Chairman:Rtn.Bina Patwari

Fellowship is the second pillar of Rotary after "SERVICE" and our vital force.

Fellowship opportunities are available to the members at the Club meetings, at members homes, at fellowship events, outings and on occasions of joy, grief and illness.

Club meetings:

Most Rotarians are successful professionals and business executives because they bear opportunities knock and take advantage of them. Once a week the opportunity for Rotary fellowship occurs at each Club meeting, but not all members bear it knocking.

The weekly Club meeting is a special privilege of Rotary membership. It provides the occasion to visit with fellow members, to meet visitors you have not known before and to share your personal friendship with other members.

Our Club which has developed a reputation of being "friendly Clubs" follows a few simple steps: First, members are encouraged to sit in a different scat or at a different table each week. Second, Rotarians are urged to sit with a member they may not know as well as their long-time personal friends. Third, members invite new members or visitors to join their table just by saying, "Come join us, we have an empty chair at this table".

Fourth, members share the conversation around the table rather than merely eating in silence or talking privately to the person next to them. Fifth, Rotarians make a special point of trying to get acquainted with all members of the Club by seeking out those they may not know.

For our members, who follow these five easy steps, an entirely new opportunity for fellowship knocks each week. Rotarians realise that warm and personal friendship is the cornerstone of our great Rotary Club.

Rotarians Homes:

Several Rotarians invite their Rotarian friends as well as other members, particularly the new ones for a fellowship evening over lunch or dinner. This helps to develop camaraderie and friendship between not only the Rotarians, but also their families.

Fellowships at homes have a special warmth inculcating bonding and intimacy.

Fellowship events and outings:

All club fellowship events are organized, giving all the members the opportunity to meet with each other in an informal setting, with fewer constraints of time and away from the hubbub of daily work pressures. Having fun together is an essential ingredient to being able to work with each other in the service of community.

Outings in terms of a picnic, holidays together, and visits to foreign lands raises fellowship to higher plane. The Rotarians and their families, who take up this opportunity are thrown together over one or several days, resulting in a deep understanding of each others capabilities and needs. Many a service project are conceived and hatched in such outings, while partaking in the pleasure of travel, food, culture, et all.

Occasions of joy, grief and illness:

Happiness shared multiplies several fold, problems turn into opportunities and grief diminishes.

Though dealt with last, this is the most important aspect of fellowship, for what is a friend if he does not share his happiness and no one is more hapless tha one who does not provide succour and support to his fellows in times of illness and grief.

The Club has had a strong tradition in this area, and despite the many pressures of modern life in the fast lane city of Patna  greater focus is being brought to bear.

The Fellowship Committee coordinates all these activities and works to see that no Rotarian is left out of the warm embrace of fellowship.