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Rotary Club of Kalimpong District 3240, India We meet every 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 5pm in RotaryKalimpong Centre, Tapoban, Upper Cart Road, Kalimpong.
Rotary Club of Kalimpong has 42 active members and 2 honorary members out of which 9 are lady members. The youngest member in our club is in his early 30’s and the oldest member, an honorary Rotarian, is in his mid-seventies. The average age of members of our club is 49 yrs. We have had 4 Assistant Governors so far. We have 20 Paul Harris Fellows. Our Club has sponsored 6 interact clubs, 2 Rotaract Clubs and 1 Rotary Community Corps. We have implemented 4 Matching Grant projects, sent 3 members on Group Study Exchange, hosted several youth exchange students, GSE teams, Rotary Volunteers, Ambassadorial Scholars, etc. We are a qualified club of our district which is one of the 100 Districts under the Future Vision Pilot Programs of the Rotary Foundation. A Global Grant Project for Rainwater Harvesting for the Kalimpong College is under way. We have our own permanent RotaryKalimpong Centre on land donated by one of our active members Rtn. Ms. Indira Bose. The Club uses the centre for various programmes including our meetings on Thursdays at 5pm. A floor has been added on top of this building for a state of art Digital Library with donation received from a wellwisher.
In February 2003, Rotary Club of Kalimpong was awarded the prestigious RUSI B. GIMI AWARD. It is the highest award instituted by the state government of West Bengal in the field of Social Service.
On the Rotary Centennial Year, we undertook the renovation and upkeep of the Trikone Park, the most visible landmark in Kalimpong where we installed a guide map and "The Four-Way Test" plaque. We have dedicated this park to the people of Kalimpong and have undertaken the responsibility for its upkeep and maintenance.
7 members of our Club attended the 97th. Rotary International Convention at Malmo and Copenhagen in June 2006. 2 members attended the 100thRotary Convention at Birmingham in 2009. Rtn. Andrew Lal and Rtn. Prakash Gupta represented our club at Montreal, Canada in 2010 for the 101st Convention. Prakash also attended the New Orleans Convention in 2011. As of 1st December 2011, 6 of our members are registered to attend the Bangkok Convention in May 2012.
Two members were inducted in November, 2009. Rtn. Alvin Lama, who runs a Hotel Management Institute and Rtn. Bibeth Sharma who is aUniversity Lecturer and was one of the team members of the GSE Team from Dist : 3240 to Orlando in 2009. We inducted 3 new lady members in 2010.
Besides these, we undertake many ongoing projects that address the needs of the community. We are only 18 years old, still a relatively young and new club, but in terms of projects and the number of people we have helped, we have accomplished much more. Do check out our International Projects on Anvil. Let's join hands and support the efforts of Rotary International in fulfilling the Object of Rotary, Rotary's mission, and the achievement of world understanding and peace through local, national and international humanitarian, educational and cultural programs.
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