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Spirit & SoulNews Letter of Rotary Club of Delhi Southend

President: Rtn. Atul Raheja Secretary and Editor: Rtn. Amit Chaudhry Treasurer: Rtn. Hemant Bhasin

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESKDear Southenders,

As the journey continues, I am delighted by the response & support that I am receiving from all of you.

I had outlined various objectives at the beginning of the year & I can now see them unfolding successfully as the year goes by.

The attendance & the contributions to the social services, projects are especially heartening and worth a mention.

Not only, have community services projects so far being well attended but members have also come forward and contributed generously for the projects; in addition to the budget given by the club.

This kind of response really encourages me to do even more.

I once again thank you for all your love and support.

Rtn. Atul Raheja President 2016-17

BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW Why were wives of male members affectionately called "Rotary Anns"?

This designation was never one of disparagement, but rather grew out of an interesting historical occasion. The year was 1914 when San Francisco Rotarians boarded a special train to attend the Rotary Convention being held in Houston. In those days few wives attended Rotary events, and until the train stopped in Los Angeles, the only woman aboard was the wife of Rotarian Brunnier.

As the train picked up additional convention-bound delegates, Mrs. Ann Brunnier was introduced as the Rotarian's Ann. This title soon became "Rotary Ann". Since the clubs of the west were inviting the Rotarians to hold their next convention in San Francisco, a number of songs and stunts were organized which would be performed in Houston. One of the Rotarians wrote a "Rotary Ann" chant. On the train's arrival at the Houston depot, a delegation greeted the West Coast Rotarians. One of the greeters was Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia, whose wife was also named Ann.

During the rousing demonstration, someone started the Rotary Ann chant. The two petite ladies, Ann Brunnier and Ann Gundaker, were hoisted to the men's shoulders and parade about the hall. The group loved the title given to the two women named Ann. Immediately the same term of endearment was used for all of the wives in attendance and the name "Rotary Ann" was here to stay.

Nine years later, in 1923, Guy Gundaker became president of Rotary International. Bru Brunnier was elected president in 1952, 29 years after that. Thus, each of the two original Rotary Anns became the "first lady of Rotary International."

Oklahoma City, Club 29 is responsible for the origin of the Rotary Ann auxiliary organization. OKC Rotarian Virgil Browne's wife, Maimee Lee, proposed this organization to Club 29 in November, 1928, and its acceptance has spread to thousands of clubs throughout the Rotary world.

One of the purposes of a Rotary Ann Club is to bring into fellowship the families of the members of the Rotary club. Other objectives include assisting Rotarians in the execution of various club and community projects and uphold the purposes and aims of Rotary.

ROTARY CLUB OF DELHI SOUTHENDSecretariat : Packers Products, A-37, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase-II, New Delhi-110028

ISSUE SEPTEMBER 2016

EVENTS GONE BY Community Project - NGO Sapna A really meaningful and heart warming Community Service Project with more than 25 Southenders participating was held on 3rd September at AIIMS Trauma Center.

In association with NGO Sapna, Medicines and Medical Equipment like Urobags, Wheel Chairs, Suction Machines, Airbeds etc. worth Rs 1.3 lakhs were donated for the poor, underprivileged outstation patients undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital. Sapna is run by ex-army people and seeing their dedication and service touched the hearts of Southenders present who came forward to donate generously in their individual capacity sponsoring meals and medicines for the patients and their attendees. It was an over whelming experience to see the motivation and immediate action which is the true spirit of Rotary .

The afternoon ended with a Chaat and Chhole Bhature lunch at Evergreen Sweets.

We are grateful to Chairlady Rt’anne Ritu Kumar for her great efforts for choosing and executing this wonderful project.

JOINT SPEAKER MEETINGThe first Joint Speaker Meeting between our club, Rotary South Central and Southend Next took place at Hotel Sheraton Saket on 16th September. We were blessed to have Sister Shivani of Brahmkumaris, sharing her spiritual knowledge and positive thoughts with us.

There was pin drop silence as she addressed the 250+ gathering, speaking on the relation between' Sankara, Karma and Bhagya‘. Her calm and simple explanations involving our current everyday lifestyles using Mobile phones, Facebook, WhatsApp left the audience spellbound. Each one of us was set thinking and highly inspired by her words. Her beautiful explanations of Good Deeds as White balls and negative actions as Black balls will help us to introspect and think twice on our every thought and action. And this is exactly what the principles of Rotary say.

It was indeed an uplifting and enlightening evening with a lot of takeaways for all of us. The event started with High Tea, an hour of fellowship which was a great bonding of all 3 clubs. A remarkable effort by Chairman Rtn Himanshu Kohli who deserves a pat on his back for a very well organised and smooth event in spite of such a large gathering.

6 WHITE BALLS to him.

GERMAN CLUB VISIT AT SPARSH

SPARSH UPDATE AUGUST* Total dialysis done till date 3979 * Dialysis done in September 100 * Total patient treated till date-72

* Total patient on roll now-7 * Two Kidney transplant done in September 2016

Tuesday 27th September, 4 visiting Clubs from Germany visited our SPARSH. They were so touched and impressed by our philanthropic project that they have expressed to partner Southend for SPARSH expansion in future. They also exchanged flags with our club .

Once again Southend was proud of its flagship project that has touched hearts throughout the world. Thank you PP Rtn Vinay for bringing them and R'ann Ratna for hosting them for high tea at your residence SPARSH IS TRULY SOUTHEND'S PRIDE.

TREASURER'S REPORT

ROTARY SOUTHEND CHARITABLE TRUSTSTATEMENT OF RECEIPTS OVER EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD FROM 01/07/2016 TO 30/09/2016

S.No. Particulars Amount (Rs.) Amount (Rs.) INCOME - Charitable Trust Receipt

1Donation received ( 56*20000+1*22500 ) (Pending Donation - 35 members)

11,42,500.00

2 Donation for Community Project 2,15,000.00 3 Sunshine collection 75,050.00

Total Income 14,32,550.00 EXPENDITURE - Charitable Trust Expenses

1 Keeratan at Gurudwara (Donation given Noble & Sabharwal Medicos) 20,926.00 2 Community Project Expenses

- Donation Paid to Ability Unlimited 3,15,000.00 - Other expenses on occassion of Islamic center comm project 68,500.00 - Paid to Nagpal Medical (medicines Purchased for Sapna Organisation) 87,350.00 - Paid to Helpline Pharmacy (medicines Purchased for Sapna Organisation) 47,886.00 - Donation Paid to world renewal spiritual center 21,000.00 5,39,736.00

3 Salary & Conveyance 76,000.00 4 Telephone Expenses 2,412.00 5 Printing & Stationery 2,025.00

Total Expenses 6,41,099.00 Charitable Income Over Expenses 7,91,451.00 Sparsh Receipt

1 Donation Sparsh A/c (Manoj Goel) 2,50,000.00 2 Suspense (Global Grant)* 45,22,500.95 3 Interest Received 30,113.01 4 Interest on I.Tax Refund (AY 2014-15 & 15-16) 48,877.00

Sparsh Receipt 48,51,490.96

Sparsh Expenses1 Consumables 2,52,412.00 2 Salary & Reimbursement EXP 7,48,715.00 3 Telephone Exp 1,482.00 4 Insurance Expenses 16,497.00 5 Other Expense 4,800.00

Sparsh Expenditure 10,23,906.00 Sparsh Income Over Expenditure 38,27,584.96

Gross Receipts over Expenture 46,19,035.96 * This Grant has to be used after all guidelines of Rotary internation to be followed .

ROTARY CLUB OF DELHI SOUTHENDSTATEMENT OF RECEIPTS OVER EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD FROM 01/07/2016 TO 30/09/2016

S.No. Particulars Amount (Rs.) Amount (Rs.) INCOME

1ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION (62*22500+ 1*22050 ) (Pending subscription - 29 members)

14,17,050.00

Gross Total Income 14,17,050.00 14,17,050.00 EXPENDITURE

1 INSTALLATION EXPENSES (04.07.2016) 4,52,246.00 2 MEETING EXPENSE

- Keertan at gurudwara on 01.07.2016 59,437.00 - Paid to Sri Guru Nanak Satsang on 01.07.2016 10,000.00 - Club Assembly Meeting (21.07.16 at ITC) 2,68,396.00 - Board Meeting Expenses (23.07.2016 at ITC) 13,008.00 - Speaker Meeting Expenses (16.09.2016 at ITC) 71,096.00 4,21,937.00

3 Semi Annual Dues (Rotary International South Asia Office) 2,12,845.00 4 District annual Dues 56,270.00 5 Printing & Stationery 46,121.00 6 Salary & Reimbursement 38,000.00 7 Bank Charges 115.00 8 Telephone Expenses 600.00 9 Postage & Courier 1,970.00 10 Misc exp 46,736.00

Gross Total Expenses 12,76,840.00 12,76,840.00 Receipts Over Expenditure 1,40,210.00

EXPENSES FOR EVENTS IN SEPTEMBERExpenditure Incurred for Community Project on 03.09.2016

Medicine etc. Purchased for the Rs. 1,35,236 Project as per bills

Post Project snacks Rs. 4,500

Total Expenditure Rs. 1,39,736

Rtn. Hemant BhasinClub Treasurer

Expenditure Incurred for Speaker Meeting on 1.09.2016

Paid to ITC Ltd (Our share) Rs. 62, 484

Towards cost of gifts for the speaker, flower, audio Rs. 9,500

Printing & tip etc. (Our share)

Donation Paid to World Renewal Spiritual Trust Rs. 21000

Total Expenditure Rs. 92984

Rtn. Hemant BhasinClub Treasurer

Diwali Party 16th October at 4, Prakriti Marg, Sultanpur FarmsSpecial Diwali celebrations to recreate the Magic of Varanasi experience of Dev Deepavali .

UPCOMING EVENTSTrip to Rishikesh30th September - 2nd October Aarti at Parmarth Ashram & River rafting eventRejuvenation for the Mind, Body and Soul

Community service project 8th October at Arya Samaj, Greater Kailash 1 Chairlady Rt’anne Aniesha Munjal

Board Meeting7th October - 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmHotel Sheraton Saket

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIESBIRTHDAY: On behalf of Southend we wish a very Happy Birthday to:6th October R’ann. Manjusha Lekhi

6th October Rtn. Garima Misra

12th October Rtn. Alok Sinha

14th October R’ann. Hardeep Sawhney

15th October Rtn. Pardeep Kumar Arya

15th October R’ann. Madhu Narain

15th October Rtn. Pawan Puri

16th October R’ann. Cherene Nayar

16th October Rtn. Ashish Thakur

17th October Rtn. Lovy Khosla

18th October Rtn. Jayant Davar

21st October R’ann. Sonia Arjun

21st October R’ann Ritu Gupta

25th October R’ann Indu Seth

26th October Rtn. Deepak Dewan

29th October Rtn. Pawan Munjal

30th October Rtn. Neena Gupta

ANNIVERSARY: On behalf of Southend we wish a very Happy Anniversary to:1st October Rtn. Deepak Sayal & R’ann Geetu

7th October Rtn. Dalbir Gulati & R’ann Urmil

9th October Rtn. Rohit Kapoor & R’ann Sujata

10th October Rtn. Verinder Chhabra & R’ann Bala

13th October Rtn. Anil Khanna & R’ann Anju

14th October Rtn. Rakesh Dhingra & R’ann Sangeeta

14th October Rtn. Rajan Mayor & R’ann Meenakshi

14th October Rtn. Tarun Sanon & R’ann Payal

15th October Rtn. Munish Gupta & R’ann Seema

16th October Rtn. Suneel Galgotia & R’ann Padmini

21st October Rtn. Ajay Relan & R’ann Mala

25th October Rtn. Rummy Chhabra & R’ann Bindia

GEN NEXT

Harsh Vardhan Wig, son of Rotarian Sunil and Neelima Wig and an honours student of London school of economics and heading a construction and interior company.

Ishaan Piplani, son of Rtn Udai and Reema Piplani and owner of online portal The Indian hummingbird and a third year business studies student at IILM formed a partnership a couple of months back to just listen to their hearts calling and launch a channel on u tube. Ishaan is the owner of a band Inertia.

Thus was born Mftv. their first production a film on terrorism and survivors called Moiroi was released on youtube just in the end of last month . Bharat Mohan Wig the younger son of Sunil & Neelima Wig also an MBA from infinity business school and part of the construction business was cast in the lead. The duo already are working on new projects and plan a Diwali release for the next venture.

The wait is finally over! Watch MOIRAI now: http://youtu.be/1bGI0M-uOgE

Harshvardhan Wig

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

We would like to take this opportunity to applaud our very own Rtn. Rummy Chhabra for his selfless efforts in the field of health, education and empowerment of children with diabetes.

He has been actively involved with the Yog Dhyan Foundation (YDF) for the past few years. YDF’s primary mandate is to combat the ill effects of Type 1 diabetes among juveniles by providing free health services. The organization places special emphasis on children belonging to the poverty ridden strata of society. In addition, YDF’s teams initiate discussions with family members and provide services such as stress management and diabetes education.

Rtn. Chhabra’s dedication is commendable and his efforts in this direction continue to be an inspiration for all of us!

This is a new column we are adding to let you know our star performing children.

Bharat Mohan WigIshaan Piplani

In 1892 at Stanford University, an 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.

They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.

The big day arrived. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight. They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance $400. They promised to honour the cheque at the soonest possible.

“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not acceptable.” He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys: “Here’s the $1600. Please deduct whatever expenses you have incurred. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left”. The boys were surprised, and thanked him profusely.

It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being.

Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.

Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was a great leader, but unfortunately when the World War began, Poland was ravaged. There were more than 1.5 million people starving in his country, and no money to feed them. Paderewski did not know where to turn for help. He reached out to the US Food and Relief Administration for help.

He heard there was a man called Herbert Hoover — who later went on to become the US President. Hoover agreed to help and quickly shipped tons of food grains to feed the starving Polish people.

A calamity was averted.Paderewski was relieved.

He decided to go across to meet Hoover and personally thank him. When Paderewski began to thank Hoover for his noble gesture Hoover quickly interjected and said, " You shouldn’t be thanking me Mr. Prime Minister. You may not remember this, but several years ago, you helped two young students go through college. I was one of them.”

The world is a wonderful place. What goes around comes around. Please help others to the best of your ability. In the long run you may be helping yourself. God never forgets anyone who sows a good seed in other people, never.