Good buys, worthy buys this season
Buy a card and help a cause: A foiled graphic greeting card from HelpAge
It is once again time to give and share. If you are hunting for the best offers amidst sky-rocketing prices, here are some ideas that may lighten your load.
HASL: Send a wish and
help a cause
To wish your loved ones this season, HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) has a range of greeting cards with 30 new designs to choose from. A mix of embossed, foil graphic designs, graphic paintings and photographs, HASL cards are available at their head office in Raththanapitiya, Boralesgamuwa, leading bookshops and supermarkets. All proceeds of sales will be channelled towards cataract surgeries for needy elders done at HASL’s Eye Hospital in Wellawatte.
Managing Director, HASL, Samantha Liyanawaduge points out that the surgeries are done free of charge. “Patronising HASL greeting cards means, you are contributing to this worthy cause.” The proceeds will also be utilised in mobile health clinics and purchase of spectacles for needy senior citizens.
For purchasing and orders, contact HASL- No 102 Pemananda Mawatha Raththanapitiya, Boralesgamuwa. Phone:
011-4926948/011-4926358
Gift a key tag this season from Victoria Home
CCB: Coconuts, handicrafts
and more
With the festive gatherings ahead, if you need more coconuts for cooking, check out the Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB) on Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Battaramulla and all its regional outlets islandwide: They offer nuts for a reasonable price and good quality oil. CCB’s Chairman, Kapila Yakandawala informs us that free coconut plants are offered for the new year. “Coconut is our celestial tree or the kap ruka. Hence, to mark the new year on an auspicious note, we offer two plants free for each household. Purchases are also possible for larger numbers,” he says.
A door-to-door service is also available in Colombo and its suburbs during the festival time. An assortment of handicrafts – coconut-shell lamps, cups, masks and necklaces, coir mats etc sourced by Coconut Resource Centres will be on offer, all reasonably priced. “Some of these products which are currently confined to the outstation CCB outlets will be brought closer to the Colombo consumers through our Head Office outlet in Battaramulla and the consumer fairs,”says Mr. Yakandawala.
Coconut Cultivation Board, 9/428, Denzil Kobbekaduwa Mawatha, Battaramulla. Phone:0112 861 331
Little gift items from
Victoria Home
Cushion covers, crochet coasters, pillow cases or an eco-friendly bag anyone? Skilled residents of the Victoria Home for Incurables in Rajagiriya have them all at an affordable price. R.M. Sriyalatha, Sepali and Pramila have greeting cards, and we can’t leave out the lotus flowers of Nishanthi and cross-stitch- adorned key tags of Thilani. “We have our regular buyers who directly purchase from us, however, a permanent sales outlet at the Home’s premises would help display all our products under one roof,” says Sriyalatha.
“The proceeds of the sales go directly to the relevant resident as people can directly come and purchase from them. Most of the residents use this income to pursue their religious interests,” says the Superintendent of Victoria Home for Incurables in Rajagiriya- H.H.S. Hewawasam. Supported by the Department of Social Services and the Ministry of Health, Victoria Home depends largely on public donations to pay staff salaries, points out Mr. Hewawasam who urges the public to support them to meet the ever increasing demand for wheel chairs and specially equipped beds for the bed-ridden residents.
For purchases and donations, contact Victoria Home for Incurables, No 10,
Sri Jayewardenapura Mawatha, Rajagiriya.
Phone: 0112862570
Savour the different tastes of cashewnuts from SLCC
SLCC: Queen of nuts
Looking for the best cashews for the Christmas cake or your Love cake at this time of the year? Cashew lovers should head to the Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation’s (SLCC) sales outlets in Rajagiriya, Colpetty and Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Nearly 50 franchise outlets of the Corporation are also stocked with the premium quality cashew products.
“Presently we have about 15 varieties of cashew and our cashew is renowned as the ‘Queen of Nuts’ in the global market,” says Chairman, National Cashew Corporation, Damsiri Bandara Karunaratne. “Several farmer-families make a livelihood out of cashew and by patronising our products, one not only experiences the best of taste but also supports these farmers indirectly,” says the SLCC Chairman.
In addition, spicy cashew, salted, roasted and burnt cashew, including canned cashew curry, cashew toffees, kadju beduma, cashew cookies are all available at SLCC sales outlets. To add colour and taste to this year’s Christmas lunch or dinner there is cashew apple chutney and cashew apple wine, attractively packed.
For purchasing contact,
Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation,1334, Old Kotte Road, Rajagiriya.
Phone: 011-2876134