{"id":4146,"date":"2019-06-28T00:06:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T23:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2019-06-28T00:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T23:10:37","slug":"assistrrs-annual-dinner-january-2019-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/?p=4146","title":{"rendered":"AssistRR&#8217;s Annual Dinner &#8211; January 2019 \u2013 An Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are delighted to inform that we have managed to\u00a0raise \u00a39,260.00,\u00a0an amazing sum of money, at this year\u2019s fund raising dinner in Solihull. We are incredibly grateful to all those who made this possible. We are going to use this to build an\u00a0accommodation\u00a0building for disable children in Mankulam. We wish to\u00a0express our gratitude for all the\u00a0support given by Mark Penney&#8217;s family and, in a broader sense, the community of Solihull School in helping the disadvantaged people of Sri Lanka. Mr Penney arranged to\u00a0use their school refectory free of charges again for the second year. We would like to thank Mr Penney, Miss\u00a0Franceska Yeaman, Conor Williams, and Harvey Blackhurst for their impressive presentations on projects carried out by them to assist the needy in Sri Lanka and Max &amp; Amelia Penneys for their welcome speech. Our special thanks to many Solihull School parents who joined us at the dinner and\u00a0generously supported our fund raising efforts. We have no words to thank the school community for their continued\u00a0support. We would also like to thank our Patron,\u00a0Dr K Somasundararajah for compering the event, Mr Selliah Yogamorthy, and our volunteer cardiologists,\u00a0Dr Mayooran Shanmuganathan\u00a0and Dr Manoharan Santhalingam, for their informative\u00a0presentations. Special thanks to Miss\u00a0Hanzika Bavananthan and Miss\u00a0Harshika Bavananthan for their beautiful classical dance performances, which were well received by the guests including Solihull School community. Finally, we would like thank\u00a0all of our volunteers including our trustees and members,\u00a0who worked hard\u00a0to make the fund raising\u00a0dinner a successful one.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/uGosjMfgsf4tihSE7\">Press here to see more photos of the annual dinner.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00468-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC00468 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00468-copy-e1561675195117.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00497.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC00497\" src=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00497-e1561675456229.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00536.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC00536\" src=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00536-e1561675350478.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00560.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DSC00560\" src=\"http:\/\/assistrr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSC00560-e1561675222159.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to inform that we have managed to\u00a0raise \u00a39,260.00,\u00a0an amazing sum of money, at this year\u2019s fund raising dinner in Solihull. We are incredibly grateful to all those who made this possible. 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