chief Guest PDG C. Bhaskar. The food served was sumptuous and entertainment mind boggling. The Chief Guest in his humour-packed speech, touched upon almost all the aspects of

RI President Gary Huang was honored with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Taiwan Insurance Association in recognition of his distinguished career and outstanding contributions to the insurance industry in Taiwan on Monday, 18th August. The award was handed out by the Vice President Wu Den-Yih of ROC.

Independence Day at the adopted school

Our Club celebrated India's 68th Independence Day at our adopted school, Govt L.P.School, Mundakkal East.

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Editor : MPHF Y.S. Prakashsalisindhu@yahoo.com

Associate Editor : PHF Arjun Ashok

President : PHF Deepak S.Imm.PP & General Coordinator : MPHF Viju V.President Elect : PHF Dr. Saji M.T.Vice President : MPHF Anzar M.A.Secretary : PHF S. MuraleedharanTreasurer : PHF ReninJoint Secretary : PHF PrasanthSergeant-at-arms : PHF Nevin PereiraAddl Sergeant-at-arms : PHF PradeepClub Trainer : MPHF Saravana Sekhar

Club Administration : PHF Ajit KumarMembership : MPHF Varkey JacobService Projects : PHF Dr. RiyazPublic Relations : MPHF Praveen S. DevThe Rotary Foundation : MPHF Philomene Antony

PDG Major Donor K.P.Ramachandran NairPDG Major Donor Dr G.A.GeorgeMPHF P. AlphonseMPHF P.A.SubramonianPHF S.Salim

CHAIRMEN

ADVISORS

BEST CLASS TEAM 2014-15Editor's messageDear friends,The vision of the India of future is of a country where e ve r y c h i l d h a s e q u a l opportunities, where disparities in levels of living are minimal, where everyone can hold one's head high. Our citizens should be able to live a life free of

destitution, discrimination , fear and hunger. As we are on to the 67th year of independence, it is our duty to complete the task which we have not been able to finish in the past 67 years.Here comes the relevance of the voluntary service organizations like Rotary. The Rotary movement came to India in 1919. Since then it has grown through the length and breadth of the country. As the members of the world's oldest and the most prestigious service organization, it is our commitment to review what Rotary has done to our society during the last nine decades. We always remember it with pride that Rotary stands second to none for humanitarian services rendered to the downtrodden fellowmen of our country.MPHF YS PrakashWord by word meaning of our National Anthem

jana = Peoplegana = groupmana = mindadhinayaka= leaderjaya he = victory beBharata = IndiaBhagya = DestinyVidata = DisposerPunjaba = PunjabSindhu = IndusGujaratha = GujaratMaratha = MaharastraDravida = the southUtkala = OrissaBanga = BengalVindhya = vindhyasHimachala = HimalayasYamuna = YamunaGanga = GangesUchala = MovingJaladhi = oceanTaranga = wavesTava = yoursShubha = auspiciousnaame = name

jage = awakentava = yourshubha = auspiciousaashisha = blessingsmaage = askgaahe = singtava = yourjaya = victorygatha = songjana = peoplegana = groupmangala = good fortunedayaka = giverjaya he = victory beBharata = IndiaBhagya = destinyVidata = dispenserJaya he, jaya he, jaya he,Jaya jaya jaya jaya he = victory, victory, victory, victory forever.

Membership Development. He reiterated the point that A MEMBER RETAINED IS A MEMBER ADDED. He pointed out four major factors contributing to the membership loss-WEAK CLUB LEADERSHIP, E C O N O M I C S I T U AT I O N , W E A K C L U B PROGRAMMES AND COMMUNITY SITUATION. He specifically mentioned a very important point- 90 PER CENT OF ROTARIANS HAVE NEVER INTRODUCED A NEW MEMBER TO ROTARY.The seminar was inaugurated by District Governor K.S.Sasikumar. In his inaugural address the DG exhorted his fellow Rotarians to LIGHT UP ROTARY by increasing the club membership so as to achieve the membership goal set by RI President- 1.3 million on 30 June 2015.District Trainer PDG Prof. K.Udayakumar , spoke about Regional Membership Development Plan and RI Awards. PDG R.Reghunath spoke on Rotary Club Central , while PDG Dr Babu Chacko e l a b o r a t e d o n t h e n e w S A R . P D G K.P.Ramachandran Nair, PDG George Mathew, PDG Scaria Jose Kattoor, and DGE C.Luke chaired various sessions.President Deepak Somarajan, Secretary S.Muraleedharan, IPP Viju Vijayarajan, senior Rtn A.Satheesan and Rtn Arjun Ashok attended the seminar.

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1800 race the train

At a grand function organized at the school, and presided over by Rtn M.Ajit Kumar, who incidentally is the patron of the school, and inaugurated by Shri Prasannakumar, the Corporation Councillor of Mundakkal East, our Club, joining hands with the Inner Wheel Club of Quilon West End, carried out a few service projects. The projects included the Rotary Nutrition Project of providing milk to all students and the distribution of uniforms, umbrellas and shoes to all students. Earlier, the school honoured the current leaders of the Club in the presence of a good gathering which included present and past councillors, parents, teachers, students and many prominent personalities of the locality. From our Club, besides the President, Secretary and Treasurer, PP YS Prakash, his sister Jikky and his nephew, Inner Wheel Club President Parvathy Deepak, Sindhu Prakash, Jayaree Ajit Kumar and Rotary Annet Varsha Prakash attended the function.

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Bulletin release

More than 1,800 runners from all over the world took part in the 33rd annual Race the Train challenge in Tywyn, cheered on by thousands of spectators. Organised by the Rotary Club of Tywyn since 1983, participants run alongside the Talyllyn railway line trying to beat the train along a route of either 10 kilometres, five miles, three miles or the Rotary Challenge of 14 miles.

The event is a must for all multi terrain runners and many return year after year to try and beat their time or beat the train or both. The challenge raises thousands of pounds for Tywyn Rotary Club which distributes it to good causes. This year's official race charity is Action for Children and money raised will also be donated to local good causes such as schools and sports clubs, Rotary's campaign to end polioand ShelterBox, which provides survival kits to people in disaster relief zones.

Financial Assistance to a tribal student

As part of the Club's Community Service Project, our Club gave a financial assistance of Rs 12,200/- to Prabhakaran, a former tribal student of our adopted school, for assisting him to continue his education. Our Club received this amount from a charitable organization 'Children of Kerala, UK'., through the joint efforts put in by Rtn M.Ajit Kumar and Rtn Martin from U.K.

Western Breeze joins all the members of the West End family in expressing sincere gratitude to 'Children of Kerala, UK', and Rtn Martin and also in appreciating the efforts put in by PHF M.Ajit Kumar for this project

Published by President PHF Deepak Somarajan, Edited by MPHF and Associate Editor PHF Arjun, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Quilon West End. For private and restricted circulation only. Printed at Don Bosco,Kollam

Y.S. Prakash

District Seminar on Membership Development

District Governor's inaugural address The continuing milk project being inaugurated

Keynote address by PDG C.Bhaskar Study materials being distributed

VIPs on the dais

Cheque for nutrition program being handed over

Our members at the seminar

Thursday Night Humour

Missing PersonA distraught wife wen to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing.The police asked for a description of the missing man.His wife described him as 6' 4" tall, dark wavy hair, athletic build, weighs about 180 and very friendly and soft-spoken.The nieghbor interrupted. "But he's 5' 8", overweight, bald and is very loud and obnoxious.The wife sighed. "Yes, but who wants HIM back."

AUGUST - MEMBERSHIP MONTH

Community Service at the adopted school