Saturday, July 27, 2013

Giridhar Vaswani passes away

Giridhar Vaswani , one of the founder members of Friends Society, passed away at 6.00 AM on Friday 26/07/2013. He was not keeping good health for some years.

He was living in USA and was not well, but recovered to some extent and came back to India, in 2012. He attended a small get-together  of Old and New FS Members, in October 2012 and also the FS REUNION 2013, in January this year. 

Recent Photos: 




Lucky are all the Friends, who were able to meet and interact with him, in those two programmes.

He made immense contribution in forming and moulding FS into a respected and loved Social Service Organisation. He was a great motivator and mentor for  FS Members. Everyone called him Giridharbhai. Whenever I think of FS, the first name that comes to mind is that of Giridharbhai.

Its been nearly 30 years since I last met him, but I can still seem him in my mind, talking to members on the lawns of FS, making suggestions and guiding members in the FS Executive Committee meeting, Conducting sessions for Members in the Leadership Development Programmes  ...............

Giridharbhai, I will always remember you.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

PFL group conducts session on Safety for school children

This session was coordinated by  PFL Group (Program for Future Leaders) and was conducted by  member Shri Bharat Mehta.

Please see Photos below:





 

Youth Club enjoy Picnic at Ajwa Fun World

Youth Club children had their Annual fiesta in form of a Picnic on March 2, 2013 at Ajwa Fun world, near Vadodara.

Please see below few photos of this Picnic.








 

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Learning at FS Balwadi through Dramatic play


For our Balwadi (for children from the lower socio-economic class from the neighboring community), the students from Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Family & Community Sciences, MSU conducted a Dramatic play at FS campus on March 8, 2013.

The theme of play was ‘Good Habits’ and ‘Real Friendship’, which was beautifully portrayed through puppets of various animals. At Greenhouse shed, curtains (with pictures in the background) were put up to create the desired effect. 

Subsequently, all the children were distributed papers from which they learnt to prepare boats. The session ended with game of ‘Chuk Chuk Gaadi…’


Enjoy with children through the attached photos !
















Friday, March 8, 2013

Cheer Up Group Organises Clay Modelling

On 28th February Cheer Up Group Organized Clay Modelling activities for children.

The children made different items from clay such as horse, caterpillar, camel, Chili, Lamp, Small pot, Peacock, Elephant, Aero plane and  one blind boy tried to make Lord Ganesha.

Please see the photos below  :