Ceylon Continental Hotel provides stationery to schools in Nuwara
Eliya
Recently the Ceylon Continental hotel shared the spirit of giving
with four high schools within the Nuwara Eliya city limits. The day
began with the children including the Principles of the schools arriving
to the Ceylon Continental Marquee at the edge of Gregory Lake.
The invitees include, P M Arangala from Madduma Bandara School,
Nawarathna from Sri Vajiraggnana School, Luxshman Ranasinghe from
Paynters Memorial School and Chandani Bandara from Gamini National
School. The Mayor of Nuwara Eliya, Mahinda Dodampegamage and his wife
Pushpika Dodampegamage were present as the guests of honour. The PA to
the Mayor Rohan Gunatilake accompanied the list of invitees.
Gifts such as a LG hi-fi home theatre system for the Madduma Bandara
School and Sri Vajiraggnana School, a HP laser jet printer and a HP
(2400) Scanner to Paynters Memorial School along with a LG DVD player,
five Udekki instruments and an electronic tuning box to Gamini National
School were then given out to the respective school representatives as
requested by the school for the betterment of their students.
"This is not the first time that the Ceylon Continental has organized
donations for the underprivileged children. We see it as an opportunity
to add value to the education institutes in the rural area of Sri Lanka.
Seeing smiles on the faces of these children and the appreciation of the
teachers is something that we at the hotel greatly enjoy, and we have
chosen to focus our social responsibilities on this cause," General
Manager Kamal Munasinghe stated. |