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Quarterly Bulletin | Rotaract Club of Kuliyapitiya
Issue 2012 Q1
Rotaract Club of Kuliyapitiya
Sponsored by Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya

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3. Contents
I s s u e -J u l y 2 0 1 2
About Rotaract Club of Kuliyapitiya 5
Members 6 7
Laying foundation stones 7
Save Herb - Save Life 8 Laying foundation stones...
DRR Visit 9
Kingdom of Thailand 10
Plants for a Greener Tomorrow 11 13
Greener Tomorrow 12
English Medium Book Donation 13
English Book Donation
Carom Tournament 14
ZRR Visit 15
Raffle Draw Fundraiser 16
Read it and Share it 17 11
District Awards Awareness 18
plants for
greener tomorrow

4. from the editors...
Welcome to the maiden issue of the “SUCCESS”, the
official bulletin of the Rotaract Club of Kuliyapitiya.
The maiden issue of our monthly bulletin is an effort
to make you aware of the great social activities we
have rendered so far, within a very short period.
On this memorable occasion, we offer our sincere
thanks to all the members of Rotaract Club of
Kuliyapitiya, members of Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya
and our sponsors, well wishers, donors for their
great contribution to make our endeavors a reality.
We would be much obliged if you send us your
comments and constructive suggestions to make
our work more fruitful.
Editorial Desk
Tel :
Anuja - 0714298861
Email :
rotaractclubofkuliyapitiya@gmail.com

5. about Rotaract club of kuliyapitiya
On the 5th of April 2012, the Rotaract Club Dansala “ on the Poson Poya day to the
of Kuliyapitiya was established under the devotees coming to Assedduma Sri
patronage of the Rotary Club of Sasanalankara temple.This was funded by
Kuliyapitiya,our Mother Club, with the main our mother club and the community of the
aim of rendering some social service to Kuliyapitiya area.Our main aim of this
Kuliyapitiya,our home town.This day was project was promoting unity, peace and
historic and memorable to the resourceful togetherness. It was a complete success.
young persons who were awaiting to engage
in social services in their native area. Another memorable project was donating a
We offer our sincere gratitude to the lot of English books to the pupils of
President of the Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya, Kuly/Holy Angels Girls College which is the
Rtn.PHF.H.A.Kumara,Immediate Past best Girls ‘school in Kuliyapitiya. Our aim
President Rtn.PHF.J.A.S.Padmasiri,Past was to give a helping hand to their
President Rtn.PHF.Kumara education with the idea of creating a
Lekamge,Secretary Rtn.H.G.Udaya knowledgeable future generation in our
Pushpakumara and all the other Rotarians of community.
the Club for their decision and the great
contribution to establish our Rotaract The next project “Around the world in 15
Club.We are very grateful to them for minutes “ was on professional development.
understanding the Power of the Youth and Under this project we educated the Rotaract
encouraging us. members about Thailand. We also raised
awareness in Rotaract awards under
The inaugural meeting was held on the 5th “Rotaract Award Awareness”. A carom
of April 2012 at “Shilpa Sahalika tournament, Rotaract Movie Night and
,Kuliyapitiya, making our dream a reality. Rotaract T-shirt project were done under
Anuja Madushan Herath was appointed the Club Service Projects. We also did a Raffle
first President of our club. At the moment, Draw as a Fund Raising project. All these
Anuja is following the course in Software projects promoted friendship, mutual
Engineering at SLLIT,Malabe and he is a understanding and unity among our
past pupil of Maliyadewa Boys collage, Rotaractors.
Kurunrgala where he studied Maths for A/L So we can be proud about our achievements
.Chanali Lekamge who is reading for the BIT during the last few months. It confirms the
Degree was appointed Secretary.Chanali is a ideas “Unity is strength” and “Nothing is
past pupil of Kuliyapitiya Central College impossible if there is team spirit”.
where she studied Commerce A/L subjects.
On this occasion we cannot forget the
Let us reflect on our achievements during immense support of our Mother Club and
the past four months. Yes, our achievements the support given by D.R.R.Dilhan
are higher than we expected. Our first two Jayathilake, our Z.R.R.Mubeen Amenn and
programmes were “Save Life Save Herbs” the Rotaract friends of the other clubs. Our
and “Plants for a Greener Tomorrow”. Under target is to contribute our maximum
the first program, we planted 50 herbal strength and efforts to make our motherland
plants at Kuliyapitiya Central College. We and hometown pleasanter and more
donated 25 medicinal plants, fruit plants and productive. Thanks, to the Rotary, we have
ornamental plants to Heenukpura Sri got the opportunity today to make that
Saddhawimala Temple which survives immense contribution to our society.
amidst numerous difficulties.
Next we successfully conducted a “Kadala
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6. Members
president Director - Professional Development
rtr. Anuja madushan herath rtr. Kithmini Godawatte
secretary Director - International Understanding
rtr. chanali lekamge rtr. Shanes Perera
Treasurer Director - Sports
Rtr. binthi adikari Rtr. Thusanka Dilshan
Vice president Director - Membership Development
rtr. nilushka perera rtr. Isurujith Amarasinghe
Asst. secretary Director - Religious & Cultural Affairs
rtr. Lakna adikari rtr. Nirupa Kashyapa
asst .Treasurer Director - IT & Communications
Rtr. sajith gamage Rtr. Asuntha Thenuwara
Sergent at Arms Director - Public Relations
rtr. Kavieesha Adikari rtr. Kavieesha Adikari
Director - Community Service Director - General Affairs
Rtr. Isuru Marvan rtr.Thilina Munasinghe
Director - Club Service Editor
RTR. Ashan Akalanka Rtr. Charith Kanishka

7. Laying foundation stones...
O
ur inaugurating meeting was held on the things, he explained to us the fact that rotary
5th of April at Shilpa Shalika hall situated club is the mother club of the Rotaract club and
in the heart of the Kuliyapitiya city. This the Rotaract club is only for youngsters from the
charter meeting was organized together with the age group between 18 to 30, also he explained
rotary club of Kuliyapitiya, members from the to us the meaning of the word “ROTARACT”
rotary club of Kuliyapitya guided and supported which means “Rotary in action”.
us through out to make this day a success. All
the new Rotaractors and the ones who were Next was a speech by the elected secretary Rtn.
willing to join the club were warmly welcomed by Udaya Pushpakumara and he spoke to us about
our fellow Rotarians. our own Rotaract club he gave us a wide
knowledge about our duties and responsibilities
as a Rotaractor he also acknowledged us about
how we should maintain professionalism and
how we should always work together as a team
because unity is the key to success. Most
importantly he presented us the constitution and
the rules and regulations which are vitally
important when carrying out work together as a
Rotaract club.
Next it was the opportunity for all the
Rotaractors to introduce them selves where
Initially after the meeting began the Rotary club each member got the opportunity to give a brief
president Rtn Sanath Jayakody introduced all introduction about his or her self. Hereafter it
the members of the rotary club and made us all was time to elect the new office bearers, where
aware of the importance of a Rotaract club Rtr Anuja Madushan was elected as the
which gave us an immense courage to form our president, Rtr Chanali Lekamge was elected as
own Rotaract club. Afterwards was a speech by the secretary, Rtr Nilushka Perera was elected
the Rtn PP PHF Kumara Lekamge where he as the vice president, and Rtr Sajith Gamage
widened our knowledge through an amazing was elected as the treasurer.
speech about the very basics but vitally
important facts such as,
· History of the rotary club
· What happens in a rotary and services
rendered
· Why rotary is considered as an International
club
The day came to an end with a speech by the
newly appointed charter president of the
Rotaract club of Kuliyaypitiya Rtr Anuja
Madushan and the vote of thanks delivered by
After his speech on the above areas we had a the secretary Rtr Chanali Lekamge. It was a
clear idea about what a rotary club is. Next he great day where we did unite to make dreams
moved on to speak about the most important real!
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8. Save Herb Save Life
Our first community service project of
"Save Herb, Save Life" was successfully
completed together with our mother club,
on 30th May 2012 at Central Collage
Kuliyapitiya.Thank you very much for
committee of community service for the
hard work you did in organizing the event
and the teachers and students of central
collage Kuliyapitiya, gave a good support
to make our event a success.
Community Service committee organized
the event successfully. On that day 12
members were participated the event and
the president, the director of service project
committee and two other members of our
mother club Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya
also participated for the event.
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9. DRR Visit
T
hanks to the Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya, the
DRR 2012/13 Rtr PP Dr Dilhan Jayathilake
made a sudden visit to our Rotaratct club of
Kuliyapitiya on the 19th of June.It was after three
meetings since the charter meeting of the Roaract
club of Kuliyapitiya. A special meeting was organized
with the immense support of the Rotary Club and
together we were able to warmly welcome our guest
Rtr PP Dr Dilhan Jayathilake, the metting was held at
the Shilpa Shalika situated in the heart of the
Kuliyapitiya city and the meeting was hosted at 2.30
pm.
After welcoming our guest and reassuring the comfort
of him, minuets of the last held meeting was
presented by our secretary Miss Chanali Thathsarani.
Afterwards DRR Dilhan was introduced to our fellow
members in the club.DRR Dilhan then announced
that his visit is mainly with the utmost objective of
acknowledging the club members about a Rotaract
Club,its functions, duties and responsibilities.
DRR Dilhan’s speech included of many vital facts
which are important for any rotractor to know. He
widened our knowledge on aspects such as
 What awards are presented to a rotaract club
and How we should work towards achieving these
awards
 How to carry out a project and how to write
reports on the projects carried out
 What committee we should form within a club
and how we identify and appoint the suitable
member in charge of each committee
 How to introduce about the club and its
functions to a new member
 About the the time limits to submit a project to
the district committee
 How to register a club officially
Due to his speech on the above aspects our
knowledge was vastly widened and all the
rotaractors had a very clear knowledge of our
duties. He also didn't fail to mention how important
our effort is to take our club to a standard level.
We also would like to convey our sincere thanks to
the Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya for giving us this
great oppurtunity to meet the DRR Rtr PP Dilhan
Jayathilke and also our heartfelt gratitude and
heartiest thanks to Rtr PP Dr Dilhan Jayathilake for
his presence and much needed support.
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10. Around the world in 30 minutes- Professional Development Project
Kingdom of Thailand
Thailand Capital
Flag Emblem
Bangkok (Thai: Krung Thep)
by Kithmini Official language(s)
Ethnic groups
Government
Thai
Thai (75%) Chinese (14%)
King -Bhumibol Adulyadej
PM - Yingluck Shinawatra
Population 66,720,153
Currency Baht (฿) (THB)
Time zone (UTC+7)
Calling code +66

11. Plants for a Greener Tomorrow
We were informed of a need for potted fruit plants,
flower plants and herbal plants for a very beautiful
sacred temple called "Heenukpura Sri Saddha
Vimala" situated in a rural village called
Anukkane.After a brief conversation with the chief
monk we had a clear idea about what the temple
needed and we together started working on fulfilling
their humble need.
0n Saturday the 7th of July all the rotaractors bought
flower pots and they were brought to the president,
Anuja Madushan's residence and the pots were all
painted white. Then the president's beloved mother
Mrs Dammika Senadeera spoke to us and promised
to donate plants from her garden as planting new
fruits and flowers was her hobby.
Next day the 8th of July all the rotaractors got
together at the president's residence at 8.30 am and
started planting the plants inside pots with the use
of fertilizer. We planted, herbal plants such as neem
(kohomba) fruit plants such as orange and lemon
and also many flowers plants afterwards we loaded
all the pots in to the vehicles of Rtr Kithmini
Godawatte and Rtr Nilushka Perera. Next we all
started our journey to the temple.
After an almost 2 hours journey we landed at the
temple and we were all amazed by the nature and its
wonders. All the plants were taken up the rock to the
temple and donated then to the chief monk and
afterwards the chief monk showed us where to place
them. Chief monk didn't forget to mention how
greatful he his and he made the hectic journey a far
peaceful one by providing us with refreshments. The
day came to an end with us leaving the temple filled
with happiness for getting an opportunity to the help
anyone with a need which is the ultimate objective
of us rotaractors.
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13. Read it | share it
Rotaract Club of Kuliyapitiya donated English medium books to Holy Angels Girls' College, Kuliyapitiya.
Ceremony was held on 28th June at the school premises.School teachers, students, Rotarians of Rotary Club of
Kuliyapitiya and Rotaractors of Rotaract Club of Kuliyapitiya were participated in the event.
There were books which are related to school subjects of mathematics, science, chemistry, physics, biology, IT
and story books for primary grades. Project carried out goals of developing English knowledge of school
students, improving interest of reading, bestirring students to study in English medium, Expanding school library
facilities. Project was supervised by Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya.

14. POSON DANSALA
Poson Dansala is the first meritorious project
organized by Community Service committee with
all other rotaractors in Rotaract Club of
Kuliyapitiya. It was successfully held on Poson
full moon Poya day (04th of June) morning near
the temple premises. We gave arms to the
pilgrims and the devotees who are going to the
near by temple. The mayor of Kuliyapitiya Mr.
Lakshman Adikari was the chief guest.
The main objective of this project is to develop the
fellowship among the members of the club and to
protect the virtuous and customs in our country.
We prepared the packets of grams by ourselves.
Our mother club (Rotary Club of Kuliyapitiya)
gave their fullest co-operation to make this event
a success. And also the donors and well wishes of
Kuliyapitiya area helped us in many ways. We
should appreciate their donations.
carom
tournament
Club Service Project
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15. ZRR Visit
Our ZRR 2012/13 Rtr. Mubeen Ameen visited  The way we have to make reports and the
to our Rotaratct club of Kuliyapitiya on Sunday, time limits to submit a project to the district
20th July. A special meeting was organized at committee
our President, Anuja Madhushan’s residence  How to take posts in District Committee.
and we warmly welcomed our guest Rtr  What committees we should form in the
Mubeen Ameen and his fellow Rotaractors club
came from Anuradhapura Club. It was the first
ZRR Visit for this year and the meeting was Due to his speech on the above aspects our
hosted at 5.30 p.m. knowledge was vastly widened and all we had
a very clear knowledge about our duties. He
After welcoming our guests and reassuring also didn't fail to mention how important our
the comfort of them, minuets of the previous effort is to take our club to a standard level.
meeting was presented by the secretary.
Afterwards ZRR Rtr. Mubeen Ameen and his We would like to convey our heartiest gratitude
fellow Rotaracters were introduced to our and thanks to ZRR Rtr Mubeen Ameen and his
members. On that day he acknowledged the fellow rotaractors at Anuradhapura Club for
members about their duties and the presence and much needed support.
responsibilities.
ZRR Mubeen’s speech included many vital
facts which are most important for
us. He widened our knowledge on aspects
such as,
 What we have to add for the club.
 Some short comings we have.
 How to carry out a project
 How to carry out a join project.
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16. Raffle draw
fundraiser
Our first fund raising project was a raffle draw where we
printed ticket books and each ticket was sold at a price of
RS 100/=. The ticket books were distributed among all the
members of the club in the beginning of June. Everyone
handed over the sold ticket books and money to our
treasurer Rtr Sajith Gamage by the 1st of July. Each
member was successful in selling two ticket books as
planned. After a brief negotiation we decided of the prizes
for the raffle draw winners which came up as below
Grand 1st prize - A dvd player
2nd prize - A rice cooker
3rd prize - A toaster
The raffle draw ceremony was held as scheduled along with the presence of all the Rotractors on
the 20th of July at shilpa shalika situated in Kuliyapitiya. The event was organized with the
immense support and guidance from the Rotary club of Kuliyapitiya and the event was held from
7.30 onwards, prior to the monthly meeting of the Rotaract club of Kuliyapitiya.
Our chief guest of the day was the president of the
Rotary club Rtn Ajith Kumara and along with him
came Rtn PP PHF Kumara Lekamge , elect
president Rtn PHF Anothony and three other
Rotarians. After a warm welcome we straight
moved on to selecting the winners which was done
by the Rtn President Ajith Kumara and the lucky
winners were as follows
Grand prize - Ms. A.L Chandani
2nd prize - Mr. Tharindu Buddhika
3rd prize - Mr. Supun Sanjaya
The joyful winners were presented there gifts by the
president Rtn Ajith Kumara and Rtn PP PHF Kumara
Lekamge.The event came to an end with a speech by the
treasurer Rtr Sajith Gamage and vote of thanks by the Rtr
Nilushka Perera.Afterwards we made sure that our guest got
a well deserved treat to please their taste buds.Last but not
the least I shouldn’t fail to mention that our first fund raising
project will not be such a great success without the utmost
support from our fellow club members and Rotarians.
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18. Club Movie Night
Rotaract Movie Night is one of fabulous club service
project organized by Club service committee
Rotaract Club of Kuliyapitiya. Objectives of this
project are to improve the unity and companionship
of Rotaractors and make them feeling aesthetic.
Almost all the members participated at the event.
This time they went to watch movie “Super Six” at
Lakbima Cinema, Kuliyapitiya.
Each and every member got complete pleasure
from the movie. Then rotaractors went to a near-by
restaurant for the dinner. And also they had a
fabulous “Sajje” after having dinner. Everyone had
a time to show their talents.
Rotaract District Award Awareness Presentation
An amazing presentation was presented by our 6. Most Outstanding Project of the year-
professional development committee chairman International Understanding
Rtr Kithmini Godawatte on the 22nd of June 7. Most Outstanding Project of the year-
after our monthly meeting. After a great deal of Professional Development
hard work and research Rtr Kithmini was abe to 8. Most Outstanding Effort of the year-Public
gather some very important facts on the topic Relations
he chose. He spoke to us about one of the main 9. Best Reporting Club of the year
topics which is about the awards given to a 10. Best News letter/News Bulletin of the year
Rotaract club. Speaking of awards, an award is 11. Best Participation Club of the year
the token which remark the success of a certain 12. Best Installation Ceremony of the year
activity. Through our projects and other club 13. Most Supportive Club of the year
activities our ultimate goal is to achieve these 14. Most Outstanding Effort in Interact
awards. As Rotaractors it is very important to Promotion of the year
have a clear understanding on what these 15. Most Outstanding Effort in Environmental
awards are and how we should work towards Protection of the year
achieving them. 16. Most Outstanding Effort in the Rotary Family
Co-ordination
Rtr Kithmini spoke to us about the three new 17. Most Outstanding Rotaract Club President
awards categories introduced for Rotaract year of the year
2012/2013 which are Merit, Recognition, 18. Most Outstanding Rotaractor of the year
Citation, Appreciation. Afterwards he moved on 19. Spirit Service Award
to briefing us about each award and awards 20. Award of Apprecitation
were as follows
1. Most Outstanding Rotaract club of the year He spoke to us about each award individually,
2. Most Outstanding Cluster of the year finally through his speech we got a clear idea
3. Most Outstanding Project of the year-Club about the awards given and how we should
Service work our utmost to achieve them. Thank you Rtr
4. Most Outstanding Project of the year- Kithmini for this great presentation we
Community Service appreciate your hard work towards uplifting our
5. Most Outstanding Project of the year-Fund club.
Raising
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