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The Annual President’s Installation Night of the Rotary Club of Colombo West took place on Saturday, 29 June at the Hilton Colombo. The Club together with its members ceremoniously elected a new Board of Directors along with the Club’s 59th President Pravir Samarasinghe for the upcoming year 2019/20.
Over 300 Rotarians and invitees were at this year’s installation; a dinner theatre with a sit-down dinner along with popular ‘On Broadway’ musicals performed by the talented Workshop Players with Jerome L. de Silva presiding over the overall direction.
Platinum Sponsors Havelock City and Port City Colombo; Gold Sponsors DFCC Bank; Silver Sponsors JAT holdings, Prestige Automobile; Trade Promoters, S&T Interiors and Access Engineering, Bronze Sponsors BOC, Media Partner Gold FM and Beverage Partners Coca-Cola Beverages and Lion Brewery; have contributed in making this event a success. The surplus funds raised from the event will be in aid of the Clubs humanitarian and service projects.
Rotary which commenced in 1905, is a worldwide organisation whose membership now exceeds 1.25 million in over 200 countries with the motto of ‘Service above self’, and in Sri Lanka itself, has more than 1,400 Rotarians in 70 Rotary Clubs. The Rotary Club of Colombo West, one of the largest clubs in Sri Lanka, with 90 members is actively involved in community service projects across the country.