We celebrated our silver jubilee in 2009. Celebrations started off with a religious ceremony, a Dhamma sermon by Ven T. Chandakitti organized at the Siri Vajiragnana Dharmayathanaya – Maharagama on the exact day of our Anniversary, the 28th of March with a lot of our loyal customer friends whom we invited. Which followed a Sangika Dana for 25 Buddhist priests at our showroom.
The next function was held at the BMICH- Hall B on the 5th of April 2009, where 25 of our brave differently abled soldiers who were the chief guests of the occasion. They were gifted with custom made artificial limbs. A brief introduction of each Soldier was given by our young Optometrist, Sahani who conducted the ceremony as they were receiving the gifts on stage. They were also given a bag of goodies brought by most of our customers who wanted to join in this meritorious act. The Children of these brave men were also gifted with stationary and toys to suit their ages.
Other guests of honour were, then Director General of Home Guards-Vice Admiral Sarath Weerasekara, Dr. (Mrs) Goonasinghe, Dr. D.B.K De Silva, Dr.(Mrs) Geetha Munasinghe, Ms. C.K. Abeyratne & Mr. Jayalath Pedris.
Many of our long standing and loyal customers, friends were invited for this occasion. With all their busy schedules with Avurudu round the corner they did not want to miss this event and were with us on that Sunday morning. Two of our young customers (aspiring) singer friends Kithmini and Hasini entertained the crowd with a few patriotic songs, backed by instrumental music which was loved by all and gave the event the needed upliftment for the occation.
All the invites were treated to snacks thereafter and the soldiers and their families were entertained in the VIP room at the BMICH which made them extremely happy. Later they were treated to lunch as well before leaving for their homes, in Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and other far away places.