The purpose of
Education is to develop good character and exemplary behaviour – Mahabaratha
“OM Sree Gurubhyo
Namaha”.
At the outset I start with pranams to Jagadguru His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Bharathi Theertha Mahaswamigal, the ruling and 36th Pontiff of Sri Sringeri Saradha Peetham for everyone’s welfare and continued prosperity.
For the 2nd year in a row, under the aegis of Smt Alamelu Trust and Sri Kailasanathar trust, we initiated a scheme for free distribution of school uniforms to 300 school children (Class 1 to Class 8).
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| An Initiative from Kailasanathar & Alamelu trusts |
School children from two government schools (Panchayath union school in
Satttanathapuram and Harijan Welfare school in Surakadu [Both located in
Sirkazhi Taluk of Nagaipattiattinam district in Tamilnadu]
were identified. The Uniform distribution function was held on 17th Sept’2012
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| Village Panchayath School - Sattanatahpuram - Sirkazhi Taluk - T.N |
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| Village Welfare School - Surakadu - Sirkazhi Taluk - T.N |
With the wishes and support of our donors, we were successfully able to provide free school uniforms for around 300 school children in two schools, most of children are hailing from economically poor families.
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| Thirukural - Couplet number 211 on School Information board |
The
Thirukural written on the school information notice board for the day touched
our hearts and conscience. I dedicate the above Thirkural ( translated to
English) to all our donors, for their philanthropic contributions
Meaning:
It is enshrined as a duty of every individual,
to be of service and help to all the people who are in need, according to their
ability without return of favor or expectations. Their service is akin to the
quality of ‘RAIN’ which does not expect any favor for the water it provides for
sustenance of life forms in our mother Earth.
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| Tamil Thai Vazthu - Prayer Song sung by students |
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| Shri S.S.Srinivasan Iyer addressing the gathering |
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| Trust members, Education dept. officials and Village panchayath members participated in function |
The function started
with the invocation of prayer song followed by introduction of the 2 trusts and
felicitation of chairman and members of both the trusts.
All the speakers in
the function praised the efforts by the 2 trusts and supporting donors.
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| Talent display: Theme- Education leads to happiness |
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| Talent display: Theme- Song sequence on importance of education in our lives |
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| Talent display: Theme- Role of teachers in shaping up young students |
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| Talent display: Theme - Role and Duty of Students in shaping up the future of our country |
Students from 7th and 8th standard displayed their talents. Students spoke, eulogizing the role of teachers. A speech on the topic “Education is happiness and not burden” was very impressive.
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| Initiation of ' Merit Award' by Shri S.Jagadeesan from Alamelu trust |
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| Student P.Sridhar receiving Merit award from J.Sundaresan |
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| Student Sandhya receiving Merit award from Smt Bhooma Srinivasan |
As a new initiative and encouragement top 2, meritorious students from 8th standard, were
awarded a monetary gift as an encouragement and also to motivate them to do
well in the succeeding classes. A request was placed before the trusts, that similar
motivation and encouragement be extended to top 2 students in each grades. The
request was taken positively and an assurance has been given, from next year
onwards, this will be extended to all grades in the school.
Trust members, Education officials, Panchayath board members, village elders distributing uniforms to Children from both the schools.
School uniforms were
distributed by members of both the trusts to all the school children in the
school campus itself. Uniforms were distributed by the trust members of both
the trusts as well as elders from our family. Family members, sponsors, trust
members, well wishers, teachers, district education officers, parents of school
children and general public participated in the function. Along with school
uniforms a sweet ( laddu) was also distributed to students.
One of the speakers,
in his concluding remark quoted Mahatama Gandhi and said,
“Sacrifice brings in great delight, while selfishness brings in misery” – Mahatama Gandhi
and prayed almighty
that the sponsors, donors and their family be blessed with service mentality,
happiness, prosperity and long life.
Vote of thanks was proposed by the school headmaster.
My sincere thanks to
all the trust members, donors and sponsors who contributed generously for the school
uniforms. This would not have been possible without your altruistic financial
support. The beginning we made last year has moved forward with a small step. We
seek your continued support in this journey and pray that this service is
expanded to many other noble initiatives.
From the Alamelu
trust, we were only an instrument and the real credit and appreciation goes to
each one of our valued donors.
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| L-R: S.Jagadeesan, Rajsekar -School Headmaster, S.S.Srinivasan |
Sincere and Special thanks
to Shri S.S.Srinivisan for organizing and conducting the event in a flawless
manner. In spite of his advancing age, the meticulous planning and execution of
the event is commendable.
We will keep you
informed, on the subsequent charitable events and requesting each of you to be
part of these initiatives.
Our sincere and
profound thanks to our donors
(In alphabetical
listing)
Sl No
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Name
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Alamelu Trust
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Kailasanathar Trust
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1
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Ajit Ashok Shenvi - Bangalore
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2
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Bhama Nathan - USA
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3
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Bhooma Srinivasan - Sattanathapuram
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4
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D.S.Rajsekar -
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5
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Donor (name not published on request)
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6
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Dr Ganesh Gopalakrishnan - UK
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7
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G Manavalan - Chennai
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8
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Gnanam Viswanathan - Hyderabad
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9
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Gururprasad Jerri -
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10
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Hareesha Prabhu -
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11
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Harini Manikandan - USA
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12
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In Memory of Cadvasal Rama Iyer, Smt Lokanayaki and Smt
Parvathi ( Donated by Cadavasal R Natarajan - USA)
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13
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In Memory of Smt Saradha Devi - Coimbatore (donated by
Veena Priya Gopu - USA)
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14
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K B Meenakshi Sundaram -
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15
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Kamala Natarajan - Chennai
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16
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M/s LINEA SHELTERS -
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17
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Meenakshi Jagadeesan - Bangalore |
18
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Ms Meenakshi Ramamorthy - Muscat - Oman
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19
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On the 2nd Marriage anniversary occasion of Srivatsa & Vidya (donated by S.Vaidyanathan - Bangalore) |
20
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Puneeth Upadhyaya - USA |
21
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Ramdas V - Coimbatore |
22
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Ramu Mahalingam - Chennai |
23
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Saravanan Vediappan (Australia) |
24
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Satheesh Chandrasekaran - USA |
25
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Sekar Balasubramanian - Chennai |
26
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Shiva Subbarayan .S - USA |
27
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Srinivasan - Thiruvallur - Chennai
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28
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Srinivasa Rao Bonu - Bangalore
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29
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Sriram M - USA
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30
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Srivatsa Ganesh V - USA
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Photographs uploaded in google:
School function
Félicitation event and General
2 comments:
Shyam,
Firstly many thanks for organizing this event successfully for the second year in a row. Your efforts and the efforts of elders and well-wishers of the Trust made this eventful. You mentioned in your blog “From the Alamelu trust, we were only an instrument and the real credit and appreciation goes to each one of our valued donors”. However the real credit goes to you and the people on the ground who worked tirelessly for this event. Monetary contributions are necessary for any charitable cause, but money alone cannot reach these deserving children with school uniforms. Thanks once again for your efforts and bringing together everyone necessary to work and contribute to this cause.
Best,
-Hari
Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on accomplishing this noble deed yet another year. I am sure it involved lot of back breaking ground work in order to realize this vision. It a joy to see the bright faces of school children - indeed priceless! May God be with you and everyone associated with this initiative.
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