YEARLY REPORT LADIES CIRCLE INDIA 2017-18

YEARLY REPORT LADIES CIRCLE INDIA 2017-18 Presidents Theme : Spreading Happiness Through Friendship & Service

National PresidentCr. Veda Bestin

National Vice PresidentCr. Namrata Shenoy

National SecretaryCr. Nidhi Gupta

National TreasurerCr. Shivani Gupta

National Immediate Past President

Cr. Prachi Agarwal

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Ever dearest Friends at Ladies Circle International ,

Happy Greetings from all of us at Ladies Circle India. True to our National Presidents' Theme the year 2017-18

has truly been a year of SPREADING HAPPINESS THROUGH FRIENDSHIP & SERVICE. Our circles have been well

led by Happy Chairpersons to achieve a 360 degree of circling and thus accomplishing Happiness and learning

through all facets of circling .

It gives me immense pride and pleasure to take you through this Happy Journey of ours where we have Spread

Happiness and Made A Difference Through Acts Of Kindness.

The year 2017 with 113 circles and are happy to state we have had 11 new Circles inaugurated. Out of

these 11 circles 9 circles have been Chartered

STALC 151 Hyderabad , VVLC 152 Vadodara , HPLC 153 Hyderabad , BALC 154 Bilaspur, BILC 155

Bengaluru , KELC 156 Kolkatta , SLC 157 Shillong, GGLC 158 Guwahati, GCLC 159 Guwahati , GMLCLC

160 Gurgaon and 1 more Charter is stated to happen in the city of Agra before 30th of June 2018. Our

family has been growing by leaps and bounds.

▪Active number of circles are 122 as on date.

▪LC is present in 60 cities and 20 states wherein 3 are new cities that have been added under our

wing this year

EXTENSIONS

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CHARITYa)This year our National Project Convenors came with a rather interesting concept for executing our

stprojects. The “Happy Chain Project”started on 1 August where everyday one circle did the same project- DONATION OF RICE BUCKETS'. They kept it simple i.e. minimum 5kg rice donation but most of

stthe circles have taken it to new heights. The chain remained almost unbroken, starting from LC 1 on 1

stAugust to LC 151 on 21 November.

After the success of HAPPY CHAIN 1 we had the HAPPY CHAIN 2 which was another round of projects this time relating to Education. b)PROJECTS :

:Jan de Moij Area wise donation of Sports equipments-Executed by all 14 areas in the month of November, involving all circles in the area jointly.: NATIONAL SWATCHH BHARAT ABHIYAN DAY –Clean India project: TAARE ZAMEEN PAR- Painting Competition For The Disabled : TOILET BLOCK Construction: Cleft Surgeries: Blood Donation Camp: Child Abuse Prevention Day : Go Green Projects : Limb Donation: School Bags Donated In Adopted Schools : Joy Of Giving Week-christmas Day Projects: Smart Classrooms Installed In Government Schools: Blanket Donation To The Needy On Streets: Benches Donated Under Tools For Schools : Ambrosia Project-food ATMs : Construction Of Classrooms

HAIR DONATION DRIVE

One of our endeavors towards the cancer patients to help them with hope, prayer & lifting up their spirits by donation of Wigs. Partnering with Cherian foundation to donate atleast 50 Wigs to Adayar Cancer Institute Patients costing more than Rs 1.5L. We had our circlers , past circlers & even twinklers donating their beautiful tresses for the cause.

We are very proud to have witnessed the maximum number of joint projects among the circles across India .This shows the team spirit & passion for coming together for a common cause. We also thank all the donors for providing the necessary funds to reach out to the needy community.

We have Spread Happiness in lives of many and it gives me immense satsifaction and pride in stating that our Total Worth of Projects executed have crossed ₹15 crores which

is approximately €1875000 Euros.

Concrete help with direct imapct: Little Darshit before and after surgery.

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FELLOWSHIPFellowship is the essence of circling. With our theme of Celebrations fellowships have been at a total high this year with circles covering more than 5,000 fellowship acivities.Various themes planned by our National fellowship convenor such as Star studded night, fireworks fellowship, glitter and sparkles, sunrise, babies, celebrate new beginnings ,be you, tri color friendship, BFFs, girls time out, friendship with shopping spree, cycling ,dance, chocolicious fellowship and so on.

▪ Q1 September- was the biggest fellowship in the National AGM at Coimbatore which saw over 400 circlers coming together for business sessions and Night fellowships.

▪ Photography Contest - A Pan India Competition testing the Photography Skills of Circlers was a big hit. The competition was judged by a professional photographer and the winners were given framed copies of their winning entries at our 2nd NEx Board meeting.

▪ Q2 November- 25 circlers enjoyed the National Fellowship Express at The Happiest country in world “BHUTAN” .It was more than a 3 days event with only fun and excitement with trekking and fun activities like the Bolly D dance session and a meditation session, sightseeing and circlers came traveling from long distance across India all over from East, West, North and South of India to enjoy the memorable most waited fellowship tour of the year.

▪ Q3 January- Over 100 Circlers arrived in the city of Chennai for the Olymkiks, the Sports CARNIVAL which had sports like Cricket for tablers, badminton, throw ball, tennis and other sports which had over 100 circlers and 350 tablers enjoying the 3 night extravaganza. It was the first ever fellowship MTM which was attended by 48 circlers. Along with this the RT & LC Indian Idol A singing competition was held for the tablers, circlers and children with over 425 as our fraternity as audience!! 25 participants were selected at competitions held at the area level and professional singers judged the show!

▪ The Valentines day Poetry Competition saw our circlers putting forward their literary talent to good use sending us romantic odes about the good times and romantic moments in their lives.

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TWINKLERS

PUBLICITY

Ours is a Family Organisation and we make sure our tiny tots are a part of all that we do. For our little twinklers our Twinkler Convenor has themes planned for every quarter which took them All Around The World. With a theme of “ Around The World “ the quarterly initiatives had quizzes and HRD’s planned on different regions of the world. The Twinklers enjoyed cooking and tasting different cuisines , learning about different cultures and practicing arts of regions all around the world.

-Our Twinklers did their own bit of Charity through the Piggy Bank Projects wherein twinklers of each area got together to do Joint Area Projects.

-Articles by Twinklers and Achievements of our bright twinklers were put togetehr for a twinklers E-magazine. - Twinklers Photography Contest for MOM’s and SON’s and DAD’S and DAUGHTER’S was a super hit as we received more than 200 entries from all across.

Community service does not involve glitz and glamour and it is

never easy to get publicity for these works. But the circlers of LC

India have left no stone unturned to get every bit of publicity that

our organization deserves.

It is heartening to witness the publicity through mega events like

pinkathon, and countless number of fundraisers, marathons,

cyclathons, rallies and other events.

Most of the publicity has been achieved in the name of Ladies

Circle India which shows the strength of our organization as a

whole. Use of a uniform name, logo and banners has given us an

added mileage in publicity.

Wherever circlers have gone, they have flaunted the name of LC

India with pride and passion. Print and social media has been abuzz

with our name and publicity in television and radio has been high.

Publicity is inseparable from everything we do… A bow to all the

circlers across India to get people talking about us and our work.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

CORPORATE ALLIANCE & SPONSORSHIP:

:This year One of the major tie-Ups Of LC India was Pinkathon , a nationally popular marathon event run

by celebrity actor Milind Soman, across India at 8 major locations with huge participation, Publicity,

helping the underprivileged children with shoes to run & also a great platform where we raised funds !

:Creating a change - one step at a time -3800 Kms walkathon by Crossbow Association was equally

special to us !

:The Happiness wall - simple ways of donating the clothes for the needy with LC branding surely made

the news & popularity across India

: LC India tied up with HOH a US based company to install a E2E program of Burlington English Program

for children to improvise on their pronunciations, spellings, writing grammar and conversation in

English. HOH encourages children to learn in a fun and interactive manner. The program was initiated at

ATMS a poor school in Bengaluru , with 550 students and program was spear headed by Roopashree

teacher of ATMS.

The entire team has worked relentlessly for the past six months battling through obstacles and hurdles

related to legal issues and their labour has finally paid off. Academic results show that English scores

have gone from 32% to now an average 92% and the E2E students have also excelled in other subjects

as their confidence level, enhanced comprehension and creative thinking skills have increased.

With this huge success rate, we have recieved additional funding to benefit more students from HOH,

US .

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HRD & LAPD

BOARD MEETINGS

NExT- National Executive Training had 36 national board members attending a 2 night and 2 days well chalked out Training Programme especially chalked out for the incoming board for the year ahead.

CExT- Circling Executive Training was held in all 13 areas for preparing new headboards of the circle for the year.

COP - Circle Orientation Programme was held by expereinced and seasoned circlers for circles all across which gave them an indepth view into the day-today know how of circling

NLC - National Leadership Conclave 32 participants shaping our future leaders - 8 circlers attended at the conclave held in the city of Hyderabad

Key To Happiness - Short stories on Positive living and Insight into day to day life experiences were shared by our Honorary Circlers every month.

st1 NEx meeting held on 01 July 2017 in Goa .

nd2 NEx meeting held on 23 September 2017 at Coimbatore with 1st Trust & Finance Meeting.

rd nd3 NEx meeting held on 5 January 2018 with 2 Trust and Finance meeting at Chennai.

3rd Trust &Finance meeting alonf with A Review Meeting with the Headboard were held on 4th

April 2018 at Chennai.

4th Trust & Finance Meeting will be held on 12th of July 2018 at Lucknow.

th4 NEx meeting will be held on 13th of July 2018 at Lucknow.

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1st NExTheme:Lilac

2nd NExTheme:Chocolicious

3rd NExTheme: B&W Checks

YEARLY REPORT LADIES CIRCLE INDIA 2017-18

ODYSSEY CELEBRATIONS AT 49th NATIONAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

LADIES CIRCLE - where little girls with dreams become women with visions! Our illustrious organisation was born in COIMBATORE as LC 1 in 1969, as a result of the hard work and passion of the wives of Tablers of Coimbatore RT 9. The NAGM in the birth place of Ladies Circle was therefore the perfect opportunity to pay our respects and tribute to the visionaries. Thus was incepted 'ODYSSEY- Salute To Our Legends.'

Our Past Presidents were given a befitting memento by our Happy President Cr. Veda Bestin - the tricolour Jewel with their Picture, Name, Year and their theme for the year as President of LC India and a personalised note for each of them. Our Past Presidents, in turn, made a generous contribution towards the LC India Trust for our E2E projects.

It was a privilege to have our charter President Mrs.Sashi Gulati and all 3 Past Presidents of LC International from India, Mrs. Sabita Chandran, Mrs. Ashwini Surendar and Mrs. Seetha Venkatesh with us. Our stalwarts are no less than any women achievers in our country, and this was beautifully depicted in the AV presentation portraying the glorious 5 decades of our movement! Odyssey was indeed a star-studded event, inspiring us to pick up our wings and soar high, and yet remain connected to the roots of the organisation! It was a perfect celebration of the very essence of Circling - Friendship and Service!

LCI Conference 2017 – Crossing Boundaries · 12 circlers from LC India attended the conference at

Sonderburg Denmark.· Feather in our cap for receiving the charity March Trophy · Happy that a new region, the APAC region was formed

during this conference and LC India bid for the 1st ever LCI APAC region MTM and will be hosting it in Feb 2019 in Kolkata,India.

* Project done a RTI world meet with circlers of Ladies circle Estonia.*Ladies circle India personally invited ladies circle Sri Lanka for our 1st APAC region MTM happening in February 2019 at Kolkata .Handed over a handmade card and a friendship basket of Indian delicacies❖ LC India Proud & Happy that Our IPP Cr.Prachi took over as

the LCI Treasurer for 2017-19❖ 6 CIRCLERS have registered for the International Conference

2019 - Haugesand❖

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NP Cr. Veda Bestin along with IPP Prachi attended the Charter ceremony of LC Sri Lanka

NVP Cr. Namrata attended the MTM at Luxembourg

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

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As part of the President Visit, this year being specially dedicated towards Happiness, National PresidentCr.Veda, visited all the circles individually , not combining the circles as Joint meets.

She also interacted with every floor circler about her Circling journey.This was an effort to build a strong foundation with the basics of Circling & rekindle their passion.

She also awarded Happiness Star Pin almost 100 Circlers, Past Circlers & Tablers , for being the Ambassadors for Spreading Happiness !

PRESIDENTS VISIT

On the whole, to sum up, it was a year filled with Unlimited Happiness, Positivity , Very Satisfying, Complimenting , Sharing, Caring , Building relationships &Most importantly touching & changing lives Through Friendship &Service .

Signing off with immense and joy and pride On behalf of All of Us at Ladies Circle India

LMF Cr.Veda Bestin LMF Cr.Nidhi Gupta National President National Secretary Ladies Circle India 2017-18

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