Men's Cook Out Nite

Online, November 18, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The week celebrating the motto of service, fellowship and goodwill is finally here: Country's premier service organization Round Table India is organizing its fellowship event wherein the members, called as 'Tablers', coming from different walks of life will interact with each other and also with other young professionals of the society to strengthen a feeling of togetherness and promote education in India. This year the event is organized with the target of educating 1 million children in India.

Round Table is an Organisation of non-political and non-sectarian young men between the age group of 18 and 40. The aim of the young men is to promote service, fellowship and goodwill in National and International affairs. The unique feature of the Organisation is that it always remains young, because the 'Tablers' retire when they turn 40, giving way to younger people.
Men's Cook Out Nite: Cooking for Education!
Out of 186 million children in the age group of 5-14, 100 million are not in school. Of the rest 86 million, out of every 10 children who start in grade 1, only 4 reach grade 8. Illiteracy is a self-fulfilling curse that perpetuates the change of poverty, degradation and child Labour. To promote education Round Table is organizing this unique event.

This year a "Men's Cook Out" event has been Organised where about 45 young business men and professionals will gather to work towards the noble target of educating 1 million children in India. They will also discuss to undertake many plans and various projects to teach and help underprivileged children of the society.
In the "Men's Cook Out Nite", the 'Tablers' who are celebrities from different walks of life will cook and interact with the youth.
The event is aimed at developing the fellowship of young men through the medium of their business, professional occupations and community service activities. Forming a group of five, each with four Tablers, will be given a specific menu who will compete with each other. The menu for the event will be provided at the venue 30 mins before the competition.
Round Table India believes in community service through the fellowship of its members. Round Table's motto is "Adopt, Adapt, Improve". This motto was taken from a speech by the Prince of Wales, in which he said: "The young business and professional men of the country must get together round the Table, adopt methods that have proved so sound in the past, adapt them to the changing needs of the times, and wherever possible, improve them". The vital aim of RTI is to encourage active and responsible citizenship by cultivating the highest ideals in Business, Professional and Civic Traditions. They also aim to Promote and further International Understanding, Friendship and Cooperation and the extension of the association throughout this event.

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About Round Table India
Round Table India started its efforts in helping the community with small projects directed towards service. Round Table was born in Britain 82 years back. Louis Marchesi, then a Rotarian, formed the first Round Table in Norwich in England in 1927. From a small group of 8 members, today Round Table has grown to 43,000 members across 52 countries representing every corner of the world. Round Table came to India in 1957.
Round Table India, the association, was formed on November 14, 1962 with just a membership of 100. It has, over the last 4 decades, grown to become a 2500 member strong association today. Round Table India has around 200 Tables located in 72 cities and towns, comprising of businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and professionals. The one major source of Fundraising by Round Table India apart from receiving donations from Corporates is the sale of Greeting Cards.

Blood Typing, the National Project in 1992 enlisted over 30000 Blood Donors across the country. Operation Thirst, in 1993 was the first Community Development Project to provide drinking water source to village people by sinking over 500 bore wells at a cost of over Rs.10 Million. AIDS being the killer disease, its awareness was promoted by Round Table India in the year 1994. Project SMILE, providing dental hygiene for rural children by conducting several dental camps benefiting about 300,000 children in the year 1995.