MoM - Feb '10

7th February Monthly Meet- 2010- Independence Day Park- 4.00pm
Highlights-
1. Nalanda

• Sangeetha has started off her classes for 20 students in Mathematics at Saidapet Government School- Mon/Wed/ Fri- 3.00-4.00pm
• REQ- volunteers willing to take classes for XI and XII Std students in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics contact or mail to sangeetha.
• Possibility of supporting tutors through reimbursement of expenses
  contact BC college Hostel students for volunteering

2. ECG- SMS-a-SAPLNG

• Done for Rainbow Warriors of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan school- a novel initiative of the school students of primary standard with help from their parents and teachers
• Last 2 weeks saplings have been distributed to school students on Sundays/Saturdays

3. FEB 14th

• CSS Road Show- proposal to run a road show at Besant Nagar beach on lines of Raja issuing a letter seeking people's support in making road travel less dangerous and obeying the rules.
  The permission letters will be handed over to Traffic department- Jagdish and Hari
  Primarily Raja will issue letter n form of palm script to public and urging them to drive safely
  the Raja will be Murali, his sepoys will be Abdul, Lakshmi, Gunalan and Jagdish
  Raja will be proided with the costume; sepoys will wear dhoti and Thalappa
  Horse Chariot to be arranged by Murali
  Drums to be looked into
  The letter editing to be done by Vani and Aarthi and printed by Swami Sir
  Sridhar to coordinate with Swami Sir for costumes
  The event will be from 4.00 to 6.30pm at Besant nagar beach

4. May Day celebrations to be taken up by Loyola students as a fund raiser for Arunodaya Home. CSS can submit proposal for the any funding

5. Aravanaippu- The celebrations for this month will be taken up on 28th February coinciding with Holi celebrations at Sadana Home

6. Aakruthi's Chitra paintng competition to be held on 27th Feb with CSS being the volunteer team.

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  CSS to be given a stall with teams like ECG/ Aravainappu and CAP putting their ideas to people
  Possibility of street theater to be explored by Murali at the venue
  Possibility of roping in Fine Arts college students for stall decorations

7. Funds collected for Gnanadeepam Special School for Mentally challenged

8. Funds for a cancer stricken patient to be taken forward; patient suffering from cervical cancer

9. Disha's Paripoorna Bala Suraksha Scheme has 5 volunteers adopting children; scheme extended further for accommodating donors for 10000 identified disadvantaged children. Annual per child fund plan Rs 221.

10. Thanikai- an enthusiastic Disha volunteer working with children from poor background for training in football and has successfully transformed many students life.

11. Prassanna of CIOSA has put forward proposals for:

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  Cleaning Children's Hospital at Egmore- procedures and formalities to be identified
  Seva Mela with bigger no. of participants
  Taking up dropped out school students to come back to classes and also Nalanda supporting such activity when CIOSA identifies the school
  Organising tours to general public on social activism and volunteering.