NAVJIVAN VADIL KENDRA – ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THUR - 04/01/24
1). President - Vinod Parekh announced : i) He welcomed all present in our first gathering in the New Year. He said last year - 2023, we met for all 52 weeks and we never closed any weekly gathering, which was great for NVK.
ii). He said those who are doing Bank Transfers to NVK for fees, donations etc should give full details of their names, membership number etc. This is because we received our bank statement and found in some transfers there were no details. This becomes very difficult to trace the transferee. He also said that our Bank of Baroda is closing the retail banking section and we will have to close our account. We request all not to transfer any money through Bank of Baroda account and await for new instructions. We have now managed to open an account with the HSBC.
iii). Chimanbhai is taking passport digital photos for new and other members in the Foyer.
iv). Tomorrow - 5th January is our 17th Anniversary and he wished all members a 'Happy Anniversary and good health. He felt so proud in standing in front of you all for Kendra has grown from strength to strength and this was only possible due to full commitment of members. Thanks to all.
v). We have received Desk Calendars from Oyster Properties for distribution to all present here. They had also our sponsors for the new Membership cards. Many thanks to them.
2). NVK is proud to inform members that our member - JAYSHREEBEN RAJKOTIA - has been recognised in the 2024 New Year's Honours List for contributions to Indian art and culture. She is now a Member of the British Empire (MBE). She will attend a ceremony at the Buckingham Palace where a member of the Royal Family will present her with the award. We all are indeed proud and happy of her work over so many years has at last been recognised and she will be receiving the award. She is the wife of our member - VIJAYKUMAR RAJKOTIA.
On behalf of all members of NVK, we congratulate her and our Best Wishes that she continues with her good work.
3). Today we had Zumba workout by by Nishben Hirani and her assistant - Chandrikaben Patel. From the very start of the workout, the Hall was full of members eager to join in the workout. She did many fast workouts with music which toned up all body joints and muscles. Yet again she played the favourite music tunes of 'Makarina' and 'Kenya inchi yetu - Hakuna matata' and members really enjoyed the workout. Many thanks from NVK
4). DONATIONS : Niraj Shah and Sanju Shah of Oyster Properties have given NVK their 2024 Desk Calendar for all members present here. This will be distributed at Lunch Time. Many thanks from NVK to Oyster Properties.
5). After lunch today we are going to have a very light hearted 'Manoranjan' programme with light entertainment, songs, funny skit etc. Also Shayaris and Bollywood songs. Please join in this very interesting programme to start our New Year.
As usual at Tea Time, NVK will provide Tea/Coffee and the sponsored Biscuits.
(Today's Lunch Menu included : 'Garam Shiro', Cutlets, Puri, Mix Kathor nu saakh, Matar Bhat, Kadhi etc .)
The programme started at 2.00 pm with Dr. Vinodbhai Kapashi giving a short introduction and a humorous joke and then requested the members who had given their names to start.
Members came and recited some bhajans, jokes, songs etc and in between Dr. Vinodbhai Kapashi gave some very interesting details on lyrics etc.
Rameshbhai Shah as the 'Gabbar Singh' gave a nice skit showing the famous scene of 'Sholay' and recited very nicely all the lines following - 'Kitna aadmi the ......'
The husband and wife team of Naliniben and Bhupendra Vasa with costumes gave a nice dance on the stage.
Everyone enjoyed the programme.
6). Tomorrow - 5th January is our 17th Anniversary and we are proud that we have grown up from a membership of 30 who had attended initially to 437 and over 230 people on the Waiting List. We have 151 members between the age of 80 to 90 and most of them join in our Yoga sessions. We also have 10 members over 90 years of age and the eldest is 96 years.
7). Last Thurs - 28/12/23, we found a lunch plate with much food which was abandoned on the empty plate table. You all will agree that this was unnecessary wastage of food. We request that at Lunch time members only take what they can eat and do not take any item that they will not eat.
TODAY’S ATTENDANCE FROM THOSE WHO SIGNED THE REGISTER : 209
TODAY’S WEATHER AND TEMP : CLOUDY, RAINY 8 C
PRAFUL SHAH
PRO - NVK