Dear
members of Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison, fellow Rotarians and friends,
I
am thankful to the Almighty Allah for giving me the vision and dedication to
complete my year as the Club President with dignity and honor.
I am thankful that all our efforts bore fruit and the Club achieved
great honors in all avenues of service. This
was apparent from the congratulatory notes and messages that I received
throughout the year. All of this
happened due to the commitment and continued support of all our members
including the board of directors and the prayers and support of all fellow
Rotarians and friends of Rotary throughout Pakistan and abroad.
Our
Club actively supported activities of our Innerwheel Club and Rotaract Club.
We also formed our Interact Club to complete our Rotary family and
joined the few Rotary Clubs in the District 3270 which can boast of the same
honor. We also sponsored the
youngest Club of our District - Rotary Club of Sialkot - and hope to repeat
the same feat of sponsoring more Clubs next year, inshallah.
I
am also thankful to all friends who attended our Charter Night/Annual Dinner
function, which we organized in the Government Primary School, Lucklines,
Cavalry Ground, Lahore Cantt, and observed the transformation of a ruined
school building into a lively place, thanks to a Matching Grant from The
Rotary Foundation with R.I. District 2430 (Turkey) being its International
Sponsor.
We
have printed a Souvenir Book to celebrate our Charter Night which provides our
Club History and description about our current and future Matching Grant
projects. It also provides
information about our Rotary family - Innerwheel Club, Rotaract Club and the
Interact Club.
We
were fortunate to get funds for three Matching Grants worth US$ 34,000.
The Lucklines School grant (MG 14842) is almost near completion and we
hope to complete it by the end of July 2002.
The other two Matching Grants (MG 19352 and MG 19828) are for the
supply of Medical equipment to Safia Hanif Trust Hospital for treatment of
poor patients. We hope to
complete these two grants by the end of August 2002, inshallah.
We are also lucky to get sponsors for two other Matching Grant
proposals (worth US$ 25,000) for which we hope to get approval of The Rotary
Foundation by the end of December 2002. These
are for the supply of computers and basic necessities in another government
school.
I
have updated our Club web site (http://rotarygarrison.8m.com) and the Picture
Gallery Link shows photographs of our current Matching Grant projects.
We
also take pride in the fact that we have been officially and unofficially
acknowledged as Matching Grant Guides for the whole District 3270.
It gives us a lot of encouragement when we get calls/emails from
Rotarian friends from far off areas like Karachi, Peshawar, Multan, Hydedrabad,
Islamabad etc., in addition to Rotarians from Lahore and its vicinity, asking
for copies of our Matching Grant proposals.
Our goal is that each Club in our District 3270 should submit at least
one Matching Grant every year for the benefit of humanity.
We will provide all possible support to realize this dream.
Our
Club has also been encouraging fellow Rotarians to use the Internet and
official Rotary web site (www.rotary.org) for making changes in their club
data. This includes online
submission of Semi-Annual Reports data. This
is an economical as well as a much faster way of communicating with the Rotary
International. I have prepared a
step by step instructions to assist fellow Rotarians, and have been providing
its copy to Rotarian friends who have asked about it.
With
this Rotary year coming to a close, I have been assigned another
responsibility of being Assistant Governor for Zone I for the coming year.
I pray to the Almighty that He gives me the vision and courage to do
justice with the new responsibility (Ameen).
I also look forward to the same continued support from all of you in
discharging my new duties and responsibilities.
God
bless you all. Remember me in
your prayers.
Yours
in Rotary,
Rtn.
Shehzad Ahmed, PHF
Assistant
Governor (2002-03)
President
(2001-02)
Rotary
Club of Lahore Garrison, District 3270 (Pakistan)
<http://rotarygarrison.8m.com/>
242-B
Shalimar Lane, Cavalry Grounds Extension
Lahore
Cantt, Pakistan
Tel:
(92 42) 6667164, 6681251
Fax:
(92 42) 6667031
Mobile:
(92 300) 8402556
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