HQ REPORT
SENIORS
Namaste an d
Jai shree Krishna
...Mahendrabhai
Soni spoke on the
Benefits System, and
Khushalbhai Kumar,
gave an eye opening
talk on ‘How to Age
Gracefully’....
What a day the Seniors Sneh
Milan was this year! It was held at
Leicester Prajapati Samaj on Sunday
14th June 2015.
All those who attended this Sneh
Milan really enjoyed the day’s
programme. The credit goes to the
two speakers; Shri Mahendrabhai
Soni who spoke on the Benefits
System, and Khushalbhai Kumar,
who gave a very interesting and
eye opening talk on ‘How to Age
Gracefully’. My sincere thanks to Shri
Balubhai Mistry and Shri Natubhai
Tailor for bringing these speakers to
the Sneh Samelan.
And what about the main
Controller? In the absence of
Shri Natubhai Tailor (Assistant
Secretary), who unfortunately, was
unable to attend due to a sudden
change in his health, Srimati Taraben
handled the event on the day. The
Chair Person Shri Vasantbhai, along
with Shri Balubhai did their best
to control and assist
Srimati Taraben. It
seems that all those
who were present
enjoyed the day.
Seniors committee honouring Jitubhai and Hansaben. L - R: Vasanbhai,
Shakuben, Jiutubhai, Hansaben, Shashibhai, Taraben, Balubhai
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One of the aims of
the Sneh Samelan
was to raise funds for
the Nepal Earthquake
Appeal. An auction
was held of two
murtis to increase the
donation amount and
this became a very
successful initiative. Over the day,
approximately £3,595 were raised.
We can be sure that the donation
collected will help the people
who are unsettled by the Nepal
Earthquake.
Now for the serious talk, this
Sneh Samelan began as a one-off
gathering. The idea came from Shri
Niranjan Sharma of Ashton-UnderLyne and Shri Natubhai Tailor of
Preston to bring all the founding
members and past members
together. However, now it seems it
will hopefully continue as an annual
event. Not only that, it has become
a self-financing event. Hats off to
Seniors who do dig deep to donate
generously! It is a good lesson
for the youngsters to learn and
remember.
As it seems this will be an annual
event, it will be nice if youngsters
took over the running of this event.
By this I mean younger than 60! It
will provide for a smooth running of
the event. Finally, a thought for the
Seniors:
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So if and when possible, forget
about holding money, enjoy life
and do make an effort to attend
the Seniors Sneh Milan and donate
generously.
Taramati Sharma (Secretary)
Seniors Sneh Minal (2015/2016)