e-DOWNTOWNER January 2023 Issue Social Synergy - Bulletin December-2022 Activities We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm RI Dist 3190 | Charter # 27417 Message from the Rotary International President Jennifer Jones 1 Rotary recently surveyed our members and found something that should be unsurprising but still caused many of us in Rotary leadership to sit up and pay attention: The single most important factor in member satisfaction is the club experience. How at home you feel in your club, how rewarding club meetings are, and how engaged you feel in service projects. I have seen this firsthand across the Rotary world this year. When members feel an emotional connection to their club, they cannot imagine leaving . And that connection is often forged in “Rotary moments,” when people feel that special connection to the people around them and the impact of their service. Our Imagine Impact Tour is all about shining a light on those Rotary moments and encouraging our members to tell their stories. But there’s something else that makes an enormous difference in building and sustaining that connection. It’s the comfort and care of our members — both Rotarians and Rotaractors. As my Rotary friend Todd Jenkins says, “People can’t see how you think, but they sure can see your actions.” We are in the relationship business, and if we take care of each other — genuinely show concern for each other — then we will make friends for life, and we will do anything to widen that circle of friendship. The question is: How do we live with our eyes wide open and do the things that really matter? We do this by taking time for each other, actively listening to one another, and treating every Rotary member as equally valuable — no matter how long we have been a member or what position we hold. People like me in Rotary leadership can offer all kinds of advice about how to make your club experience more valuable. But what’s most important is for everyone in every Rotary club to speak up and listen to one another. We should never be afraid to share with our fellow Rotary member what we expect to get out of our membership and have an open discussion about how to make that happen. To lead a Rotary club is to invite such dialogue and to be willing to try new approaches. Good leadership is giving it away. Propping others up. Allowing others to feel the victory. I have one last request for club leaders. We still need to do more worldwide to increase our female membership. It’s up a bit this year, but I know we can and must do better. Rotary is growing again. As I write this, we’re just a handful of members away from surpassing 1.2 million Rotarians again. So let’s redouble our efforts to bolster our clubs with great new members, then keep them for life by providing comfort and care.

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm December 2022 – Projects and Programs of Rotary Bangalore DownTown 2 3rd Dec 2022: International Day of People with Disabilities 8th 9th 15th 16th 22nd 23rd 27th 28th Dec 2022: Cancer Awareness & Screening Camps 9th Dec 2022: Know Me, Know my Success, Know my Story- Presentation by Ann Nazarene David 10th Dec 2022: Blood donation camp 14th Dec 2022: Stress Management 14th Dec 2022: Diabetic Camp 16th Dec 2022: Choose Your Leader – Team 2023-24 23rd Dec 2022: Club Assembly & Christmas Eve Celebrations 24th Dec 2022: Visit to Integrated Project for the Development of People (IPDP) December-2022 Activities

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 3 rd Dec 2022: International Day of People with Disabilities 3 DownTown joined Rotary Bangalore Abilities in celebrating the International Day of People with Disabilities under the UNESCO Theme, Transformative Solutions for Inclusive Development: The Role of Innovation in Fueling an Accessible and Equitable world. DG Rtn. Jeetendra Aneja presented the Rotary Recognitions to some of the Unsung and Differently Abled Heroes. Ms. Aruna Newton, Global Head – D&I, Infosys Ltd., was the Chief Guest on the occasion. DownTowners also visited the Association of the Mentally Challenged on the International Day of People with Disabilities 03 December 2022: Visit to Assn of Mentally Challenged. During 2021-22, DownTown had provided dining furniture to AMC under the Project Enrich, a CSR initiative. December-2022 Activities

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 8 th 9 th 15th 16th 22nd 23rd 27th & 28th Dec 2022: Cancer Awareness & Screening Camps 4 With an aim to screen as many employees as possible, DownTown organized a series of Breast, Cervical and oral cancer Awareness and Screening Camps on all Thursdays and Fridays in December at M/s. Texport Apparels Ltd., Ganapathy Nagar, Bangalore. Over 500 employees were screened at the camps. Screening, oral screening, Pap smear and breast scans provided a comprehensive cancer check-up. Rtn. Kamal Charan sponsored juice tetra packs for all the employees attending the camps. The camps were facilitated by Indian Cancer Society with Dr. Gurusuhas taking the lead in organizing the camp. December-2022 Activities

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 9 th Dec 2022: Know Me, Know my Success, Know my StoryPresentation by Ann Nazarene David 5 A Transformation and Assessment Coach, keenly interested in economic empowerment of women, Ann Nazarene David has studied Sociology and is closely associated with GRID International and is a Trustee of Know Me India Trust, working in the area of prevention of human trafficking. Human Trafficking and Slavery are a major global problem. Human trafficking is a USD 150 billion global industry today and enslaves more than 40 million people, exists in every country and disproportionately affects women and girls constituting over 70% of the affected across continents. In India it is estimated that more than 18 million people are direct victims of human trafficking and slavery, Ann Nazarene informed. With over 90% of the Indian working population in the informal sector, the problem of exploitation is acute. December-2022 Activities Ann Nazarene David

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 9 th Dec 2022: Know Me, Know my Success, Know my StoryPresentation by Ann Nazarene David 6 Vulnerabilities and discrimination in wages, debt bondage, physical and sexual abuse at the workplace, domestic servitude, child labor, forced and child marriages, etc., greatly affects people living in poverty, lower social classes, without strong family structure and little or no education. Governments across the world are trying to tackle the issue, but a lot more needs to be done The vision of KMIT in India is, where vulnerable women and girls have awareness, on education, financial literate and develop confidence and potential. The mission is to empower vulnerable and at risk women and girls to make informed decisions about their future, have agency and create pathways to financial stability. The Know Me network, started in USA, came to India in 2012 and works with the mottos of service to the needy to succeed, compassion, collaboration and continuous learning. KMIT presently works in Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand and is slowly spreading to other states in the country. It works in human trafficking hot spots and communities with high incidences of forced labor, forced marriage and sex trafficking. It provides training in life skills and technical skills to prepare women and girls for employment as economic stability is most crucial. It connects the trained women to safe employment opportunities and supports them to start own enterprises as well. Employment and financial independence is a basic necessity for women to move out of exploitation and give economic stability for the family, she opined. December-2022 Activities

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 10th Dec 2022: Blood donation camp 7 The sixth of the series of blood camp was conducted at Texport Industries, Unit - 10, Kenchanahalli, Mysore Road, Bangalore with Rtn. Aravinda and the management and staff of Texport Industries taking the initiative. The camp was facilitated by Red Cross. 36 units of blood was collected at the camp. December-2022 Activities

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We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 14th Dec 2022: Diabetic Camp 9 To coincide with the World Diabetes Day, DownTown organized a mega Diabetic and Health Checkup camps at Kadusonnappanahalli PHC, Yerrappana Bande and Cox Town Maternity Home. Over 400 persons were screened at the camps. December-2022 Activities

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 16th Dec 2022: Choose Your Leader – Team 2023-24 10 The suave, articulate and insightful Rtn. Usha Selvaraj was unanimously entrusted with the responsibility of leading DownTown during 2023-24 by DownTowners at a crucial time when the Dist. 3190 will be bifurcated into Districts 3191 and 3192. The entire election process moved with clockwork precision with the energetic IPP Rtn. Biju Gangadharan as the Returning Officer. The Team 2022-23: President: Rtn. Usha Selvaraj President-Elect: Rtn. Aravinda Vice-President: Rtn. Vinod Chandrashekar Secretary: Rtn. Hariprasad Treasurer: Rtn. Georgy Mathews Jt. Secretary: Rtn. Shariq Wajid Directors - Club Service : Rtn. Muraleedharan - Vocational Service : Rtn. Prasad C.B. - Community Service : Rtn. Chinnamma - Intl. Service : Rtn. Aditya Chakravarthy - Youth Service : Rtn. Poornima Murthy December-2022 Activities PP Rtn. Sriram B.S., as the Chair-TRF, PP Rtn. Naveen Cariappa as the ChairMembership Development and IPP Rtn. Biju Gangadharan as the Chair-Public Image will guide and assist the team. DownTowner’s wish the incoming team the very best.

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 23rd Dec 2022: Club Assembly & Christmas Eve Celebrations 11 With the first half of the Rotary year coming to an end, DownTowners took stock of the days gone by, activities undertaken, plans for the days ahead and ways and means of improving our outreach to the community and improving the Fellowship and comradery among DownTowners and families. It is the time of the year when festivities are in the air. With Christmas followed by New Year, it is time for yuletide, to say goodbye to a chaotic yet an eventful year and welcoming the New Year. DownTown families came together for an evening of fun and frolic. December-2022 Activities

We meet every Friday at 7.00 pm 24th Dec 2022: Visit to IPDP (Integrated Project for the Development of People) 12 DownTown has been supporting the Integrated Project for Development of People (IPDP) over the years. DownTowners visited the IPDP Children Home and Skill Training Centre to know first-hand the activities of IPDP. December-2022 Activities

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