Peak15 News Aug 2015 | Page 7

It’s not just a drop of hope, it is A DROP OF LIFE uly 1, 2015 became a historic day in the district 3140. There is an acute shortage of blood in hospitals across Mumbai, and the patient’s relatives always struggle with great amount of anxiety, searching for blood for their sick near and dear ones. Rotarians of this premier district, called upon by DG Subhash, resolved to do some thing about it in great size and effort. J Number of Clubs: 111 Number of Rotract Clubs: 73 Number of Rotarians and Partners: 4500 Number of Blood bottles collected: 4373 Locations: 14 Railway stations, 14 Colleges, number of Hospitals Mumbaikars reached as PR: over 50 Lac. V e r y immaculately planned and managed by C o n v e n e r, D r. Laxmikant Kasat (Lucky), On the very first day of Rotary year 201516, thousands of Rotarians, Anns, their family members, Rotractors, Interact members, Innerwheel members came down to donate their blood in over a hundred locations, spread all over the district - from Colaba to Dahanu and all the way to Kalyan, Dombivli, Ambernath, and Ulhasnagar. The occasion looked like a auspicious festival, what with each and every rotary member so enthusiastically donating blood, and Photo Vivek Khandelwal at the same time motivating the members of public to come forward and voluntarily donate their bloods. The details and outcome of project speaks the չ