ROTARACT CLUB

Annual report 2017-2018

INSTALLATION 10/1/2018:

The formal installation of the President and his Board of office bearers of the Rotaract

Club of Loyola College 2017-2018 was conducted in M.R F Hall in the campus. The installation

ceremony started by 10:30 after the arrival of the Chief Guest,Rtn.Shesha sai of Rotary Club of

Madras and the Guest of Honour Mr. George Cherian . Rtr.IPP Rehen Ahmed the outgoing

President delivered his welcome address followed by the Secretary Report presented by outgoing

Secretary Rtr.Wasif Khan. After the collaring of the new President Rtr.Subodh by the outgoing

President a speech was given by the current President himself addressing the gathering. The

President and his team of Office Bearers were inducted to serve the club by taking an Oath. The

club charter and the books of accounts were exchanged by the Secretary. The Chief Guest for

the day enlightened the gathering with his wonderful speech to the Green Rotaracters followed

by the delightful speech of the Guest of Honour, a past Loyolite himself, sharing his student and

Rotaract experience.

Guest of honour, Faculty coordinator, Past President, Secretary, the GRR and other

guests were facilitated for their esteemed presence. The ceremony was attended by aroun 25

Green Rotaracters and members from other clubs as well. The installation ended with the

Secretary delivering the Vote of Thanks.

PRE-CONFERENCE(RESPECT) 26/01/2018:

Our first project which took our club name to next level was the pre-conference. The Pre

conference was hosted by us along with the Rotaract club of Chennai. It was an day event with

cultural extravaganza and faculty honouring session combined.

The event blasted off at 9.30 a.m. with lighting of kuthu vilakku by our chief guests Rtn.Joseph

Raja and Rtn.Sesha sai along with DRR and DRS pre conference chairman and other core

members of Conference.

In the morning we had an variety competition like mime, dance, singing, etc. we had an overall

registration of 15 teams for various events. At the end of the session we had two winning teams

who are qualified to perform in main conference. we called off the event at 2.00pm for lunch.

In the afternoon session, the honoring session of all the faculties of all the clubs coming under

district 3232. the ADRC the Faculty Co-ordinator Prof. Justin Sophia was honored with a

memento for her outstanding support lent to the students, RCLC thereby lending her support to

the Rotary District. The district rotaract representative came up with a special speech for all the

clubs followed by their Awards. The event was dispersed at 5.00pm.

OCEANUS 27/01/2018

CLUB OFFICE REORGANISED AND CLEANENING:

The first club service project of the year was the cleaning and reorganisation of the club

office. The board members assembled at the club office for this task. The existing cleaning

equipment of the club was used. The first task was to sort out the things that were useful to the

club and the non-useful items were dumped in a box later to be thrown out. The tables, chairs,

cupboard and the almirah were repositioned. The board members split up into two groups where

one group cleaned the dust, waste and discarded items and the other mopped the floor cleanly

after that. This task of cleaning and properly reorganising took about 2 hours to complete to

make the club prepared for the year.

EPIC CONFERENCE- 10 and 11/02 /18

The Annual District Rotaract Conference 17-18 titled 'EPIC' was held for two days at

Chettinad shool The conference was attended by the members of Rotaract Club of Loyola

College. This two day conference was marked with utmost utilization of the availabe time by

speeches of renowned personalities and cultural programs. Attended by almost all clubs in the

Rotary District 3232 Rotaract Club of Loyola College sure was at a spotlight for the entire event.

Right from the day 1 to the valedictory on the day 2 the Green Rotaracters maintained their

enthusiasm while upholding the standards of Loyola College which was appreciated very much

by almost all the clubs attending the ADRC.The conference was filled with inspiring and

motivating speeches while maintaining the zeal and enthusiasm of the crowd.The President and

the Secretary were also honoured for their hard work and helping the Rotary District. . row. This

two days of various cultural and motivation was an utmost benefit to the Green Rotaracters who

were overjoyed for attending this conference.

RAISE A VOICE 15 February to 28February:

THAIMOZHI -21/02/2018

On behalf of the International Mother language day the Rotaract club of Loyola college

celebrated it with other fellow clubs. A representative from each club was asked to send a video

saying a tagline in their respective mother tongue .More than 50 rotaractors have sent their

videos to us. But, due to the problem in their video quality and due to the length of the video we

only selected the best videos .

RICH INDIA POOR INDIANS(photography contest) 21/2/2018:

RICH INDIA POOR INDIANS is a photography contest which was an online event. we put up

posters in all department notice boards regarding the event on 19/2/18. We received an overall

registration of 10 participants from various colleges. All the participants were asked to send

their photos to the club mail id.we gave them the topic as CHILD LABOUR. We received

various amazing images which made us confused with the results. After careful scrutiny we had

two participants with same scores. So we kept again a tie breaker by giving them the theme of

wildlife photography. Eventually, we picked up the winner(vignesh from vivekanda college) and

honoured him with cash prize of Rs.200 along with certificate of merit.

LITTLE CREATORS 22/02/2018:

“Little Creators”, as the name indicates it was a

competition to exhibit the latent talents of you

young children. On the day of competition, we

started off the event by 10.30 a.m. We gave each

student a pack of crayons and drawing sheets.

We have divided the students in to two divisions

namely,

Group-1 = std.1-3

Group-2= std.4&5

The children’s were eager in drawing their favourite cartoons namely minions, penguins, etc. We

initially had an topics like save water, nature,etc.since children were convenient with drawing

national flower, bird we gave the freedom to students of drawing whichever they are convenient.

At 12.15 pm, we had a small ceremony to give prizes to the winners. The gifts were given by

our special guest Rtr. Sesha sai to the first division, followed by the second division.

Gifts for first division:

1st prize-colouring book and pencil box

2nd

prize- colouring book and sketch kit

Gifts for Second Division:

1st prize- acryl painting kit

2nd

prize- rangeela paint kit

TREASURE HUNT -23/02/2018:

The Club service project carried out the 'Treasure Hunt' which is a legacy of the RCLC.

This event is organised for the NSS for many years It is a fun filled event of finding clues whilst

building trust and friendship with new people. Around 100 students participated in this event

managed by the board members. The whole of our college premises was used for this event and

totally ten clues were given to the shuffled teams to find. The event lasted for around 2.5 hours

starting from 9-11.30 a.m. Prizes were given to the members of the winning team.

PRADHIBA 24/02/2018:

The rotaract club of Stella maris organised a cultural event for the differently challenged

people .The members of the Rotaract club of Loyola College were spectators for that event and

they encouraged the the participants

Lending Hands

Eye Camp -01/03/2018:

Free eye camp was organized by the Rotaract Club of Loyola College, sponsored by Rotary Club

Of Madras, in Daya Sadan for inmates who were physically or mentally challenged, orphans and

homeless people. .

The medical camp started at 9 am with a welcome speech by Rtr. Ashwin. Loyola college The

volunteers from Daya Sadan and Rotaract Club of Loyola College were involved in registration

and medical cards. Eye Check-up was done by Uma Eye Clinic with one doctor, three Assistants

and Volunteers. Rotaract Club of Loyola College provided Break fast and Lunch for the doctors

and volunteers.

The guests who gave their gracious presence were Rtn. Shesha Sai Sir, who had largely

supported in the conduct of this camp, Rtn. Shanno Ravi, the chairperson for medical camps in

Rotary Club Of Madras , Mrs Justin Sophia, the faculty coordinator of Rotaract Club of Loyola

College. A small felicitation was arranged for doctors from hospitals. Nearby 100 people were

benefited through this camp. In the eye camp, it was identified that some people had problem in

sight, some had cataract problems and some were referred to Uma Eye Clinic for free

treatment.It was a heartfelt pleasure service for the needy.

Dental Camp 1/3/18

Dental Check-up was done by the Ragas Dental College. Totally four Doctors and assistants

came from the Dental College for the Camp

TENTKOTTAI 01/03/2018:

Tentkottai an interesting initiative by our

club on 1st March 2017. To create

awareness on various important issues

going on in our society a short film was

projected to the Government school

chindren in their school. This movie

was on the genre of social justice. After

the movie, the students were asked to

write what they had learnt from the

movie. Thus, this event clubbed the fun

and the awareness on social justice together proving this initiative to be a success

UTHIRAM 3/03/2018:

The Rotaract club of Loyola College conducted a blood camp in a Government Hospital in

Egmore .Numerous people including the Green Rotaracters participated and donated their blood

The Camp started at 9 am and nearly 30 people donated their blood . And 10 of them donated for

the first time. The camp ended at 1 pm .This camp has encouraged many people to donate their

blood regularly. The donated blood will be used in the treatment of Cancer patients.

CLIMATE CHANGE:

The Rotaract Club of Loyola College took an initiative to spread the awareness of climate

change the Green Rotaracters were asked to do a research on climate change and were asked to

send their opinion of their research .Later all the videos were documented and published. This

event created a huge impact among the Green Rotaracters.