Obituaries :

 Following teachers passed away in the recent past. May they attain the supreme bliss of Nirvana

Mr. S.B. Liyanage who passed away on 4 th May, 2008
Mrs. Leelawathi Palliyaguru who passed away on 6 th June, 2008
Mrs. Soma Munasinghe who passed away on 21 st June, 2008

Major Events :

During the Wesak week; on 18 th of May, some of our Committee Members made a trip to the front line passing Medawachchiya, for distribution of provisions, medicines, stationery etc, among the security forces, Police personnel, villagers in the threatened areas. Thereafter, a medical camp was held with the assistance of the Medical Officers from the Anuradhapura hospital. The Committee collected items and pooled their resources within a matter of 3 days to complete the project. The total cost of the project was around Rs. 300,000/=.

– “Mama Thawama Panapitin” Drama

A drama produced and directed by a past Mahindian, Mr. Anura Dahanayake – “Mama Thawama Panapitin” was staged on 6 th July, 2008 at the Elphinstone Theater in Colombo, which was very well attended. This was a fund raiser as well as to help the up and coming stage drama artistes.

The raffle draw winners

The raffle sold by the Club was drawn on 24 th August 2008, at the “Holiday Resort, Wadduwa” and the winners are as follows :-

A “Career Guidance” progarmme

A “Career Guidance” progarmme was conducted at the College on 13 th & 14 th October 2008, for school leaving students. Approximately 100 students participated in this programme. The inaugural lecture was delivered by a distinguished old Mahindian - Dr. Bandula Wijayarathna.

There were Lectures on -

1. Career Guidance
2. Social Etiquettes
3. Effective communication skills
4. Careers available in the Engineering fields
5. Careers available in the marketing field
6. Careers in public services
7. Familiarization of writing bio-datas, curriculum vitae and behaviour at interviews

On both days, lunch and tea were provided to all the participants and simultaneously practical demonstrations were held in respect of behaviour at formal functions, table manners, etc., At the end of the 2 day programme, there was an Q&A session with the participants. A “Certificate of Participation” was awarded too.

Family Day

This was held at the “Aqua Pearl Holiday Resort” in Gorakana, Panadura, on Sunday, 26 th October 2008, with the participation of Club Members and their families. The day commenced by singing the College song, welcome address by the President of the Mahinda Club and felicitating Members who have helped the Club in the past as follows:

Mr. Saman Weeratunga, (Presidential award winner for Printing),
Mr. Sagara Batuwanthudawa,
Mr. Thilak de Silva (Managing Director, Laugfs Gas), Dr. Saman Weerasinghe and
Mr. Jayantha Karunarate (Imperial Tea).

There were separate events for the children and the ladies throughout the day. Music was provided by the Army band. This was well attended and a great success.

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Projects lined up for 2008

• College prize giving – we have been requested to sponsor the College prize giving 2008.
• To erect a monument for the war heroes of Mahinda College , with the help of the funds from the UAE Branch.
• The scholarship scheme awarded by Dr. Saman Weerasinghe.
• The Mahinda Club has organized a fund raiser, in the form of a musical evening with “Super Stars”. This is scheduled to be performed at the Medical Faculty Auditorium at the Karapitiya Hospital , Galle , on 30 th November, 2008.

(Contact details of the following to be included in the web page

Mr. Palitha Kumarasinghe and Mr. D.N. Thilakumara )

The relevant photographs of the following functions/events are available :-

•  Stage drama

•  Careers guidance programme

•  Family day

Anybody who got photographs of the other functions/events, please forward them to me at gurur@sltnet.lk .