SPA UK Sandesh 2017 | Page 68

Luton Namaste all, We have been researching when the first Prajapati came to The children watched Aladdin at The Grove Theatre. They Luton. We have learnt this was in 1965, 10 years before Luton had a nice time but for some of the younger children found it Branch was formed. rather loud, but hey that’s panto. Luton Branch have been busy organising events for its Following our AGM in April 2017 we had 14 people attend of members by holding regular monthly meetings. which 11 were on the outgoing committee. Luckily, we have a committee of 15 members serving the Herts, Beds and Bucks In September during Shradh, The Shree Jalaram Krishna area. We welcomed back an old committee member who Mandal from Northolt provided us with enjoyable music and had taken leave for two years. Bhajans. We then had a lovely Bhojan made by volunteer local ladies. During the evening we took donations for the Ladies attended the Mahila Samelan and came away a lot Luton and Dunstable Hospital’s Cardiac Unit and the Nepal more knowledgeable about living a healthy lifestyle. Disaster Appeal. Our Dinner and Dance event in November was a free event to get the community out and meeting with each other. It was a very enjoyable event with many new and old faces we have not seen in a while. We provided entertainment from a live group, some home cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian food prepared once again by our volunteer ladies and gents. The event was only possible because of generous donations from the local community which allowed us to cover our expenses. 66 vol. 42 | Prajapati Sandesh 2017