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Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, India
Shekhar Mehta, a member of the Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, has been a Rotarian since 1985. He trained as an accountant and founded a real estate development company, Skyline Group, which he also chairs. But his professional title tells only a small part of the story of who he is. He is also a director of the India arm of Operation Eyesight Universal, a Canada-based nonprofit focused on preventing avoidable blindness. He helped establish more than 15 eye hospitals, in several Indian states, that together carry out nearly 50,000 surgeries each year. And he started Saving Little Hearts, a project that has facilitated more than 2,500 heart surgeries for children from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and some African countries and that is now an India-wide program.
Aruna Koushik
District Governor (Copied form District 6400 Website)
District Governor Aruna S. Koushik is a proud member of the Rotary Club of Windsor Roseland.
She is passionate about eradicating Polio.
Along with her husband Shiva Koushik, Past President of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, they have undertaken eight National immunization trips. She is the Vice President of the Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County and promotes peace and harmony in the community. Aruna is a professional Mediator and established the Office of Mediation for the Windsor Regional Hospital in January 2001.
She is the Artistic Director of Nupur Jhankar – School of Classical Bharatnatyam. Aruna was recognized as the “Woman of the year” for 2001, a recipient of the Queens Golden Jubilee medal in 2003, the YMCA Peace Medal in 2006 and the Athena Award recipient
for 2006. She was named Rotarian of the Year and received the prestigious Council of Governors Award. In 2016 she was the recipient of Rotary International’s Award for a Polio Free World awarded to just 10 Rotarians around the world.
The Adrian Noon Rotary Club is one of over 50 other clubs in District 6400.
We give individuals an opportunity to join leaders, exchange ideas and to take action on important issues affecting our community, our nation, and our world. We also have a lot of fun – whether we’re socializing or working together on important service projects – Rotarians always have a great time serving others!.
We connect at weekly meetings and learn from business, political and civic leaders, and entrepreneurs, who help us stay informed on topics that are relevant to our community.
Our club meets every Thursday at noon at The Center off US223. Come join us for fellowship, a great meal, and to hear community representatives share always great and timely information.
This year's District Governor is Aruna Koushik.
Respectfully;
Kathye Herrera
Club President 2021-22

Service Above Self
Adrian, MI 49221
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Kelly, she said, is the newest addition to the CAC and is a Victim’s Advocate (Kelly prefers to use the title Family Advocate). She is a native of Adrian and the daughter of Terry Collins. She entered the military following high school where she traveled the world and returned to work for Mary Murray at Bigby Coffee. She was involved in human trafficking work and from there went to the Child Advocacy Center.
She provides services to children who have been abused physically and sexually, she said. It is a multi-disciplinary team effort involving law enforcement officers, Child Protective Services and other key players. Assessment interviews are held with victims as well as the parents to understand exactly what happened.
The center, she said, had started to set up a Needs Closet to provide basic items should people need them. Following the interviews with the children, they are given a snack and a blanket since the interviews can be quite emotional and tiring. Debriefing by staff occurs after every interview, Kelly said.
Children, she said, are screened for special needs. Kelly said she gives victims her personal cell number so they can stay in touch. The center also is involved in all aspects of placement in coordination with CPS for such things as therapy and with foster homes in the county. In the event children as victims are required to appear in court, Kelly said she will go with them which does not happen very often.
The CAC, she said, builds resiliency in children to help with the on-going effects of the trauma they experienced all in an effort to reduce the chance they will engage in juvenile crimes later on and decreasing school dropout rates. On a typical day, she said, the center will see 3-4 children a day Monday through Thursday, There are days they will not see anyone. In 2019 alone, the center saw over 200 children!

Dave spoke about the different county departments. Dave passed around copies of the county’s monthly newsletter. The commission, he said, was basically the Legislative and Judicial branches of Lenawee County. Public Safety (70% of the overall budget) and General Government are their responsibility. The county budget is just under $30M. Their source of revenues is from property taxes. Dave made it clear that the County Commission does not have authority over the roads in the county and that it is the responsibility of the County Road Commission who are all elected officials.
Regarding the Department of Human Services, Dave said that there are about 300 investigations per month conducted in conjunction with the State of Michigan on cases of child abuse. WIC and housing programs are also the responsibility of this county department.
Dave spoke about the issue the county’s Health Department has had to deal with of late and that is the raw sewage that has been found to exist in a section of the county and with fourteen property owners specifically. They are now forced to pursue condemnation procedures, he said. This case is currently moving through the court system.
When he heard about our Woodworking Warrior’s program, Dave mentioned that the county’s Veterans Affairs office has, in the past, levied a Relief Fund Millage. While it has not been levied for the past 4 years, there are funds available organizations can access.
Dave concluded by speaking about the new Sheriff and their new Sheriff’s Department offices. He also spoke about the county’s Landbank and its impact on blighted property which rests under the auspices of the County Treasurer’s Department, he said.
The Adrian Noon Rotary Club is one of over 50 other clubs in District 6400.
We give individuals an opportunity to join leaders, exchange ideas and to take action on important issues affecting our community, our nation, and our world. We also have a lot of fun – whether we’re socializing or working together on important service projects – Rotarians always have a great time serving others!.
We connect at weekly meetings and learn from business, political and civic leaders, and entrepreneurs, who help us stay informed on topics that are relevant to our community.
Our club meets every Thursday at noon at The Center off US223. Come join us for fellowship, a great meal, and to hear community representatives share always great and timely information.
This year's District Governor is Aruna Koushik.
Respectfully;
Kathye Herrera
Club President 2021-22