Senior Citizens Forum
Formation:
SCF was founded by Sri RK Viswanathan of LIC in August 1993 with five members. Currently it has 382 members though running LM number is 568.
Meetings:
Two meetings are held on first and third Mondays of the month. At present the venue is Centenary High School, Secunderabad 500003. On working days a Day Care Center functions from 10 am to 1 pm at the same place. It is closed on Sundays and public Holidays. Activities include interactive sessions with members, periodical medical diagnostics and check up, counseling facilities as needed and also RTI consultations for genuine cases.
Logo:
Mr Aswini Kumar, son of Col NA Kumar designed the ID card and also the forum insignia.
Motto:
“Be Good, DO Good” is the SCF Motto.It is taken from the writings of Dr Sivananda
Membership:
The membership charges are a one time fee of Rs 2000/-. This includes the ID Cards, a Cap with SCF Logo, a copy of the directory of SCF members. The new member is introduced in the next available meeting and mentioned in the newsletter also.
Information:
The directory also contains lyrics in Hindi and English of the SCF song. It is sung towards the end of all meetings. The English Version was composed and compiled to Sri Theodore Comfort. The Hindi version has been composed by Col NA Kumar.
The SCF Flag is unique signatures of all members. New members get to sign this flag when they join. SCF also organizes heritage tours, excursions to local places of interest, periodical visits to ailing seniors in old age homes. SCF also honors merit worthy members from time to time. It also provides monetary assistance to meritorious BPL school children. The Centenary School has been the chief beneficiary.
The Executive Committee (EC) elected by members chaired by the President. Various sub-committees are also part of SCF and are chaired by an EC member and other members of these committees are SCF members.
The SCF publishes a quarterly newsletter “ABHILASH” with information on meetings, coming events and activities.
Directory
Fourth Edition of the Directory of SCF Members was published in 2013. It contains 388 members. A soft copy of the directory, updated as of August 2014 is available in the website.
Communication
Members are informed about meeting / events via SMS, Email and announcements during meetings. Special events like AGM, Annual Day etc are informed via post cards.
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