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AREA 1 AREA 7 ONE AREA Tr. Ashvin Kumar Area Chairman Tr. Vidhyadharan Tr. Pradeep Rajappa Tr. Amol Sancheti Area Secretary / Treasurer Area Vice Chairman IPAC Highlights of the year • Thalaivars Text at a “My Village” resort by the forest with the entire resort for ourselves which saw record 93% attendance at the text (67 participants out of 72 attended). RTIF chairman and Past President Ilango was the chief guest. • 20 out of the 23 tables have their AGMs outbound • The Silver Jubilee AGM of AREA 7 “Tharai Thappattai” was conducted at Pollachi • Tabling Centres – Palakkad , Wayanad , Calicut & Cannanore severely affected due to the floods and massive relief work was undertaken. • AGM venue was affected since it was bordering Kerala – But did not dampen the Spirit of Pollachi RT 226 who pulled of challenging feat of shifting the Party Venue 2 Days Prior to the Area AGM. • The years First APT program “Aspire 1.O” of Area 7 was hosted by Tirupur where 27 new inducted tablers attended the program. • More than 50 tablers represented Area 7 for the NAGM @ Jaipur • For the First Time in RTI the CLAN Socials were conducted where all the Tables in the Area were divided into 5 Groups based on the Concept of a family CLAN ( Grand Father>Father>Son>Grand son - the Sponsor Tables were paired with their Subordinate Tables ) • 5 Socials planned and executed across Area 7 with a colour theme for each social. • For the First Time In RTI the VISION FTE project was launched to provide free Scanning , Treatment Spectacles & Surgery for the Children of our FTE Schools. This event was launched jointly by Padma Shri Dr.R.V.Ramani of Shankara Eye Hospitals and our National President Tr.Dhruv Dalmia. Vision FTE is a Project with Shankara Eye Hospitals who have a presence across India. • For the First Time in Area 7 the AREA trek was conducted on the line of the “Amazing Race and Survivor Series” where more than 50 Participants, which included 2 days of daredevilry in the forest with events like the treasure hunt & Physically Challenging tasks. • For the First time In Area 7 a Coordinated RTI week was conducted with a common Schedule across Area 7. • 190 RTI week events, 45 Lakhs of Projects , 281 Limbs Donated, 2000 Units of Blood Collected, 8000 Saplings & 10000 Seeds were planted, Common RTI publicity where common RTI Branding Hoardings were put up • First Time Ever an AREA 7 Press meet was held to showcase the Highlights of Area 7 & RTI. • The Area Sports meet was hosted by Erode Table 98 & 211 at Vellalar College with 150 Participants from across the Area. • The second APT of the Year “Aspire 2.O” was Held in Calicut Hosted by GCRT 143 & CRT 69 with participation from Calicut , Kannur, Wyanaad and Ooty Tablers. • We are the only Area in RTI that has had a Silver Jubilee MTM along with our neighbouring Area 1. This was hosted by Area 1 in Kovalam where we had close to 75 People Attending the Event. • Another first in Area 7 – For the First time in Area 7 three APT`s were conducted in a year the third one was hosted by CPRT 101 CNRT 20 & CURT 186 with around 22 Participants from Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode & Calicut. • The Text program “Lead your Dreams” was conducted at Anaikatti with a Good Attendance from all The Tables. • No. of Projects and community services Executed – 242. No. of beneficiaries – 1.16 lakh people. • 611 Fellowships, 64 LAPD events, 75 Publicity events all in one year. • 43 inductions completed during the year . 56