Rotary Club distributes school bags, notebooks

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Jalandhar, June 2

Members of the Rotary Club, Goraya Midtown, on Tuesday under their mission ‘Rotary Connects the World’ handed over school bags, green boards and notebooks to teachers of government primary schools at Nathewal and Chachrari in Jalandhar district to further distribute these among schoolchildren.

The club distributed over 100 school bags, notebooks and green boards worth Rs 33,000 in both schools with the aim to motivate students to study dedicatedly from their homes amid the lockdown.

Lupinder Kumar, member of the club, said on the request of the teachers of the school, 30 members of the club contributed Rs 1,000 each from their pockets for the noble cause. He said maintaining social distancing, we today handed over all these items to school teachers. The teachers have assured that they would distribute these items on doorsteps of the students while following all the guidelines of the administration.

He said the sole purpose behind donating these items was to encourage students towards studies and to let them know that their teachers care for them and had been making all efforts to ensure quality education.