Report 2011 - 2012

                               

In 2011, starting of the year with the new board, we first held recruitment to help us achieve our new goals set for the year. On July 31^th, at Gymkhana Club, opposite to KBR Park, we held the recruitment. Launching it at 10am, we started off with Group Discussion, then Team Stimulation and after with Personal Interviews. Including elimination at each round, it went on till 3pm. At the end of the day out of 32 people that came to be recruited, 17 enthusiastic people made it to be our new members of the club. 

On August 14^th, we decided to formally invite our newest recruits officially into the club. Knowing to do this we decided to hold Ice Breakers at one of our members’ house.  Where our new members can comfortably get acquainted with our old members, through some different games we planned for them. Also during the session we presented in detail to what sort of work we have done in the past and the projects we have planned for the year coming along. Getting a positive feedback from new recruits about our session, we were delighted that they had fun and learn more about our club.

August 28^th, we held installation for our new board and members at Hotel Grand Seasons, Shivam Road at 5:30pm. The president of Rotaray Club of Hyderabad East, Ravi Sreenivas Rao was present for the Ceremony. The new members were welcomed with great enthusiasm into our club. The installation ceremony was followed by a delightful dinner.  

In October we had our hands full with the project in association with SMILE.  We associated with SMILE foundation to sell fire crackers for Diwali. We sold about 16,500ruppees worth of fire crackers.  This small project was very successful.  Also in October our club actively participated in the Joy of Giving Week from October 2^nd to October 8^th.  On October 3^rd our members spent the day with the children for the disabled at Ranigunj, located in Secunderabad. While we organized lunch and different games for the children, we also distributed clothes for the kids and different stationary items and also for the girls we gifted bangles.

 On October 4^th, we went to visit Cherish, an orphanage in Gudimalkapur. Cherish is a grass-root level orphanage started solely by a lady who help to nurture the lives of kids from the streets. We spent the second day of Joy of Giving Week at Cherish, where the children showcased their talents by singing, dancing, and telling us different types of stories. We later organized and played different types of games such as, “Simon Says”, Passing-the-Parcel, Cricket and Jump Roping. After we individually distributed packed snack boxes to each child including of a juice box, a slice of cake, a veggie puff, and a couple of biscuits.

October 5^th, we had a trip to an old age home located in Secundrabad. We sang different kinds of song putting our hearts into it, surprisingly later as we kept singing on the others started to join us and sing with us. It was such a wonderful experience knowing that such little things can makes you smile and spread a smile across others as well. Bonding while the singing, we spent a deal of time with them, having a great day in the form of music. 

With out knowing the week has gone by so quickly, the last two remaining days October 7^th and 8^th, we participated in the Karma Yoga Seva Mela. It was held in the Zorastrian Club at Begumpet. The mela was basically for visitors to interact with around 60 different NGOs that were there to understand their work and anticipation. We also kept a stall at the mela for both days. Also during these both days we had a signature campaign to spead awareness about polio eradication. We successfully managed to achieve 412 signatures in two days. Knowing that Joy of Giving Week was a success for our club.

           Next month on November 6^th, we had our first fellowship at one of the members’ house. Celebrating the success of Joy of the Giving Week, we had a very fun evening with all the members getting together. We played a few different games such as Tambola. That evening was followed by dinner.  Due to exams in December we didn’t get to work on any projects.

But in 2012, January 7^th, we had our New Year celebration at AGAPE. We took cake and snakes for the children there. We spent the day interacting with them, singing different songs and dancing around. At the end of the day we had a small interaction session where member guided each child who appeared for their 10^th board exams. 

On February 25^th, we volunteered for Child Reach International at Lakshanika International School. Child Reach International India proposes to facilitate an interactive platform for the children – My School, My Voice – at few reputed schools in the twin cities of Hyderabad. My School, My Voice strives to provide an opportunity for school children to stimulate and provoke thoughts and actively participate in social actions; and make a proactive and positive difference to self and other children around them. It aims to provide a space for children to feel, express and be listen to – an opportunity often overlooked. 

From March 3^rd to March 16^th, we started our next project called Silver Lining. Where we successfully organized scribes for students at Sai Junior College for the blind for their intermediate board exams. We managed to find 75 different scribes for each day. The project was very successful. 

          Also in March Aurum ’12 took place. AURUM is a signature event done by our club. Where we had 65 cars participating in the Treasure Hunt. Where we raised 1.2 lacks from the event. We had the actor Arvind Krishna give away the prizes worth 70,000rupees. 

In May, we held a medical camp in Mahalingapuram. This is the second year for the medical camp, with collaboration with Care Hospital. We had five doctors and six support staff sent to Mahalingapuram for the medical camp. They conduced check up on 298 patients from 11am up to 4pm. We also distributed medicine to the patients as per requirements.