New Year Celebration
Sri Lankan New Year celebration (2023) was organized by Sri Lankan Association of Manitoba (SLAM) at Victoria Inn Hotel and Convention Centre on April 15th , 2023.
Sri Lankan Seniors Manitoba (SLSM) arranged an exhibition of Sri Lankan arts and crafts with more than 50 items created by two seniors, namely Charlotte Gunawardene and Sam Wijewardena. As an artist Charlotte created more than twenty scenery paintings and Sam created a wooden wall-clock, two dozen coconut shell spoons in six sizes, and there were Sri Lankan ornaments too.
There were about 300 participants for the new year ceremony whereas three distinguished invitees namely Hon. Terry Duguid Member of the House of Commons, Hon. Scott Gillingham Mayor of the City of Winnipeg and Hon. Janice Lukes, Deputy Mayor visited the arts and crafts exhibition.
Mother’s Day: Health Education: High Blood Pressure in Adults
Sri Lankan Seniors Manitoba (SLSM) decided to conduct health education session on the above heading. This was delivered by Dr. Rivi Warnakulasooriya MD, MSc, CCFP who works currently as a physician in Province of Manitoba. His wife, Dr. (Ms.) Renuka Warnakulasooriya, helped Rivi’s demonstration.
As the topic is applicable among Seniors and as both of them are not strangers for SLSM members, the question-and-answer period was extended more than the scheduled time allocated.
At the beginning, Indra Ariyaratne, President SLSM, introduced two invitees to the members. As Mother’s Day falls on May 14th, 2023 mothers were offered a gift parcel as a mark of respect.
