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YEAR END PARTY
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday December
1, 2007 at the Year End Party which will be held at
Salle Polyvalente d'Avully.
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Program for the evening
7.00 pm Formal opening
7.30 pm Drinks and Refreshments
8.00 pm Dinner
8.30 pm Dance Floor Opens
11.00pm Raffle Draw
01.30am End of evening |
Entrance tickets will be priced at CHF 10 for Members
(Adults) and CHF 5 for their children above 12 years.
However the maximum for one family will be CHF 25. Tickets
for Guests (Adults) will be priced at CHF 20 and CHF
10 for their children above 12 years.
Kindly confirm your attendance
with one of the committee members in order to help us
with catering.
Chandika
022 340 3700 |
Mayoni
022 320 9792 |
Nandani
022 3445479 |
Minon
022 338 9078 |
Chandana -
022 797 3541 |
Siriwardene
076 3646139 |
Directions to
the venue
- Bus - Bus no. K from Bernex (direction
Chancy-Douane) and get off at the Avully-École
stop
- Car - From the City centre, take route
du Meyrin (direction Meyrin) turn right at Balexert
on to the Pont Butin. At Petit-Lancy, take direction
Chancy/Bernex. Proceed straight at the first,
second, third and the fourth round-abouts (direction
Chancy). After you pass the Avia gas station
(on the right), turn right at the 5th round-about
to Avully. After entering the village, take
the first left turn to Salle Polyvalente de
Avully.
Auto Route: Take the Bernex exit and turn right
to Chancy at the round-about which is the 1st
round-about mentioned above.
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Talk on Mental Health
A Talk on "Mental Health development in Sri Lanka:
The role of the community" was conducted by Professor
Nalaka Mendis (FRCPsych) at Quaker hall on Friday, 19th
October. Professor Mendis is renowned for his work in
Psychiatry in Sri Lanka and he is currently Professor
of Psychological Medicine, University of Colombo and
the President of the National Council for Mental Health
"Sahanaya"
Following this informative and interesting discussion,
Professor Mendis was asked numerous questions on various
topics in the field of Mental Health by the audience
and it was obvious that if time had permitted, it would
have gone on for far longer. This talk, the first of
its kind to be organized by SLAG in recent years, was
regarded upon as a wholehearted success by both organizers
and others present and many expressed their desire for
similar educative events to be organized in the future.
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Summer Picnic
The Summer Picnic held on Sunday, 26th August at the
Parc de Jonc in Grand Saconnex was a huge success with
the participation of not only those from Geneva but
also Bern and Zurich as well.
To make up for the lack of a Sinhala and Tamil New
Year party, several fun activities and games like coconut
scraping, tug-o-war, Kotta pora, sac race were organized
with prizes.
Almost all of the youngsters and most of the adults
showed great sporting spirit by participating in at
least one event and there were smiles and cheers all
round for all the games.
The BBQ which is now an integral part of the Summer
Picnic was manned by many helpers which is always the
case, and is a means of catching up with old friends,
especially for the men.
The weather was exceptionally good with sunshine and
not a drop of rain and no hint of a cloud in the sky.
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Fete des Rues
The last fundraising event for the year was held in
Paquis on 22nd and 23rd of September and again, we were
lucky with the weather as it was regularly sunny with
no rain. On the first day of the event, we did something
different by selling Indian Pakoda (vegetables fried
in batter) which proved to be quite a hit.
owever, there were also many 'SLAG food stall regulars'
who asked us for our typical Sri Lankan food. (In fact
quite a few had actively looked for our stall during
lunch time) And so, the next day, we provided the traditional
dish of rice, dhal, chicken curry and papadam and it
goes without saying, that this was a definite hit!
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Notice: Experienced Sri Lankan teacher offers
free Sinhala tuition for children.
Mrs Kanthi Gamhewage, a retired teacher of Vishaka Vidyalaya,
D.S. Senanayake College, Zahira College, Buddhist Ladies
College amongst others during a career spanning over
30 years and currently residing in Geneva is offering
free tuition to children of Sri Lankan families residing
in and around Geneva. Beginners, primary and secondary
school children are welcome.
Please contact gamhewageg@who.int
or call her directly on 022 340 1247 for further details.
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Dear Members,
We are now at the end of another year and all the funds
raised by SLAG during this year are awaiting recipients.
We encourage you to make applications for worthy charities
through the SLAG charity form found on the SLAG website.
More information can be obtained at: www.slageneva.org/charities.htm
while the charity form can be downloaded from the page:
www.slageneva.org/charityform.html.
Those who are unable to access Internet are welcome
to call Chandika at 022 340 3700.
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Have you paid your Subscription yet?
WE WOULD LIKE TO URGE MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT PAID FOR
THE YEAR OF 2007, TO PAY BEFORE THE YEAR END PARTY AND
BENEFIT FROM THE MEMBERSHIP RATES OF ADMISSION.
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Sponsors:
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