Inner Wheel Prayer

Instill in us O' Lord, the true meaning of friendship
Never let us forget that we are all Thy children
Notwithstanding the differences in our cultures and creeds,
Endow us with a desire to serve our fellowmen,
Remembering that we, too, often need help.

Whenever or Wherever the need for service arises,
Help us to be ready to serve.
Endeavouring to make our badge of Inner Wheel worthwhile
Ensuring that we have not
Lived in vain.

Mrs. Oliver Golding in 1923 took the first step to form an organization which today is considered as one of the largest organization of women in this world. The objects of Inner Wheel is to promote true Friendship, to encourage the ideals of Personal Service, to foster International understanding.

Mrs. Oliver Golding was born in the town of Hay on Wye and was of Welsh origin. She was trained as a nurse and served as such during the First World War.

Paul Harris in Chicago in 1905 formed the first Rotary Club. Mrs. Oliver Golding called a meeting for the purpose of setting up a club on the Rotary lines - on 15th November 1923 at Herriot's Turkish Baths in Deansgate, Manchester. Jay French writes – “it was a curious first meeting place, held in the cooling room of baths, On being asked much later why such an exta – ordinary “choice of venue' had been made, Mrs. Golding admitted naively that it had been the only room that they could get for nothing. This thriftiness has always been the guiding factor of Inner Wheel.

In 2000 at the 11th Convention in Stockholm, the establishment of an award in the name of the founder of Inner Wheel, Margarette Golding, was recommended.

A Margarette Golding Award may be given for highly commendable service to the community, either personally or through Inner Wheel. It can be presented to a member of Inner Wheel or members of the public whose highly commendable contribution to the community an Inner Wheel Club or District wishes to recognise.

The award is not given for members who have filled a number of positions in Inner Wheel over many years. Members who have given long and valuable service to Inner Wheel but who do not qualify for a Margarette Golding Award, may be recognised with the award of Honoured Active Membership.

Applications for the Margarette Golding Award must be made on the original application form as required by International Inner Wheel. Guidelines and forms may be obtained by contacting the National Representative.

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
Active Membership may be retained or taken up by the following provided that they are over 18 years:

• A female who is related to or was related to a Rotarian / former Rotarian/Inner Wheel member / former Inner Wheel member.
• The female partner of a male Rotarian.
• A female Rotarian or female former Rotarian.
• Former female member of Rotaract or the wife / mother of a member of Rotaract.
• Honorary Members, having served for at least two (2) years within a Club, may then be offered membership as Active Members of that Club, providing that a majority of the Club agrees. This category of membership must not exceed four (4) at any given time. Members in this category who transfer to other Clubs will be admitted as Active members of those Clubs.
• A female who has been personally invited to join. This category must not exceed four (4) at any given time.

Past Presidents And Past Officers Of Association Of Inner Wheel Clubs In India And Sri Lanka

YEARLY REPORT FOR IIW

Membership: 25812
Districts       : 27
Clubs            : 960      

Rights of the child:

1. Clubs sponsored vocational Courses, Stationary, health checkup, cleanliness, Donated clothes ration, books to orphanages, Celebrated all major festivals, with poor children, promoted education, midday meals among Street children & labour class children.
2. Cleft lip surgery undertaken for poor needy children.
3. Free primary education to poor,needy children.
4. Donated incubator ,monitorfor premature children, education centres for street children.Parents encouraged to send children for education.
5. Multivitamin tablets given.

Community Service:

1. Clubs started vocational centres, visits to slums & awareness on Family Planning & Education:-organized health checkup Camps.
2. Through newspapers, cable networks, Slides created awareness on consumer rights, cancer Detection Camps.
3. Paper plate making machines,jute material for bags were donated.
4. Adopted poor patients for cancer ,TB Treatments.
5. Helped lepers by providing ration, food & buying Items made by them.
6. Blood Donation Camps organized & collected as many as 4156 units.
7. Donated calipers, wheel chair ,hearing aids.
8. Renovation of day care centres.
9. Population control prgrammes conducted.                                                                                  
                   

Status of Women:
Awarness programmes on cervical cancer

1. Members encouraged education among girls.
2. Felicitated women achievers.
3. Helped checking & preventing girl trafficking.
4. Workshops on female focticides were organized.
5. Vocational courses for women started by many clubs.
6. Vocational centres in beauty saloons, Tailoring were started for girls.
7. Adult education started.
8. Marriages of poor girls soleminized.
9. Legal aid cells, health checkup camps organized.
10. Family Planning Camps organized.     

Educational Help:

1. Scholarships, uniforms, stationary Fees for higher education.
2. Schools started for poor, computer education.
3. Libararies started, books donated for liberary.
4. Adult education, honoured teachers, Donated computers.
5. Provided safe drinking water, toilets for girls in schools.

Ageing:

1. Organized grandparents day, Picnics, interactive Sessions for aging.
2. Cloths, medicines, eye checkup, health checkup camps.
3. Adult Education, Donated spritual books, cassettes.

Narcotics:

1. Organized talks, poster slogan competitions among school students.
2. Inter college nukkad natak, handbills distributed, slides shown against drugs in cinemas and JJ clusters.
3. Visiting AIDS victims, help to families of AIDS victims.
4. Vocational help to victims,financial help.      
               

Environmental Protection:

1. Teaching women on making flowers & mats with recycled papers.
2. Saplings planted, employed gardener for maintenance the trees.
3. No to crackers, “no to plastics”-drive among schools and communities.Cleanliness drive, pollution checkup for vehicles undertaken.
4. Sapllings palnted at parks, maintainance of parks undertaken by members.as part of personalized service.
5. Promoting Jute bags use and environment friendly material use.

Rain water harvesting :

1. Cd’s, models shown in schools and communities.
2. Workshops on awareness for water harvesting for schools and RWA’S.
3. Hand bills, hoardings for water conservation promotions.

ASSOCIATION OF INNER WHEEL CLUBS IN INDIA

Approximate Tabulation of Service Activities 2009-10
Period from July09 to May2010

Rights of the child:

1. Clubs sponsored vocational Courses, Stationary, health checkup, cleanliness, Donated clothes ration, books to orphanages, Celebrated all major festivals, with poor children, promoted education, midday meals among Street children & labour class children.
2. Cleft lip surgery undertaken for poor needy children.
3. Free primary education to poor,needy children.
4. Donated incubator ,monitorfor premature children, education centres for street children.Parents encouraged to send children for education.
5. Multivitamin tablets given.

Community Service:

1. Clubs started vocational centres, visits to slums & awareness on Family Planning & Education:-organized health checkup Camps.
2. Through newspapers, cable networks, Slides created awareness on consumer rights, cancer Detection Camps.
3. Paper plate making machines,jute material for bags were donated.
4. Adopted poor patients for cancer ,TB Treatments.
5. Helped lepers by providing ration, food & buying Items made by them.
6. Blood Donation Camps organized & collected as many as 4156 units.
7. Donated calipers, wheel chair ,hearing aids.
8. Renovation of day care centres.
9. Population control prgrammes conducted.                                                                                  
                   
                         
   Status of Women:
   
   Awarness programmes on cervical cancer

1. Members encouraged education among girls.
2. Felicitated women achievers.
3. Helped checking & preventing girl trafficking.
4. Workshops on female focticides were organized.
5. Vocational courses for women started by many clubs.
6. Vocational centres in beauty saloons, Tailoring were started for girls.
7. Adult education started.
8. Marriages of poor girls soleminized.
9. Legal aid cells, health checkup camps organized.
10. Family Planning Camps organized.

Educational Help:

1. Scholarships, uniforms, stationary Fees for higher education.
2. Schools started for poor, computer education.
3. Libararies started, books donated for liberary.
4. Adult education, honoured teachers, Donated computers.
5. Provided safe drinking water, toilets for girls in schools.

     Ageing:

1. Organized grandparents day, Picnics, interactive Sessions for aging.
2. Cloths, medicines, eye checkup, health checkup camps.
3. Adult Education, Donated spritual books, cassettes.

Narcotics:

1. Organized talks, poster slogan competitions among school students.
2. Inter college nukkad natak, handbills distributed, slides shown against drugs in cinemas and JJ clusters.
3. Visiting AIDS victims, help to families of AIDS victims.
4. Vocational help to victims,financial help.      
               

Environmental Protection:

1. Teaching women on making flowers & mats with recycled papers.
2. Saplings planted, employed gardener for maintenance the trees.
3. No to crackers, “no to plastics”-drive among schools and communities.Cleanliness drive, pollution checkup for vehicles undertaken.
4. Sapllings palnted at parks, maintainance of parks undertaken by members.as part of personalized service.
5. Promoting Jute bags use and environment friendly material use.

Rain water harvesting :

1. Cd’s, models shown in schools and communities.
2. Workshops on awareness for water harvesting for schools and RWA’S.
3. Hand bills, hoardings for water conservation promotions.

ASSOCIATION OF INNER WHEEL CLUBS IN INDIA

Approximate Tabulation of Service Activities 2009-10
Period from July09 to May2010