Volunteers take on a marathon under the siege of Rotary Club
Chennai: The Cool Runner, A set of young and passionate runners along with the volunteers from the Rotary Club of Adyar have come together with a twin objective focusing on helping the needier by getting people participate in fund raising activities organised through a marathon.
The groups conducted a marathon to fund Fourtts Medical Centre, Okkiam, Thoraipakkam, a full fledged clinic which serves the medical needs of the under privileged on the marathon runners set off from the YMCA Grounds, Nandanam in which 2500 runners participated.
Speaking at the valedictory Mr. Jayaraman, President of Cool Runners said, “The event is an initiative by The Rotary Club of Adyar and Cool Runners. We are looking forward to make this a yearly event to support the noble cause and provide quality service to needy patients, providing access to Doctors from various specialities along with nurses. Currently about 120 patients are being attended per day. We are focusing on increasing the patient care to 500 per day”.
The marathon aims at providing free services like medical consultation and dispensing of medicines. Through the marathon the rotary club also aims at rendering complimentary services in like family planning, child immunization and health education amongst the poor.
