AURUM- a treasure hunt for charity.

AURUM – a treasure hunt for charity

The Rotaract Club of Hyderabad East organized their signature fund raiser AURUM on October 24h 2010.Aurum is a city wide treasure hunt conducted annually by the club. 2010 being the 3rd consecutive year Aurum is being conducted. Though on the day before the event the city witnessed heavy rainfall, this did not dampen the spirit of the members or the participants. Sunday morning witnessed a successful event and thus was a bright day for the Rotaract Club of Hyderabad East.

The concept underlying the treasure hunt is very simple. Each team consists of four participants. The teams are given clues that lead to the various checkpoints in the twin cities and a list of treasures which they have to collect on the way. The team to reach maximum number of correct checkpoints and collect the treasures within the least time wins.

The starting point was Jalavihar, necklace road. The participants arrived by 10:30 am. The members handled registrations and refreshments for all participants. There were participants of all age groups. The 1st flag off was done by the President of the club for the year 2010, Ms. Kedari Reddy at 11am. There were a total of 57 cars and nearly 235 people who took part in this event. At 12 pm when the last team left, all the members proceeded to the end spot, Blend located in Jubilee Hills.

As the participants were cracking the clues, the members rushed to the end point to make arrangements for evaluation of results. At 1 pm after the clues were decoded and treasures were collected cars started arriving at the end point. Every team reached the end with great enthuse and anxiousness about the results. While the results were being compiled by the members, the participants enjoyed music and refreshments. As the result time came closer, the anxiousness grew. When team number 11 was announced the winner, their cheers bought the roof down. There were prizes worth eighty thousand.

Aurum was successful and the club’s message was also conveyed. Aurum is the annual fund raiser of the club; thus the proceeds towards this event go towards various community service projects. It was also the participant’s way of contributing to the society as they have fun. The member efforts towards making this event successful were highly credible.

We congratulate the Rotaract Club of Hyderabad East on the success of its event and
wish it good luck for all further endeavours.