Dear members,
Jai Jinendra and Jai Shree Krishna,
1. All committee members were called forward for a Saal ceremony for, our member, Hansaben Gosarani as she had reached a milestone birthday of 90 years. Ramaben Doshi, Purnimaben Meswani and Kusumben Punater sang happy birthday song.
2. As there was some confusion about the revised format of lunch donations which was announced last week, the announcement made last week was repeated again.
SILVER SUPPORT - £750- 5 guests free; any more guest will be charged at £10 per person; Silver supporter will not take any left over food; left over food will be sold as usual. (Ordinary Lunch-no choice of menu items).
GOLD SUPPORT- £1500 - 5 guests free; any more guest will be charged at £10 per person; Gold supporter will not take any left over food; left over food will be sold as usual. (Special Lunch- Limited choice of menu items - sweet, farshan, shakh and pickle).
FULL DAYS COST - sponsorship for the full days cost - no more than 2 sharing. Sponsor for the full days costs can take left over food home.
3. Donations
- £60 chaas donation from Jyotiben Hiralal Gandhi for the month of April.
- Buiscuits from Madhuben Gulabbhai Shah.
Many thanks on behalf of the Kendra to the above donors.
4. Empty containers
Members were asked not to hand in glass bottles or containers - 1 broke today and it creates more work for our Kitchen team.
5. Queen's award 10th Anniversary celebrations
We will be celebrating this on Thursday 12 June. Please make a note in your diaries and support the Kendra in this celebrations. There will be an entrance fee - to be confirmed.
6. Our Holi celebration photos have now been uploaded on our website https://www.nvk.org.uk/photos
7. Sthanakwasi Panchang were handed in by Avantibhai Jasani at the registration desk for members to take if they wished.
8. Members were reminded not to use multiple glasses, but to use just single glass for multiple use. The glasses are costly to buy.
9. Afternoon Programme: 'Brent Health Matters' under the leadership of Nazia Ali presented a session on NHS app. Nazia and her team helped the members and showed how to download the app on their mobile phones. Explained the advantages in down loading the app, they assisted those members that found it difficult to download the app. They also explained how the app works.
The members found this session very useful. As a result, 55 of our members download the NHS app.
10. Today's attendance - 225
11. Food ordered - 190
12. Proceeds from the sale of food - £34 + £1 in old coin