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January 2011

LOWA DUN APITA KALA HAKI BIDAK OBATA

On behalf of the Leo District 306A2 Sri Lanka the ‘Lowa dun apita kala haki bidak obata’ leo walk was organized on the 23rd of January.

Organizing club details as follows.

1.    Leo Club of Dehiwala East
2.    Leo Club of Mattegoda
3.    Leo Club of University of Moratuwa
4.    Leo Club of Rattanapitiya
5.    Leo Club of Horana Metro

Participation details are as follows.

Leo Club of Mattegoda-6
Leo Club of Wellawatte West-14
Leo Club of Werahera-6
Leo Club of Polgasowita-8
Leo Club of University of Moratuwa-22
Leo Club of Horana Metro-6
Leo Club of Dehiwala East-12
Leo Club of Piliyandala-5
Leo Club of Rattanapitiya-10
Leo Club of Kalubowila-1
Leo Club of Moragahahena-2
Leo Club of Matugama-2
Leo Club of Bokundara-1

The walk was held on the 23rd of January to commemorate the National Leo Day which was held on the 21st of January. This time the theme was to salute the parents which are of great sociological value.

The walk started at 8.00 a.m. and it went for 4 hours and the starting point was Nugegoda junction and marked the end at the Pepiliyana Sunethra Devi Piriwena. The organizing committee planned the walk carefully where they can get the full attention from the public so the due publicity is given to the leo movement as well.

Organizing committee decided to have a street drama to further emphasize the value of the theme. The drama was an initiation of Leo Club of University of Moratuwa and it was shown to the public at Kohuwala Junction.

The media coverage for the programme was given by ‘Swarnawahini’ and it would be telecasted on the 27th of February at 5.30 p.m.through the ‘Rata Wata’ programme.

The programme came to an end at the Sunethra Dewi Piriwena with a Bana preaching given by the chief monk of the temple.
As a motivation factor the organizing committee decided to give two awards for the following two criterias and the winning clubs were as follows.

• Best Participation- Leo Club of University of Moratuwa
• Best Decoration- Leo Club of Dehiwala East and Leo Club of Rattanapitiya

Project Chairman Leo Janaka Prasad gave the final remark to the walk by giving a thank you speech to those who have contributed a lot to the success of the programme.

BUDUN PUDA AKURU KARAMU

The opening ceremony of the shrine room built up by leos of Horana Metro was held on the 19th of January and the occasion was a grand event in the whole leo district’s calendar.

Leos first organized the perehera programme where they were to carry the Buddha’s statue to the school. We thought that due respect should be given to the project and support from the Lions of Horana Metro were taken. The peehera consisted of 40 vehicles as per our records.

The auspicious time to lay the statue on the shrine room was at 10.05 a.m. and the perehera were there at the school premises by 9.45. The chief guest for the occasion was District President Leo Thilini Jayaweera and the Guest of Honour was Lion Nimal Aluthge, Past District Governer.

Leo Thilini, Lion Nimal with the donator Dr.N.Sugathadasa laid the Buddha’s Statue in the shrine room and all the other leo and lion dignitaries worshiped the statue woth flowers . the programme started with a small preach by a thera and next it was planned a formal meeting.

A Small packet of dry items were distributed among all the school children and these were donated to the club.
Many leo and lion dignitaries were given a chance to speak on bhalf of leoism and lionism in Sri lanka and it was said that this is indeed a great humanitarian service.

The principal of the Kadana Maha Vidyalaya too marked his word by thanking all the leos of Horana Metro who worked hard to make the event a success.

Following leo/lion dignitaries were present at the event.
•    15 members
•    Chief Guest- District President Leo Thilini Jayaweera
•    Guest of Honour- Lion Nimal Aluthge, IPDG
•    18 Visiting Lions
•    District Vice President
•    Immediate Past District President
•    20 visiting leos
•    100-150 outsiders

Leos of Horana Metro decided to engage in similar project atleast once per year. And it was a great day for all the lions and leos as most of them were happy as it showed the true nature of what leoism is.

SENEHASAKATA ARUTHAK PURAWANTA

Project at Elders Home, Horana.

Saluting elders is an important tradition in every human beings life. But in this cruel world there are certain instances that children find their parents as a burden and make them stay in an elder’s home.

Leos of Horana Metro to further enhance its humanitarian services organized a project at the elder’s Home , Horana on the 25th of January.

It was decided in the board meeting a project for elders should be done and Leo Samith brought up the idea that we should visit an elders home and stay the whole day with them. To put forward the idea some leos went to meet the administration of the Elder’s Home and decided the date as 25th of January. We got to know that there are 40 inmates staying in the elders home.

A programme starting from 3.00p.m. was prepared and leos were there on time. Lion Dr. Vajira Perera inspected the medical needs of the elders and after that the evening bodhi puja was offered to the shrine room in the elders home.

The dinner was donated by some leos and lions.almost all the leos treated the inmates as theor own mother and father. The project was an immense success as at the end of the day we all saw how happy the inmates were.

GILAN PASA POOJAWA & SETH WADAMU, METH WADAMU

Monthly continuous project of Leo Club of Horana Metro was held on the 19th of January at the Vidyarathne Temple at 3.30 p.m. This time gilanpasa was offered to all the people who have observed sil at the temple.
But unfortunately none of the leos couldn’t participate in the event as the club had the Buun Puda Akuru Karamu project in the morning.

So we arranged all the necessities in advance and Lion Lady Suwineetha Ariyarathne took the responsibility of looking after the matter. Later we got to know that there were somewhere around 150 people.

The other continuous project of Leo Club of Horana Metro, that is the Seth Wadamu, Meth Wadamubodhi puja pinkama was held at the Isipathana temple at 7.00 p.m.on the 20th of January.

There were 5 leos and the leo advisor present to make the event more successful.

December 2010

Gilan Pasa Poojawa & Seth-Pathamu Meth-Wadamu

The continuous religious project Seth pathamu-Meth wadamu was continued in the month of December and was held on the 10th Friday. This time also the Bodhi Pooja was carried out at the Vidyarathna Temple Horana and the key reason was to bless the Leos from the club who were attempting the G.C.E. Ordinary Level exams on the month of December 2010.

Out of the many Leos who were sitting for the O/L exams Leos Chethika, Barana, Pasindu and Achintha were present even though it was only two days before their exams, as well as the Club president Leo Hiranya and other Leos were also present for the pooja, namely Leos Laksri, Lochana, Dulmi and Wathmi.

The Bodhi Pooja was sponsored by the willing families of Leos Chethika and Barana with a gross value of about Rs.1200. The monthly Gilan Pasa Pooja project for the month of December was also donated by the same two Leos with a gross expense of Rs. 5000 for all the material for the preparation of tea and the biscuits for the several hundred people who were present at the temple.

The Gilan-pasa poojawa was also continued for the month of December on the 20th December which held the Unduwap Poya Day. The Leos as usual got together and prepared tea for the evening Gilan pasa for those who had observed sil at the Vidyarathna Temple Horana.

Multiple Leo Walks

ThirupparanOn behalf of the Leo Multiple District Council 306 the “Green Together “Leo Walk 2010 was organized on the 4th December 2010.

Organizing club details as follows:

1. Moratuwa Orient
2. Colombo Host
3. Horana Metro
4. Polgasowita
5. Colombo North
6. Wattala
7. Colombo Circle
8. Colombo City
9. Kolannawa
10. Wickramasinghrpura
11. Ananda College
12. Mahanama College
13. Pamunugamuwa

Participation Details as follows:

District 301A1 - 42
District 301A2 - 63
District 301B1 - 08
District 301B2 - 54
District 301C1 - 57
District 301C2 - 158
Total participation – 382

Leos The proceedings are as Follows: Due to the heavy rain on the day the Leos were asked to move from Mahanama College to Lions activity centre. Leo district president of district 306C1 Leo Dileka de Silva gave the welcome address and then the Leo multiple district president addressed the gathering.

The Camp fire by Leo Club of Kolannawa & Mahanama College commenced around 6.30 pm. The Camp Fire, with loads of fun activities and songs went on till 8.30pm which was followed by a BBQ dinner.

Drinks were served to the Leos during the indoor camp fire. Leo Multiple District 306 also awarded the highest participating club, highest participating district and appreciation awards for bringing highest participation from a district and also the organizing club presidents were also recognized by the chairperson which was followed by the address of the chairperson.

Most Outstanding Participation – Club – Leo Club of Ananda Colege

Most Outstanding Participation – District – District 306C2

Appreciation for supporting highest participation from a district awarded to Leo Club of Ananda College and Leo Club of Mahanama College. The vote of thanks was proposed by Multiple District Presiden Leo Kamal Jayattilake. After the camp fire Leos enjoyed the DJ night and the day full of fun reached it close by 11.00pm.

Leo Sivapathasundaram Thirupparan
Chairperson –Leo Walk 2010

November 2010

Gilan Pasa Poojawa & Seth-pathamu meth-wadamu

On the 17th November, the IL poya day, the Leos of Horana Metro held yet another Gilan Pasa Poojawa of their continuous project for each month’s poya days. Leos Hiranya, Laksri, Chalitha and Chameera were present at Vidyarathna Temple Horana for this occasion.

As it was done for all these past months the ingredients were brought up through donations and tea was prepared at the temple by the team and they were distributed among the dear people who were there observing sil after the evening “dharma deshana”.

The other hallmark project of Leo Club of Horana Metro, the continuous project of “seth-pathamu meth-wadamu” the bodhi pooja program was yet again held on the evening of 20th November at VidyarathnaTemple, Horana.

At the religious activities Leos Hiranya, Laksri, Chalitha, Ashan, Chameera Charith Soori and Poorni took part to do their best for a well organized bodhi pooja making both these religious service projects give good publicity to the club and its members, as well as peace at heart and mind!

Medical Camp

CAMPThe Leo Club of Horana Metro proudly held an outstanding Medical Camp for the villagers of Panagoda, Galpatha at the Sri Sudarshanarama Temple on the 6th of November 2010. The camp consisted of a general clinic, an eye clinic, a dental clinic and an ayurvevedic clinic and over 400 people took part at the medical camp for medical check-ups.

The whole camp was sponsored for the Leos by their mother club the Lions Club of Horana Metro and a few other distinguished donors in means of money and medicine.

Prior to the camp there was a publicity campaign based on Sri Sudharshanaramaya in the Panagoda area and fliers were distributed as well as announcements were made to inform the residents of the area about the campaign and that was also a huge success as most of that areas occupants turned up at the camp.

Many visiting Lions and Leos of the district were also present at the camp at the end of the day the organizing committee of Leo Club of Horana Metro was acclaimed for a job well done!

October 2010

Contribution to the Jayawardena Elder’s Home

A joint project was organized by the following Leo clubs to help the Suwasetha Social Service Society, Kesbewa at the Perahera Procession held on the evening of the Saturday the 2nd of October.
o Leo Club of Piliyandala
o Leo Club of Horana Metro
o Leo Club of Mathugama
o Leo Club of Moragahahena
o Leo Club of Kalubowila

This Perahera was held in celebration of the newly opened “Baudha Mandira” at the Jayawardana Home for Elders, Kesbewa. Unfortunately no photographs could be caught of this magnificent occasion by the Leos as it was a heavily raining evening, and it was even in that dire conditions that the procession moved on showing the commitment and dedication of all those who were a part of this service project. A letter of appreciation sent by the Hon. Secretary Mr G. K. Thilakarathne for the services rendered by the Leos who were present there is attached as an annex at the end of this report.

Leo Trip

Organizing Clubs,
o Leo Club of University of Moratuwa
o Leo Club of Horana Metro
o Leo Club of Piliyandala
o Leo Club of Dehiwala East

Route plan

From Horana to Damblulla Total distance is 188x2 = 376km

White Cane Day

The White Cane day which is held in every year on the 15th of October was celebrated by the Leos of 306A1 and 306A2 on the 17th Sunday at the NAITA Centre Katubedda with the Lions District 306A1. The Leo Club of Horana Metro was represented by Leos Laksri, Chameera and Lochana for this unforgettable service project for those who need our helping hand to see into a future with some light in their lives. The occasion was mainly organized by the Lion Daya Wijethunga of District 306A1 (A letter of appreciation is attached as an annex at the end of this report) and after a formal ceremony the white canes was distributed among those who were in need present there. Furthermore medications were distributed too.
The White Cane Day though not considered by many is an outstanding opportunity to reach out and touch the hearts of those in need by the Leos, and on that day it was exactly what happend!

July 2010

Seth Pathamu Meth Wadamu

In the Sri Lankan context whenever something is initiated it is the tradition to observe religious activities wishing for best of luck for that activity or event.
The new fiscal year of the Leo Club of Horana Metro was started with a bodhi pooja at the Vidyarathne Temple Horana on the 26th of July with the participation of 8 members.
Few days after the club installation ceremony the club members got together in a fine evening with nothing but good thoughts in their mind wishing for a good year to come by where each and every wish of the members would receive the blessings of the triple gems.
The bodhi pooja was organized not only to commemorate the start of the new fiscal year but also to remember the war heroes who gave their lives for our futures as well as to bless all family members and friends of the club members and our community.
After the religious activities were done advices were given by the Venerable Thero present there which gave all members courage and confidence for a better tomorrow starting from that day.

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