Issue : 26Vol. : 33 01-01-2014Date : Pages : 04

Bhandavyotsava-2013

All roads led to Oval grounds on Sunday, the venue wore a festive look thanks to the hard work by many Rotarians and tasteful deck up by CAVA students with infrastructure support by Azim. Many stalls were arranged at strategic places. The mammoth crowd started swelling well before 9am. More than 1200 people relished the morning breakfast served by Sathya Sai Seva Trust. As the centre stage buzzed with busy bodies, participants and their caretakers started to assemble around. Chief guest of the day Dr.Malathi Holla with her electrifying smiles and contagious positive attitude mingled with the assembled kids. She was beaming with smiles and confidence. Assistant Governor Rtn.Dr.M.N.Bheemesh was the guest of Honor. Pres ident Rtn.Bhanuchandran, Secretary R t n . D r . P r a h l a d , E v e n t C h a i r m a n Rtn.R.S.Vishwanath, Community service director Rtn.A.N.Aiyanna and all the Rotarians were seen frantically moving to ensure smooth flow of events.

Rtn.Vishwa explained the significance of the event and how the event took its new avatar, added features of entertainment was to ensure that all participants and their caretakers would enjoy the day long program. Rtn.Dr.Prahlad introduced the illustrious chief guest of the day in his inimitable style. After inaugurating the event by releasing colorful bal loons chief guest of the day, international athlete Dr.Malathi Holla lauded the

efforts of parents and caretakers for their efforts, she particularly mentioned the role of a mother and lauded her efforts.

Participants from more than 20 different schools came in huge numbers, weeks of meticulous planning paid off as systems took care of the smooth functioning of the programs. After the inaugurals, specially abled children were in for a different kind of experience. There were stalls offering fun games ably handled by volunteers of Soften (Infosys), mouth watering masala puri, groundnuts, ice cream (sponsored by Joy Icecream), sugarcane juice, tea-biscuits and not to forget the blaring “drum beats” (tamate). The stalls buzzed with activity while volunteers from Infosys handled the games efficiently. Interactors & volunteers lent their valuable support all thru. Volunteers from RCC Vinyas played a crucial role as they handled the information centre providing valuable information on Government schemes for specially abled. ….continued in page 3

January is Rotary Awareness month - emphasizing the importance of Rotary information to club members and awareness of Rotary in the community

R o t a r y M i d t o w n A c a d e m y celebrates School day on 3rd Jan 2014. MLA Mr.Vasu will be the chief guest . All Rotarians are invited for the Annual day at RMA premises on 3rd Jan at 6.30 pm. Your participation will be a big motivation to the youngsters. Please attend.

Annual day at RMA

Innerwheel project Rtn.Nagaraj�at�Saradavilas�

Lunch was served by Inner wheel President

Uma Vivek to the inmates of Siddaganga

Education Trust, Tumkur which gives free

education, free food and free stay to the

needy boys of all communities in the month of

December. Cost of the project was 3.5 Lakhs.

Rtn.R.Nagaraj was the chief guest at annual sports day at Saradavilas recently. Speaking to the students of the college, Rtn.Nagaraj emphasized on the importance of sports and urged the students not to get addicted to electronic gadgets. He also stressed on practicing healthy eating habits.

“Frank talk” with Dr. Malathi HollaIn a rendezvous with Dr.Malathi Holla, Editor of “About Us” caught

up with the international athlete and exchanged thoughts. Here are

excerpts of the conversation:

Editor (Ed): There are many service organizations, what is your

opinion about “Rotary”?Malathi (Ma): Yes I know many organizations which work with

motto of service, but find Rotary is different. Rotary is like a family, an

international family. They involve deeply in whatever areas they focus

upon. In fact I feel Rotary does the work what governments often fail

to do. Rotary conducts health camps, eye camps and many service

events which government machinery often does not undertake

Ed: What is your first feeling when you entered the “Oval grounds”

today?Ma: I felt at home. There are so many disabled people, friendly

people around. I instantly felt that I am among my people

Ed: You have seen many international events, are there any suggestions to make our event

match the international standards?Ma: Experience makes us perfect. I am sure that Rotarians have vast experience in

conducting these events. As such I do not see any particular lacunas. Any event that you do for

these special children is a great help to them. Sports is all about discipline and punctuality, if you

are conducting only a sports event, I would suggest providing uniforms or Tshirts

Ed: Can we expect to see more of you in Midtown events?Ma: Call me any time, I am always there for Rotary Midtown

Ed: One last question- do you have any message to all of us?Ma: I always tell people, that we may be paralyzed physically, our self confidence is not, our

self respect is not, our ambition is not, our zeal is not, our dreams are not. JUST LOOK AT US , we

are as capable as all if not more

Ed: Thank you Dr.Malathi, your positive attitude is something that we all should emulateMa: Thanks, it was my pleasure to be a part of this wonderful program

……Continued from page 1Serpentine queues were specially seen near the sugarcane and ice cream stalls. Innerwheel sisters

actively involved in various capacities. A separate counter offered attractive tattoos to the participants and smiling innerwheel sisters were happily sharing the colorful pieces with the participants. Elaborate arrangements by the food committee (and able support by Narayan Bhattru's team) saw smooth flow of the lunch session. Yummy 'soan papdi' was sponsored by Mahalakshmi Sweets. Post lunch, athletics & sports events were conducted by team Sanidhya & University Colleg of Physical Education volunteers followed by prize distribution. Hot tasty badam milk was served in the evening before the valedictory function. AG Rtn.M.N.Bheemesh was the chief guest for the valedictory while President Rtn.Bhanuchandran, Secretary Rtn.Dr.Prahlad, Event chairman Rtn.R.S.Vishwanath, Community service director Rtn.A.N.Aiyanna & Mr.Vasanthkumar were others present onstage. Later parents of specially abled children shared their thoughts and feelings bringing smiles on Rotarians faces who toiled for the event. All the participants got a attractive bag, thanks to the sponsors N.Ranga Rao & Sons, Zeus Biotech & Soften (Infosys). The bag also contained pearlpet bottles sponsored by People for People and Jain Aprons.

The unique event saw a total footfall of more than 1800 people including 700 kids who participated in various events. Newspapers, local channels & FM provided good coverage of the event. Kudos to the meticulous planning and execution by Chairman Rtn.Vishwa and special appreciation to the invaluable support by many Rotarians. (Next week meeting is to recall and recognize the efforts of people who contributed in all ways to make the event successful. Watch out “Reminiscences of Bhandavyotsava 2013” next week)

At the end of the day Rotarians, Anns, Interactors, Rotaractors, RCC Vinyas members, Volunteers & well wishers returned home feeling “Mission Accomplished”!!!!!

(Statistics & data contributed by : Rtn.A.N.Aiyanna)

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Rotary Quiz

Answer : Option A

Q: He gave Rotary its wheel in 1905 -

a) Montague M Bear b) William Stuartc) Arch Klumph d) Paul Harris

Date : 08-01-2014 Wednesday Time : 6:30pm

Next Week

Please Attend

Reminiscences of “Bhandavyotsava 2013”

Venue : RCL Hall , JLB Road Mysore

Rotary Information

Rotary International recognised Her Majesty The Queen on Monday December 16 with the Rotary International Award of Honour to celebrate the 60th anniversary of her Coronation. Her Majesty The Queen, who graciously accepted the prestigious honour, has been a supporter of Rotary's polio eradication and humanitarian programmes.

The award was taken to Buckingham Palace by Rotary International Director, Mike Webb and Rotary Representative to the Commonwealth, Judith Diment on behalf of Rotary International President, Ron Burton.

- See more at: http://www.ribi.org/news/ribi-news/queen-

receives-award-of-honour

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