The Hindu 03.10.2013
Age should not be a deterrent for doing service, Mayor tells youth
Age is no bar to doing service, said P. Karthiyayini, Mayor of Vellore, while delivering the valedictory address of the four-day Tamil Nadu State Level Junior Red Cross (JRC) Camp, which concluded at the B.M.D. Jain School here recently.
Ms. Karthiyayini said that JRC has the laudable objective of instilling in young minds the spirit of service. Yoga, which is taught as part of JRC activities, is a good co-curricular activity which enables the youth to develop their talents.
The objectives of health, friendship and service, which JRC seeks to promote among the youth, would sow the seeds for fostering brotherhood and humanitarianism among the school children, she said.
The Mayor distributed the awards to the best juniors, prizes to the winners of competitions and certificates to all participants.
Muthu Nagalingaswamy, yoga instructor imparted yoga lessons to the JRC students.
M. Vengadasubbu, vice-president, Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Vellore district branch, T.M. Vijayaraghavalu, S. Srinivasan and S. Rameshkumar Jain, members of the Management Committee of the IRCS, Vellore district branch, and Rotarians K. Pandian, P. Umapathy and J. Jayaprakash offered their felicitations. N. Prakasam, vice-president of the JRC, Tirupattur Education District presided.
C.P. Maharajan, Tirupattur Education District JRC vice-president welcomed the gathering.
S.N. Janardhanan, Tirupattur Education District JRC convener read the camp report. S.S. Sivavadivu, vice-president, JRC, Tirupattur Education District proposed a vote of thanks.
A total of 260 Juniors from 43 education districts in Tamil Nadu participated in the camp.
A
total of 260 juniors from 43 education districts in Tamil Nadu
participated in the four-day Tamil Nadu State Level Junior Red Cross
Camp.
