SPA UK Sandesh 2013 | Page 62

S PA B O C o LTO ve N n t r y Promoting events to a wider audience. We should all join hands and celebrate our cultural frestivities in harmony. Weblink- picture caption - “Building for the future”! Nameste, oventry Branch has continued with events throughout last year. C Shradhdh Bhajans (13/10/2012) As usual we had very good attendance from the Samaj members. Members enjoyed the bhajans and we are looking forward to this year’s bhajan’s which will be held on 28th September 2013. Diwali Celebrations (1/12/2012) We had a full day of fun and participation amongst the members of Coventry Branch. In the morning we held a Cultural Show where we had several younger and elder members of the Samaj participate in dances and singing Bollywood songs. In the evening we had dinner & dance with Karaoke and a DJ. All had a good time and danced through the night. Following on from the successful Senior Samelan held by HQ, we 60 arranged further trips for our elder Samaj members. Trips (17 /8/2013) Crawley Mandir / Brighton Beach trip: Our first stop was Crawley Mandir where we were able to spend some time for reflection and bhajans, before departing for Brighton Beach. Although, the weather ended up not being so kind to us, the trip was well received and enjoyed by all. The trip was well attended by our senior members. Following the success of the Mandir trip, another trip to celebrate Janmashtami was organised where we were pleased to be able to invite people from all Hindu Samaj’s within Coventry to attend the festivities at the Hare Krishna Temple in Watford. During the trip we started our fund raising for the Uttarakhand Flood Relief Fund, raising £235 with the generosity of our attendees. A Big Thanks to All for the donations. Father’s Day BBQ (16/6/2013) This is our regular BBQ event. Due to rain and cloudy weather the attendance was lower than usual however those who turned up had fun, food and drink. Forthcoming events that we have planned with the aim of raising more funds for Uttarakhand Relief, Water Aid and local charities are Shradh Bhajans, Navratri, Diwali Dinner and Dance, 3 Peaks Challenge, Darts & Pools night and various other small initiatives throughout the year. We shall be sending full details to you all, so anyone wishing to attend the events will be most welcome. SPA Coventry Samaj is promoting events to a wider audience and for most of our events we are allowing people outside of Samaj to attend. Here our idea and initiative is to accommodate people from smaller