hyderabad the blue cross of hyderabad has a new member badminton ace p gopichand the allengland champion was made a honorary member of the blue cross junior club at a small but impressive function of the organisation at amberpet in the city the blue cross junior club event organised at the municipal stadium at amberpet saw many schools participate and become members of the blue cross movement addressing the children gopichand called on them to be kind to animals narrating his experiences with a pet squirrel which had just for one month changed his life and taught him how to care he said his association with animals had changed his perceptionsit has changed my personality and made me more caring he added he told the children not to be overtly ambitious but choose their goals and work towards them it is important that you decide early what you want to become he saidgopichand also distributed blue cross junior club member badges to the children earlier blue cross of hyderabad honorary secretary amala akkineni welcomed the school children and said they should emulate people like gopichand you admire people not because what they are but because what they do she said referring to gopichands rejection of an advertisement contract with a soft drink major as he believed aerated drinks were bad for health students from rose buds high school new chaitanya high school geeta convent school st johns high school and pragati vidya niketan took part in event