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           The Ashlar                              R                              Vol. XV Issue III
          Lodge received a certificate of participation   Lodge Vivekananda No. 367, Nagpur
          at Grand Festival at Tricy. In all 11 Lodge   Lodge has undertaken an on-going charity
          members  enrolled  for  Grand  Master's       project for the contribution of Rs. 1,800/- to
          Rupee Club.                                   be paid on a monthly basis to “Maitri Pariwar
          Lodge Golden Orange No.304, Nagpur            Sanstha” - an Organisation which provides
          National Federation of the Blind- White       for Free Lodging, Boarding & Education at
          Cane Day                                      “Unnati  Gruha”  for  the  poor  and  needy
          Lodge and brethren together increased their   students  under  their  “Vidyarthi  Unnati
          contribution to Rs 20000- (Lodge Rs 6000,     Prakalpa”.
          W Bro SM Nayudu Rs 7000 and W.Bro. Dr         Lodge Karveer No. 469, Kolhapur
          Iqbal Khan Rs 7000) to the White Cane day     The Lodge has made huge charities during
          celebration  on  15th  October  2019.    The   this quarter for the flood victims of Kolhapur
          Lodge has continued its support to the relief   in  terms  of  medical  assistance  as  also
          of  the  Visually  Challenged  for  nearly  15   domestic help. The brethren of the Lodge
          years, wherein our W. Bro. SM Nayudu,, W.     have  individually  contributed  towards
          Bro.  Dr  Iqbal  Khan  and  W.  Bro.  Sampath   rehabilitation of the flood affected citizens.
          Srinivasan have  actively been involved.      Bhogilal Shah Lodge No. 147, Nagpur
          I am also happy to inform that I was invited to   In the month of December 2019 Distribution
          the  Bhoomi  Pujan  of  the  proposed         of  Utensils,  Food  Grains,  Notebooks  and
          residential training centre of the Federations   one day meal to all students of Deaf and
          Nagpur Unit at Wanadongri, which was held     Dumb Residential School at Saoner, Dist-
          recently.  I  have  personally  assured  the   Nagpur.  This school is running from last 25
          Federation  of  my  professional  assistance   years and having 70 students. This school is
          free of cost in the planning, designing and   also  having  accommodation  but  needs
          supervision for the construction works at this   funds and other items for running the hostel.
          facility.                                     The students are very poor and come from
          Deaf & Dumb School, Saoner.                   nearby areas and their parents are penny
          The Lodge donated Rs 11000- by cheque         less  or  very  poor.  Total    Charity  of  Rs.
          and in addition  food grains worth Rs 6000/-    10000/-.  Date  of  Chairty  :  23/12/2019
          Both of which were contributed by W. Bro.     Members Present : W.Bro J.K. Shah, WM,
          Prashant Samarth .                            W.Bro.  Ravi Tiwari,  W.Bro. Anjan  Biswas,
          Lodge Sahyadri No. 351, Miraj                 Bro. Prashant Joshi, Bro. Vivek Singh, Bro.
          Lodge has started a Bicycle Bank in Kanya     Anand Khemka, Bro. Tushar Garg and other
          Mahavidyalaya  in  Miraj  and  Ajitrao        brethren.
          Ghorpade  School  in  village  Kalambi,  10
          Kms off Miraj; for the girls who stay far off to
          commute to the school daily.
          The members of the Lodge individually as
          also  collectively  through  the  Lodge  have
          made huge charities throughout these three
          months for the flood victims of Kolhapur  in
          terms  of  medical  assistance  as  also
          domestic help.




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