Dear members,
Jai Jinendra and Jai Shree Krishna
1. Members were reminded to pay their membership subscription at the registration desk before it closes for today.
2. Donations:
- £21 from Virendarbhai Shah on the occasion of his birthday which is tomorrow.
- £25 from anonymous donor.
- A box of food sale containers by anonymous donor.
- 4000 plastic glasses by anonymous donor.
Kusumben Punater and Ramaben Doshi san the happy birthday song for Virendarbhai Shah.
Many thank to all the donors for their generous donations to the Kendra.
3. A gentle reminder to everyone that if you are looking to renew your membership fee for 2025 by CASH or CHEQUE you only have 3 Thursdays to do so (Thursday 5 December, Thursday 12 December and Thursday 19 December).
However, if you are looking to pay by BANK TRANSFER, the last day for transfer is Tuesday 31 December. Bank details are as follows:
BANK : HSBC
ACCOUNT NUMBER - 12152525
SORT CODE - 40-46-09
Please remember to put your membership no as reference.
4. Addendum to announcement of Thursday 21 November- the afernoon programme was omitted form the announcements to that day. Here it is :
We played 2 Bingo games with prizes for one line, two lines and full house. As well as additional prize for the next lucky winner after the full house. Many members joined to take part.
Chimanbhai took photos of all winners of the prizes and will upload on our website. Many thanks to him.
5. In the afternoon on Thursday 28 November we had a talk on Bowel Cancer by Nazia Ali's team from Brent Health Matters in collaboration with St. Marks Hospital.
Kusumben Punater welcomed and introduced the team and Prafulbhai Shah and Vinodbhai Parekh thanked the team for a very informative and educative talk.
6. Next Thursday's afternoon programme is Antakshri.
7. On the 5 December, we will be inviting comments from members. We will be putting out the comments box in the hall, where it was laid out last month. we welcome your comments.
8. Members were asked to read their emails carefully and properly. I was brought to our attention that although a correction to the timing of Yoga was corrected in the announcement of Thursday 21 November some members did not picked up the corrected time and thought that the Yoga was at a later time.
9. Members were asked to be mindful and aware of not spreading rumours and gossip about members special needs (disability). it was stressed that disability is not visible, so one should not judge another member on appearances. If members have any concerns about other members special needs they should speak to the Secretary or the President. After all, NVK has incorporated the disability symbol on membership cards based on the disabled badges issued by the UK government. This announcement was made because Naynaben Shah brought to our attention a rumour circulating about her disability. This was done with Naynaben's permission.
10. Wats app registration - 149
11. Today's attendance - 204 +1 carer +2 Guests +3 staff=210
12. Dishes used - 215
13. Food ordered - 220
14. Proceeds from the sale of food - £45