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Madras South- 50 Years of Golden Service

Saturday 27 October 2018

Mazhalai Oli, the district Diwali celebrations for underpriviledged children




27th Oct – Mazhalai Oli, the district Diwali celebrations for underpreviledged children. Many thanks to our member Rajalakshmi Narayan for donating 900 packs of biscuits for the children

Wednesday 24 October 2018

Providing Sathumavvu to Prema Vasam Porur- Oct 2018

We provided physically and mentally challenged children of Premavasam with 25 kgs of Sathumaavu and diapers







Fans Donation to Government Primary School - Pattur Village Near Mangadu- Oct 2018

We donated 3 ceiling fans to a Govt Primary school at Pattur village near Mangadu and also snacks to children on 24 Oct 2018  Cost of Rs 4500/-







Wednesday 17 October 2018

Minutes of the 4th GB Meeting 17 Oct 2018


Minutes of the 4th  GB Meeting 




No of GB Meet   - 4

Date  & Time  - 17th October, 11 am to 2 pm

Venue – Anjana’s Residence

No of members present - 18

The meeting commenced with Innerwheel Prayer after Treasurer  Vasanthi collared President Shila Krishnan.


Projects planned  for the coming month:

1.      6 tables and 25 chairs to be donated to BIRD old age home at a total cost of Rs.25000/-. Rajeena and Kalarani helped in purchasing them. Anjana arranged and sponsored the  transportation to Acharabakkam.
2.      3 celing fans to be donated to Govt. School in Pattur at a total cost of Rs.4500/-
3.      Rs. 5000/- to be donated to Prema Vasam for 3months supply of Sathu Mavu to the children. Shila and Gayathri will visit Prema Vasam to hand over the same. Appeal made for members’ contribution to continue the supply on a monthly basis
4.      CLCC Anjana would arrange for 16 laptops donated by Rotary Club 10 of which would be given to Govt. School, Pattur and 6 to Middle school, Royapettah.
5.      Anjana has identified Royapettah Corporation School for the Happy School project.
6.      Visit to Leprosy home, Vellore planned on Nov 12th where 50 pairs of shoes and 100 cotton towels are to be donated
7.      Proposal given to donate play equipments to Children Garden School, Sholinganallur

Important dates to remember

o   27th Oct – Mazhalai Oli, the district Diwali celebrations for underpreviledged children. Many thanks to our member Rajalakshmi Narayan for donating 900 packs of biscuits for the children
o   28th Nov – The official Chairman’s visit to our club. Venue- Gandhi Nagar Club
o   6th Dec – District Conference at ITC Grand Chola
o   The triennial will be held in Pune in 2019
o   The internation convention is planned to held in 2020 in Jaipur

Our club’s Executive Committee next year.

The following names are unanimously nominated

President – Sandhya
Vice-President – Jothi
Secretary – Dipanyita
Treasurer – Vasanthi
ISO  - Rajeena
Joint Secretary – Nira
Programs – Vanitha
Community – Sunitha B
CLCC – Anjana

-          Members wished the Birthday babies of October and President Shila gifted  a rose plant  to those who were present.
o   4th October – Renu Maheswari
o   12th October - Sridevi
o   13th October – Girija
o   15th October – Kasthuri
o   !8th October – Sunitha
o   18th   October – Vijaya Thayanban
o    24th   October – Veena Kannan

-          A warm welcome to the new member Ms. Archana Devi who joined our club this month. PDC Shanthi Kannan pinned and inducted her. Ms.Archana is a motivational speaker. She has already addressed the children of Royapettah Corporation School on our cliub’s project.

-          Special speaker  Lakshmi Sivakumar, Naturopathist gave us a                                          talk on how to keep fit and maintain our muscle and nerve health with simple exercises.

-          After the proceedings of the meet we all had loads of fun  with  games and dance by our members

-          Host Anjana had a small kolu of Indian and International dolls in this Navarathri season

-          A sumptuous and delicious home made lunch provided by our host Anjana was enjoyed by all

-          President Shila thanked Anjana and her lovely daughter Jhanvi for all the arrangement and their hospitality.




Friday 12 October 2018

3rd EC Meeting - 12 Oct 2018


Minutes of the 3rd EC  Meeting
No of Meeting       -   3
Date                          12th October  2018
Venue                     -   Shila’s Residence 
Time                        - 11 am
No. of attendees   -  9

Projects planned for the month were discussed
·        Bird Old Age Home
o    It was decided to donate 6 tables costing Rs 2,800 each approximately and 25 chairs around Rs 400 each.
o   Total budget allotted for this was Rs 30,000.
o   The tables and chairs are to be given to them next week
o   Anjana said she would arrange for the transportation of the chairs and tables to the Home
o   It has been decided to make Royapettah boys School into a Happy School
o   For this toilets and class rooms have to be repaired and sports equipment provided
o   Approximate budget will have to be finalized
o   A resolution will have to be passed in the next GB meeting to allow the transfer of some funds from the Fixed Deposit to the Charity account to fund this project.
o    A transfer of about Rs 1.8 lakhs from the Fixed Deposit of Rs 9.8 lakhs is being planned
·        Panchayat Union Lower School in Pattur
o   3 ceiling fans costing about Rs 10,000 to be provided for the school
o   President Shila will arrange to buy and deliver it before the GB meeting
·         Prema Vasan
o   Sattu mavu to be provided for  3-4 months at a cost of Rs 1500 per month

·         16 Laptops to be distributed when it comes 
o    10 for Pattur High School
o   And 6 for Royapettah High school
o   Anjana is  following this up with Rotary Club

·        Vellore Leprosy Hospital
o   Foot wear to be donated to the patients
o   100  towels also  to be distributed to them
o   These towels would be purchased at a cost of Rs 45-50 per towel. PDC Sita will take care of this
o   Sandhya will donate 100 apples for the 50 inpatients
o   A trip to the Leprosy Hospital in Vellore has been planned for 12th November.
o   Members interested in joining the project will need to give their names in advance so that transport arrangements can be made

·        Childrens Garden School
o   An appeal has come from the school for help in constructing library, wash stations, toilets, compound wall, football court and basket ball field
o   Inner Wheel Club South has agreed to help them

Other issues discussed were :
·        Funds available
o   Treasurer Vasanthi confirmed that Rs 1,80,000 is available in the charity account

·        Chairman’s visit
o   This is being planned at Gandhi Nagar Club at 3pm on November 28th
o   Prior to this, an EC meeting will be held at Shila’s house  to plan for the visit. The  date for Chairman’s EC meeting  is confirmed for  15th November 2018.
o   The Chairman will be introduced through a Harikatha kind of song sung by Girija, instead of the usual introduction
o   One informal meeting will take place to practice and finalise this before the Chairmans EC  meeting
o   The Chairman wants the President to provide a report of the projects done so far.
o   So the Leprosy Home and the Royapettah Boys Happy School Project will have to be completed before November 28th
·        The names of the Executive Committee members for next year were tentatively discussed
o    These will be finalized post a resolution passed in the next GB meeting
·        District Conference on 6th Dec 2018
o    Chairman Kala Rajsekhar wants 100% attendance
o   A fee of Rs 1500 will have to be collected from attendees during the next GB meeting
·        The names of the District EC Committee selected were announced
o   President  - Nalini Olivannan - 
o   Vice President  - Usha Saraogi     -     
o   Association Council ( AC)  member – Kala Rajasekhar
o   Secretary -  Arasi Ponmozhi
o   Treasurer – Arathi Narayanan
o   ISO  - Kamala Selvam
o   Editor – Sugeetha Vumiti
o   ESO – Anuradha karthik
·        The meeting adjourned at 12.30 pm followed by lunch.
President                                                                                       Secretary

Shila Krishnan                                                                            Umasree Raghunath