3rd District Council -Conference-DGE Election 2012

DG's official visit to YMC Pathanamthitta Central

3rd District Council & DGE election

Our 3rd District Council & DGE elections will be held on 4th March 2012 (Sunday) - 6 PM @ Royal Auditorium ,Pathanamthitta.

DGE nominations may be sent to the District Governor in advance.

Detailed notice will be issued to all clubs.

District Secretary.

Feb- A time to act act fast for TOF

Y's Men International

FEB – A Time to Act,

Act fast for Time of Fast.

Ysm.V. Vijaya Kumar

International Service Director

Time of Fast - GPF

Many join Y's Men International with a mind to serve their own fellow men in distress and difficulty. They get attracted to our Projects taken - up all over the world from TOF-Global Project Fund. This is primarily because through these projects they discover the true spirit of Y's Men International. That apart, the contributions to Time of Fast Fund by Y's Men and others are never mobilized with a commercial approach and in stead, it is a voluntary act with a human touch. The contributors and donors realize the pain of hunger that people suffer.

In the month of February every year the Y's Men and their families through out the world get involved with a rejuvenated spirit promoting this International Fund in all the areas, where Y's Men International is now spread. They become examples to others skipping their own meals and contributing its cost to T.O.F. Fund, thus being tools to improve the lives of so many others who are in distress. That is why Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Service to Man is Service to God."

Since inception of T.O.F. program by Y's Men International in 1973, a great deal of money in as much as US $ 4.5 million could be spent from this noble fund for people's welfare. Out of T.O.F. Global Project Fund as many as 27 on going projects are supported in 16 countries.

Y's Men International could help the YMCAs to undertake many projects in the cause of service to global community. Both the organizations- Y's Men and YMCA stood together for people's cause in many parts of the world. This sort of bond between the two organizations developed a profound faith in people and a spirit of helping each other for a peaceful co-existence. Y's Men International is now privileged to earn a consultative status with the United Nations and renders unique service through two flagship projects like HIV/AIDS and RBM (Roll Back malaria). From Time of Fast, Y's Men International provides funds to these projects globally.

World is full of uncertainty. The famous philosopher Bernard Shaw once said, "There is nothing certain in this world, if you are certain you are certainly wrong." With the growing ecological imbalances, diseases and disasters, poverty and distress, world is no more a peaceful place to live in. It is nice to realize that in the ocean of wants and miseries "Y's Men International" stands as a beacon to improve the lives of many through Time of Fast fund.

At the same time my dear friends, we must try to understand that our inflow to this TOF fund is not enough when compared to the out flow, the money what we spend for projects. There is urgency for us to fill in this gap. We have to sustain our on going projects and improve upon for the future. It is only possible when Y's Men's clubs and the Y's families contribute in a ritualistic way to this fund, the pride of Y's Men. February is the month when our Y's Men and families are rejuvenated to work at various ways to get contributions to T.O.F.

It is the time to fast and on top of that to act fast for "Time of Fast".

I am reminded of a noble saying, "Love God with joy and gladness, lets' put our love for God in to a living action, for God always appears before us in a disguise of a sick or poor."