Lions’ largesse

The Lions Club of Byculla has undertaken several projects in Gujarat, starting with donating autoacoustic emission equipment worth Rs 5,10,000 to the Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital in Dharampur, Valsad on June 18, 2016. Club president Percy Master was all praise for the Hospital which has excellent medical facilities for newborn children suffering from various malnutrition related and other medical deficiencies, notes an email received by Parsiana from the Club. Aspi Minocher, a member of Lions who was involved with the mission, showed the 38 visiting members of the Byculla Club around the facility.

The team then visited Udvada where, after performing a thanksgiving maachi and jashan for the eventful year the Club had completed under Master’s leadership, they donated medicines worth over two lakh rupees to the Maneckji Damanwala Free Dispensary, as per the email.
Back in Bombay, the Club gave medicines worth Rs 75,000 to the International Women’s Association (IWA) Fort Gratuitous Dispensary. Prosthetic shoes valued at Rs 30,000 were provided to the Society for Education of Crippled Cerebral Palsy. The Club members also visited Om Creations, the institute for differently abled persons to fulfill their wish list and requirements to the tune of Rs 55,000, states the email, adding that Zoroastrian Youth for the Next Generation (ZYNG) also donated part of this amount through Burges Wania of the Lions Club.