Outgoing President's Speech

Dear Friends,

We have come to an end of yet another Rotaract year and I am proud to announce that our club has successfully completed 5 years. Our club has come a very long way since then. We have not only increased in number but our projects have become bigger and better. We have not only increased in strength but at the very same time achieved our goals that we set forth during the beginning of my term.

As a President I have learnt a lot many things like leadership, responsibility etc But what I have more importantly learnt is giving each one an equal chance to come forward, take up projects and handle it thus bringing out the leader in each one. Now, I can proudly say that our club though may have one President but I see successful leaders in each and every member.

I am quite happy and content with all that we have achieved.

One of the things I wanted to establish was better relations among members and also increasing the number of projects. We have covered almost every Rotaract avenue. Be it the notebook project, joyfest, spellbee, talk on leadership and motivation by Rtn.Oza, establishing ties with clubs in Mumbai and Karnataka, blood donation camp, treasure hunt or the very recent trip to the zoo with orphans and painting a classroom for a school in katraj we have always completed our projects on time and with huge participation and enthusiasm. We are not only fellow rotaractors but before that we are first very close friends.

Along with our members a very big support has been given to us by our parent Rotary and especially by Rtn. Satish Kothari and our R.C.C Rtn.Kiran Vani.

When I joined this club I was very timid and shy especially afraid of public speaking. But shouldering the responsibility first as a secretary and then as the president has given me confidence to face the world and at the same time I have learnt to handle many tasks while tackling all different types of individuals. This is what Rotaract is all about, preparing young students to be future successful professionals.

After this incredibly memorable year I am more than happy to hand over this responsibility of the club to our incoming president Rtr. Ritika Athwani. I see her in a unique quality to bring people together and accomplish tasks which is very important as a president. I am sure she will take this club to greater heights. I wish her all the best.

Thank You!

Spelling Bee

When the idea of Spell Bee was put forth by Rtr Amruta we all members were very delighted and started working for the project. The list of activities that were to be done was put up. First a data base of words was made with inputs from Rtr Ali, Rtr Raahat, Rtr Aanchal, Rtr Minshu, Rtr Rithika, Rtr Aditi, Rtr Vaibhav, Rtr Amruta, Rtr Vijay and Rtn Kiran.
Finally Spell bee was organised at ‘City International School’ Aundh, in the Month of January 2010. On the fine crisp winter morning, Rtr Radhika and I went to City International School to conduct the preliminary round. We had conducted the preliminary rounds for Class V and Class VI, where a chance was given to every student to take part in this event. We had prepared a separate word list for both classes with words from their syllabus. Fifteen words were given to the students and on the basis of these words the student’s performance was evaluated. Top five students from both standards were selected.
In the month of March the finals were conducted for the students. This time along with Rtr Radhika, Rtr Amruta also was present for the final event. Before the finals we had some fun games with the students to ease them up as they just had appeared for their final school exams in the morning. In the finals there were five rounds where every student was given a word to spell. The students who qualified for the finals were called upon and the rounds were conducted in the class room. Rtr Amruta was the host for the Final event, Rtr Radhika kept a check on the spellings and I had the score card. It was a tense moment for the students as the difficulty level of spellings increased with every passing round. But the students were smart and full with confidence while answering. They also received overwhelming support and from their class friends who were cheering them with every correct answer given by them. There was also a tie between two students where we had to introduce a rapid round. All in all it was a great experience for the students who seemed delighted after the competition. And it was a good memory for us as well.
On April 22nd we had a prize distribution ceremony for the students. First three students were given a certificate along with gifts, and two consolation prizes were given to the participants of final round. A vote of thanks was given to the Students co-ordinator Mrs Gujar along with a trophy of our Rotaract club.
Rtr Amruta Joshi
Rtr Radhika Oza
Rtr Vaibhav Tyagi
Rtr Aditya Awathare

The Orphanage Visit

Avenue: Club Services.
Date: 13th June, 2010.
Venue: Orphanage run by Omkar Trust, Katraj.
Attendance: Nine members and nine friends.

We visited an orphanage , run by Omkar Trust, which caters to the needs of nine children; seven girls and two boys. This visit was organised through our new but vibrant member, Rtr. Monica Banerjee. An elderly lady, popularly called 'Aaji', and two other members, run this noble organisation. They provide a warm homely environment for these children to grow up and ensure their overall development.

Nine Rotaractors accompanied by nine guests started off from the city at 11.a.m , to reach the orphanage by 12.30 p.m. The Rotaract Club Of Pune Kalyaninagar presented the children with their basic needs as students. We also gifted the Trust a black board for their academical needs. We involved the children in our main aim of painting their Activity room. We painted Cartoons, Butterflies, The ever smiling sun and a tree, which symbolised a strong support to the toddlers.
Rtr. Monica, Rtr. Imran, Rtr.Dhvani and Rtr.Aditya, the artists of our club created a wonderful atmosphere for the children using the power of colours. All the children, members and guests helped out with the painting and enjoyed themselves thoroughly. We interacted with the children, played with colour and had a lot of fun. We were offered a cup of tea and some snacks after the activities , not forgetting the warmth from the Aaji, which made the whole project a memorable one.
Rtr. Radhika.