Visiting Rotarians from Mexico hosted

Team of 5 Rotarians came from Rotray Club of Delicias and Chihuahua, Mexico to visit our District 3202. We hosted one of them,Rotarian David Lopez in the residence of our member ,Rotarian Narayanan Kutty. We took David and his Companion Dr.Jose Luis also to several locations in and around Payyanur, to show them our indigenous culture and practises. We even treated them to a traditional Kerala lunch served traditional style in a banana leaf.
 They arrived on Feb 12th. On 13th we had a meeting with them at Rotray Bhavan, Payyanur, which was hosted by RC Payyanur where we exchanged flags and ideas.
This Kind of interaction with other country men promotes interaction, peace and goodwill.

Awareness talk on cancer

February 4th is celebrated all over the world as World Cancer Day. Dr.Padmanabhan gave an awareness class on cancer, specially about prevention and the benefit about hair donation for helping patients who lose their hair through chemotherapy. 

On the occassion,Hair Bank, a charitable organisation who organised this program, wigs were also donated free of cost to patients. We also received wigs from film actor and TV personality Rachana Narayanan Kutty, who is herself a hair donor. These wgs will be given to poor patients wo suffer from cancer.

New Year Celebration

Rotary Club Of Payyanur Mid Town celebrated New year on Deember 30th in grand fashion. The theme for this year was white and blue,in which colours everybody was dressed. The Chief Gest of the occassion was our Charter President, Rtn.Pramod Nayanar. Rotarians, Anns and annets dsiplayed an array of dazzling programs which included a skit, dance ,songs and games.

Vocational service

This Tailoring unit exclusively for women, was 
started in 2010. It has trained several women in finding a vocation in dress design and stitching.

This month, being the vocational service month, we donated equipment-2 large cutting tables and chairs- for the maintenance of the centre. through our unit many women are now finding self employment.

Republic day program- Patriotic song competetion

Rotary Club of Payyanur Mid Town , in association with our RCC, Sanjayan Smaraka Grandhalayam, organised a patritic group music competition for school students.This was held on January 26th, our 68th Republic day.  9 teams from different schools participated. Program was inaugurated by our Regional Secretary Rtn. Er. CR Nambiar. All the contestants were given participatory certificates and the winners were given cash prizes and certificates.

Governors visit

District Governor of RI District 3202, Shivashankaran visited the club on 9/11/2017. In a glittering and well conducted function, which also had the presence of Regional Coordinator Rtn. Dr.Santhosh Sreedhar, Assistant Governor CT Narayanan and Regional Secretary CR Nambiar, program was well conducted. 

Speaking on the occasion Governor spoke about the club and its projects and appreciated the activities done by the club.

Furniture donated at MRCH

Malabar Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped -MRCH-, Payyanur, is a voluntary organisation where mentally challenged children are trained and rehabilitated.The children were always eating lunch in a cramped space due to lack of dining room furniture. 

Rotary Club of Payyanur Mid Town donated 5 sets of dining room benches and desks to the institution asking with study materials. 

This was handed over by District Governor Rtn. Siva on 9/11/2017.