The Rotary Club of Doylestown was honored to host Rotarian Sandeep Kumar at our May 25, 2016 dinner meeting. Sandeep is the President Elect of the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Cotton City, India. He exchanged his club banner with President Bruce Rutherford and spent a few minutes discussing his club. 

 

Coimbatore, India is 1,000 miles south of Mumbai and is called the Cotton City. It is a textile center and many of the club members, including Sandeep, work in the textile industry. The club has 55 members and is 8 years old.  The club’s community projects include cancer awareness training and funding for cancer treatment.  The club also helps fund the education of local students. Sandeep told us that his district has 130 clubs with 3,500 members, for comparison, our district has 42 clubs and 1,800 members. Sandeep hopes we can plan an international project with his club.