Message from District Governor Raman Aneja

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LkUns'kView online : www.rotary3080.org2016-17DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S MONTHLY LETTER

DECEMBER 2016

JOHN GERMROTARY INTERNATIONALPRESIDENT 2016-17

RAMAN ANEJADISTRICT GOVERNOR 2016-17ramananeja3080@gmail.com

PDG RANJIT K BHATIADISTRICT TRAINER 2016-17indhome.fashions@gmail.com

PDG PARMOD VIJDISTRICT COUNSELLOR 2016-17parmod@panoverseas.com

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PP AMITABH AWASTHY

DISTRICT GOVERNOR'SSECRETARIAT

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My Dear Smiling Rotarians,

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

My heartiest compliments to all the Rotarians of our district 3080 for their true and committed spirit of serving Rotary with humanity. I sincerely appreciate that the club Presidents and members are working in their respective communities to make a better world. Rotarians happily and willingly contribute their time and resources to bring smile on the face of every individual, whether it is through Literacy project or medical care.

We are about to say good bye to an eventful year 2016 and are about to enter in the new year 2017. I appeal to all my fellow Rotarians to double our efforts. We have to ensure every Rotarian contributes to TRF on average of $100 and $26.50 for Polio to ensure the world Polio free, we have to ensure that every child goes to school, we have to ensure every school has hand wash station and we have to ensure every school has provision for safe and drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities. We always have support of The Rotary Foundation for our projects and it is our responsibility to contribute to our Foundation so that we could build a better world for the coming generation.

Last month we observed The Rotary Foundation month. We also celebrated the 25th years of Rotary International President-ship of Raja Saboo ji. To commemorate this momentous occasion, we introduced a very special pin. It was indeed a very special moment for each one of us. My heartiest congratulations to the Rotarians of RC Yamunanagar for organising such a wonderful well planned and meticulously executed Intercity on The Rotary Foundation. Those who attended the event will surely cherish the memories for a long time. Kudos to My friend Kapil Gupta and Smiling President Hardeep Anand and other club members as they demonstrated true example of TEAM work.

Friends, Meenu and I got an opportunity to serve as a volunteer in the recently concluded Medical mission at Gabon, Africa. A team of 20 doctors and 8 volunteer including our own Past RI President Raja Saboo ji and Usja Saboo ji were there for 14 days, helping patients struggling with disease. The Rotary Foundation helped to change the lives of hundreds of patients. An old mother could see the world after 25 years after eye surgery, a child could possibly run on his feet after a corrective surgery and a father could now feed his family members after getting treatment. My salute to all the Doctors who actually made this mission successful. Kudos to Medical Director Dr Rajan Sharma and all the doctors of our TEAM.

Let me remind you all our TRF Goal for centennial year is ONE MILLION. The Rotary Foundation is supporting us since 1917, it is the back bone our organization. Tell me which organization gives back? Do you find any? We have all reasons to support our Foundation, believe me friends with the help of our Foundation we could do many projects, we could bring smile on thousands of children, we could cure patients from disease, we could provide safe drinking water. We have so much do in our surroundings and that is why I urge you all to double your efforts, stretch ourselves. Because our efforts of today will make a better tomorrow.

Take care.

VIVEK GARGDISTRICT SECRETARY 2016-17ds16-17rotary3080@gmail.com

District 3080

John Germ – RI President 2016-17

Message for December 2016

Kalyan Banerjee – Trustee Chair

Message for December 2016

Responsible investing for doing goodRotarians frequently ask if The Rotary Foundation practices socially responsible investing by screening or restricting certain investments based on social, environmental, or political criteria. The answer is yes – and no.Yes, the Foundation considers both financial

and social returns when making an investment decision. Our Investment Committee encourages our investment consultant and its managers to invest in companies tha t comply wi th l aws , regulations, ethical standards, and national or international norms and are aligned with Rotary values.We also consider how each of our investment managers incorporates socially responsible investing as part of their process. Currently seven of these managers, responsible for about 36 percent of the Foundation's total assets, were signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. These principles offer possible actions for incorporating environmental, social, and governance issues – such as climate change, public and workplace safety, and shareholder rights – into investment practice. Following these principles could reduce risk, improve returns, and better align our portfolio with our mission.Does this mean the Foundation will categorically exclude specific companies or industries from investment? That's where the "no" part of my answer comes in. Given Rotary's diverse membership and its various cultural beliefs, agreeing on such restrictions

would be extremely difficult.The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation and the Rotarian financial experts on our Investment Committee take their job very seriously. Rotarians have entrusted us with millions of dollars that they have designated to do good in the world. Our capacity to provide clean water and education, improve health care and economic development, and promote peace depends heavily on our investment income. So it is especially important that we invest your gifts wisely.Because The Rotary Foundation belongs to all of us, we believe strongly in transparency. To that end, we have posted a wealth of information on You can find www.rotary.org. audited statements for the Foundation for the past three years and tax returns for the past six years, along with extensive material on investment practices, philosophy, and historical returns. I hope this detailed information will reinforce your confidence in our Foundation and inspire your continued generosity

Kalyan BanerjeeFoundation Trustee Chair 2016 - 17

I joined Rotary as an engineer. There are

almost as many classifications in the

profession of engineering as there are in

Rotary, but I happen to be a mechanical

engineer. A mechanical engineer calculates

the heating and cooling loads for a new

building, makes sure the right lights are in

the right places, and plans the plumbing so

your hot water pipe doesn't end in a drinking

fountain.

Mechanical engineers don't stand out in a

crowd, and they don't call attention to

themselves with what they do. You probably

haven't thought much about the engineers

who designed the buildings you use, the car

you drive, or the traffic patterns you follow.

But every time you get in an elevator, turn

the key in your ignition, or cross the street

when the light says go, you are entrusting

your life to an engineer somewhere whom

you've never met. You trust that your

elevator will open at the floor you want it to.

You trust that your car will start and stop as it

should. You trust that the traffic light is going

to turn red before the walk light goes on.

Every day, you put your life in the hands of

people whose names you do not know and

whom you might never meet. You might not

think about them at all – but they touch your

lives every day.

I could draw the same parallel to any number

of other vocations – ordinary occupations

with the same kind of life-changing impact.

In so many ways – some of which we see and

some we don't – our vocations allow us to

help other people live better, safer, and

healthier lives.Just like the work we do in

Rotary.

Through our vocations and in our clubs, in

our communities, and across continents, we

are touching the lives of people we don't

know and might never meet. And in every

part of the world, every single day, whether

they know it or not, people are living better,

safer, and healthier lives because of the work

of Rotary.

The people we help might not have met a

single Rotarian. They might not even know

that Rotary exists. But they are drinking

clean water from a bore well that Rotary dug.

They're learning to read with books that

Rotary gave them. They're living lives that

are better, happier, and healthier – because of

Rotary Serving Humanity.

John F Germ

President, Rotary International

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31 October 2016 – Rotary Club Ambala City - Laughter Yoga

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On 31st October, we were present with Rotary

Club Ambala City for a unique project

LAUGHTER YOGA. The keynote speaker at

this project was Dr Madan Kataria, a renowned

heart speacialist from Mumbai. Dr Kataria has

done a deep research on the subject of Laughter

Yoga and has been recognised widely. His

programs and talk shows have been telecast on

various television channels. He also featured in

the famous reality show” Satyamev Jayate”

along with Bollywood star Amir Khan.

Both me and Meenu thoroughly enjoyed this

wonderful project and my compliments to

President Shailesh Dewan and Rotary Club

Ambala City for this great effort.

03 November 2016 - Rotary Club Chandigarh City Beautiful

We were with Rotary Club Chandigarh City Beautiful on the 3rd of November. The Club under the leadership of Rtn Ravinder Kumar Garg is an extremely vibrant Club. The Club meeting was held at Hotel President Sector 26. Club Secretary Sahil gave a good update on the activities of the Club. The Rotarians of Chandigarh City Beautiful are fairly active for the Literacy Mission. An "Award of Excellence" was presented to Mr Shastri who is doing lot of community service in the field of literacy and education. Together with Meenu, spent wonderful time with the Rotarians, AG Poonam and PDG Manpreet Gandhoke.

4 November 2016 – Rotary Club Panipat Central

Rotary Club Panipat Central did a very nice and useful project “ HAPPY SCHOOL” at Government School Village Nohra (Assandh Road). The Club provided an E Learning Centre, 50 Benches, a Hand Wash Station and 8 Ceiling Fans to the school. The White Wash and painting work is under progress and the Club is on road to make this a HAPPY SCHOOL. Spent a quality time with School Children along with District Secretary Vivek Garg and Secretary Projects Dhiraj Malik. Great work being done by Rotary Panipat Central and President Deepak Bansal.

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RI official Website

Dear Rotarians and Club Officers...

Are you using the RI official Website ?? Many successes of clubs are being reported on Rotary Club Central, and that your

club is on track to receive this year's Presidential Citation.

There's a very informative video about the Presidential Citation and Rotary Club Central that can be found on this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNnMW44220c&feature=youtube.

5 November 2016 - Rotary E Club Dehradun (Governor's Official visit)

On the evening of Saturday, November 05, it was indeed a pleasure to be welcomed by the Rotary e Club Doon for my official visit to this unique Club of our District. The meeting began with a visit to the project site, THANO Forest for the club's Signature project ,”Smriti Van” along with Club President Rtn. Sushant Ahuja and club's Board of Directors. This project aims to adopt a depleted forest in Dehradun area and develop it into a 'Rotary Van'.Rotary eClub Doon is a unique Club with a vision to make Rotary platform available to those evolved members of the community who cannot become a regular member but are keen to bring about a radical change in the way we serve our community and to use of the available technology to the maximum and enhance the reach.

12 November 2016 – Rotary Club Paonta Sahib (Governor's Official visit)

The visit to Rotary Club Paonta Sahib started with Lunch at Hotel Grand Revera. This followed with a visit to the Stitching Centre being run by the Club. I suggested the Club to set up a “Singer Stitching Centre” to enhance the level of Vocational training. The efforts of the Club at “Prayas”, a rehabilitation home for destitute and rag picker children were indeed commendable. Sweaters and socks were distributed to the children at “Prayas”. At the official Club meeting, Rotract Club Paonta Sahib was formed. Volunteers for the project PRAYAS were honoured. Four Rotarians from the Club became Paul Harris Fellows on this occasion. These Rotarians are Mahesh Khurana, GP Diwedi, Himanshu Bhatia and Anshul Goyal.

I am thankful to Club President Hardesh Batra for arranging my visit to Gurudwara Shri Paonta Sahib. Congratulations to Rotary Club Paonta Sahib for all the good work they are doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNnMW44220c&feature=youtu.be

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13 November 2016 – Rotary Club Yamunanagar - Intercity Look BeyondOur District honoured PRIP Rajendra K. Saboo for his 25th anniversary of RI Presidentship in the Intecity – Look Beyond, which was held on 13th

November 2016 at Hotel MM Continental, Mullana. It was well organized event by Rotary Club Yamuna Nagar, to celebrate the Rotary Foundation's 100

years of doing good in the world.

Chief guest RRFC PDG Kamal Sanghvi of RI District 3250 gave an inspiring presentation on 'Joy of Giving' to make the world a better place. He also

appreciated PRIP Raja Saboo's and Usha ji's great contribution to Rotary.

Host club President Hardeep Anand welcomed the delegates. I gave the facts regarding our District's contribution to TRF, and I am confident of achieving

this year's target of USD one million. It was worth mentioning the Polio Awareness Rally flagged off from Ambala on 24 October 2016, which is now going

around our District, and will culminate on reaching the District Conference at Karnal on 17-19 February 2017.

In his address, PRIP Raja Saboo said he is proud of being a Rotarian of District 3080. He also shared some of his interesting experiences as RI President.

Sponsors of the Intercity Look Beyond

15 November 2016 - Com mittee meeting of Rotary Institute 2017The first meeting of the Committee

of Rotary Institute 2017 was held at

H o t e l S a v e r a , C h e n n a i o n

November 15, 2016 which was

attended by the DGs and DGEs

from Zones 4, 5 and 6A and the

m e m b e r s o f t h e v a r i o u s

committees. Our District was

represented by DG Raman Aneja,

District Trainer PDG Ranjit Bhatia, DGN Praveen

Goyal, PDG Shaju Peter and Rtn T.K. Ruby. A whole

lot of issues about the Institute - registration,

resources, logistics, academics, entertainment and

program content were discussed in detail at the first

kick off meeting.

RI Director Elect Bhaskar Chokkalingam has invited

PDG Ranjit Bhatia to serve as Vice Chairman of the

Institute, DG Raman Aneja, PDG Parmod Vij and

PDG Shaju Peter to also serve in the Organizing

Committee of Rotary Institute 2017 scheduled at

Kuala Lumpur on December 01 - 03, 2017.

Vice ChairmanRotary Institute

2017

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'Clubs in Action' District Website

www.rotary3080.org

The photographs submitted by clubs for their activities from August 2016 to December 2016 are uploaded on our District website. Just click on from any page on the website, you will go to Clubs in Action

http://www.rotary3080.org/index.php/clubs-in-action, where the photographs are uploaded for above months and will be uploaded for the coming months too.

Please send good quality jpg photographs (with captions as filename) to the District Chief Editor on his email: drvjsvohra@gmail.com.

18 November 2016 – Rotay Club Ambala Industrial Area (Governor's Official visit)

Visited Rotary Club Industrial Area Ambala on 18th November. I was indeed impressed with the great work being done by the Club in the rural areas of

Ambala and this was rightfully acknowledged and appreciated by the National Award winning Sarpanch of Village Tepla, Mrs Sunmeet Kaur.

It was heartening to see the installation of an Early Act Club at Primary School Village Kardhan and an Interact Club at DC Model Senior Secondary

School, Kismat Nagar Ambala Cantt. Woollen Garments were distributed at the Red Cross Old Age Home.

At the Club Meeting, the Rotarians committed themselves to the noble cause of Netra Daan. My compliments to Club President O P Banmali and Secretary

Prem Mahindru and all the Rotarians of this fully charged up Rotary Club.

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20 November 2016 – Rotary Club Shimla Midtown(Governor's Official visit)

19 November 2016 – Rotary Club Chandigarh Midtown- Inauguration of Toilet Block in GSSS Manimajra

On November 19, 2016 as chief guest I along with Meenu i n a u g u r a t e d t h e project of Rotary Club Chandigarh Midtown, this club's second toilet block for girls with 5 seats, including one specially designed for the disabled, with

hand washing area in Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Manimajra. This unique project was built under Global Grant-1635463: 'Sanitary Rest Room Facility in Schools'. Rotary Club Anchorage in District 5010 (USA) is the partner in this project.

We were very happy to see the toilet block specially built for girls. I t w a s w o r t h m e n t i o n i n g t h e achievements of the girls and how they saved the pride of our country in the last Olympics by winning s i l v e r a n d b r o n z e medals.

Club President Amarjit Singh and School Principal Ramnik Kaur signed MoU for proper care and maintenance of the toilet block. The Principal thanked and appreciated the efforts of Rotary for the toilet block for girls, and she assured that toilet block will be properly maintained and kept in clean sanitation condition.

19 November 2016 – Rotary Club Theog

On a surprise visit to Rotary Club Theog on 19th November, we were pleased to see that all the members are very motivated.

This is an amazing club, and all the members enjoyed talking to us. They discussed projects and many other important issues to help their community.

I and Meenu visited Rotary Club Shimla Midtown on 20th November. President JK Pathak and other members welcomed us at Sankat Mochan Temple where we visited Government Primary School, discussed how we can help children to make better place to study, and also discussed various way to help with the support of TRF.

Later in the evening we met members of Rotary Club Shimla and had evening tea with President RC Shimla Manu Aggarwal and other members, accompanied by AG Dr Ajay Sood.

Next morning RC Shimla Midtown and all the members took us to three schools where they have constructed toilets blocks with the support of TRF. We also visited special children school and served lunch to these special children including blind. These children entertained us with their musical performance.

Later in the evening the meeting was organized at Hotel Oberoi at Shimla which was attended by large number of Rotarians, Anns and guests including PDG Ramesh Bhargava and PDG Dhian Chand.

18 November 2016Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik

(Governor's Official visit)We visited this young but dynamic club of our District on the 18th N o v e m b e r. I t w a s indeed satisfying to see that the club is doing a great work under the leadersh ip of c lub President Dr VD Singh. Both me and Meenu felt really high being part

of a number of projects of huge service to the community on the day of my visit. At the free “cancer detection camp” at village Mauli Jagran (UT), 350 persons were examined. 50 class room benches were provided to the s t u d e n t s o f G o v t Pr imary School a t v i l l a g e G o o r a n (Mohali). 25 pairs of s p e c t a c l e s w e r e donated for the students of the same school who had vision defects. Big s ize dustbins were installed at the premises of “hamari kaksha”. Awards were given for vocational training at the club meeting. Together with Meenu, had a wonderful Interaction with the Rotarians of Chandigarh Shivalik who deserve a huge congratulation for their great spirit of service.

A team of 20 doctors with 8 volunteers, and 816 surgeries done. Detailed report will be in the GML of Jan. 2017.

23 November 2016 - 6 December 2016Medical Mission Gabon

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Month Date Day Club Zone

December 4 Dec Sunday Saharanpur South 10

2016 7 Dec Wednesday Narwana 6

28 Dec Wednesday Dehradun Central 9

29 Dec Thursday Haridwar 11

January 6 Jan Friday Himalayan Ranges 3

2017 7 Jan Saturday Nangal Central 4

7 Jan Saturday Bhakhra Nangal 4

8 Jan Sunday Anandpur Sahib 4

District Governor's Official VisitDecember 2016 and January 2017

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हमारे पास देने के िलए- एक मु�ान है, िकसी की �शंसा करने के िलए ज़ुबान है, दूसरो ंको सकून प�ँचाने के िलए मीठे बोल ह�,

िकसी ज�रतमंद की सहायता देने के िलए दो हाथ ह�। हम� उस मािलक का शुकराना करना चािहए।

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Upcoming District Events

17 Feb. 2017 Pre Conference Dinner, Karnal

18-19 Feb. 2017 District Conference, Karnal

08-09 Apr. 2017 Family of Rotary, Haridwar

14 May 2017 Rotary Got Talent, Saharanpur

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Please see on our District website

Clubs in Action

(Updated every month now, up to December 2016)

www.rotary3080.org/index.php/clubs-in-action

Message from District 3080 First Lady Meenu Aneja

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