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Dear members of Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison, fellow Rotarians and friends,

I am thankful to the Almighty Allah for giving me the vision and dedication to complete my year as the Club President with dignity and honor. I am thankful that all our efforts bore fruit and the Club achieved great honors in all avenues of service. This was apparent from the congratulatory notes and messages that I received throughout the year. All of this happened due to the commitment and continued support of all our members including the board of directors and the prayers and support of all fellow Rotarians and friends of Rotary throughout Pakistan and abroad.

Our Club actively supported activities of our Innerwheel Club and Rotaract Club. We also formed our Interact Club to complete our Rotary family and joined the few Rotary Clubs in the District 3270 which can boast of the same honor. We also sponsored the youngest Club of our District - Rotary Club of Sialkot - and hope to repeat the same feat of sponsoring more Clubs next year, inshallah.

I am also thankful to all friends who attended our Charter Night/Annual Dinner function, which we organized in the Government Primary School, Lucklines, Cavalry Ground, Lahore Cantt, and observed the transformation of a ruined school building into a lively place, thanks to a Matching Grant from The Rotary Foundation with R.I. District 2430 (Turkey) being its International Sponsor.

We have printed a Souvenir Book to celebrate our Charter Night which provides our Club History and description about our current and future Matching Grant projects. It also provides information about our Rotary family - Innerwheel Club, Rotaract Club and the Interact Club.

We were fortunate to get funds for three Matching Grants worth US$ 34,000. The Lucklines School grant (MG 14842) is almost near completion and we hope to complete it by the end of July 2002. The other two Matching Grants (MG 19352 and MG 19828) are for the supply of Medical equipment to Safia Hanif Trust Hospital for treatment of poor patients. We hope to complete these two grants by the end of August 2002, inshallah. We are also lucky to get sponsors for two other Matching Grant proposals (worth US$ 25,000) for which we hope to get approval of The Rotary Foundation by the end of December 2002. These are for the supply of computers and basic necessities in another government school.

I have updated our Club web site (http://rotarygarrison.8m.com) and the Picture Gallery Link shows photographs of our current Matching Grant projects.

We also take pride in the fact that we have been officially and unofficially acknowledged as Matching Grant Guides for the whole District 3270. It gives us a lot of encouragement when we get calls/emails from Rotarian friends from far off areas like Karachi, Peshawar, Multan, Hydedrabad, Islamabad etc., in addition to Rotarians from Lahore and its vicinity, asking for copies of our Matching Grant proposals. Our goal is that each Club in our District 3270 should submit at least one Matching Grant every year for the benefit of humanity. We will provide all possible support to realize this dream.

Our Club has also been encouraging fellow Rotarians to use the Internet and official Rotary web site (www.rotary.org) for making changes in their club data. This includes online submission of Semi-Annual Reports data. This is an economical as well as a much faster way of communicating with the Rotary International. I have prepared a step by step instructions to assist fellow Rotarians, and have been providing its copy to Rotarian friends who have asked about it.

With this Rotary year coming to a close, I have been assigned another responsibility of being Assistant Governor for Zone I for the coming year. I pray to the Almighty that He gives me the vision and courage to do justice with the new responsibility (Ameen). I also look forward to the same continued support from all of you in discharging my new duties and responsibilities.

God bless you all. Remember me in your prayers.

Yours in Rotary,

Rtn. Shehzad Ahmed, PHF

Assistant Governor (2002-03)

President (2001-02)

Rotary Club of Lahore Garrison, District 3270 (Pakistan)

<http://rotarygarrison.8m.com/>

242-B Shalimar Lane, Cavalry Grounds Extension

Lahore Cantt, Pakistan

Tel: (92 42) 6667164, 6681251

Fax: (92 42) 6667031

Mobile: (92 300) 8402556

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