LEO CLUB OF POLGASOWITA

  Artes Progressio- Where ideas come to life Artes Progressio is a talent-building program organized for the benefit of the members of the Leo club of Polgasowita to explore and tweak talents within themselves. The purpose of this program is to allow the members to learn new talents and educate themselves about the right way to work with projects.   Inspire Innovation being the theme of our district this year, we believe in amalgamating this with our own club theme which is; Growth from Within to inspire our Leos to think outside the box. As the first step of this talent building program series, we focused on the topic of  Design thinking for creation of designs through creative problem-solving and here is what our newest member Leo Dilakshi has to say about her experience on the project. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… By- Leo Dilakshi Uthpala  Artes Progressio was such a wonderful project which I participated...

By- Leo Tharindu Perera Origami is the art of making different creations by folding paper. This fine art, traditionally inherited from Japan, gradually united the culture and education of the Japanese four centuries ago. Today it has developed into an essential part of the field of education as well as extracurricular activities. There is a Japanese saying, "The hands are the outer brain." This is because the actions of one's hands can determine the nature of the brain and vice versa. Swiss jin father Ji, a developmental psychologist, says that hands-on activities can greatly contribute to intellectual development, especially in infancy and childhood. Therefore, two terms in education are used simultaneously in action: understanding and action through action. It has been scientifically proven that by actively interacting with objects in the outside world of the hands, there is an intelligence development process. By folding a piece of paper into an origami, you...

සටහන- ලියෝ තරිදු පෙරේරා මං පාරේ අයාලේ යන බව්වෙක් මට මතකයි පොඩි කාලේ මාමලා වගයක් මාව පාරේ දාලා ගියා. එදා තමයි මං බය උන වැඩිම දවස. එදා ඉදන් අව්වට වැස්සට සෙවනක් නැතිව කන්න බොන්න හරියට නැතුව දුක සේ ඉන්නෙ. අව්ව දවසට අව්වෙන් බේරෙන්න වාහනයක් යටට රිංගනවා. මොකද ඉස්සර වගේ හෙවන දෙන්න ගහක් හොයගන්න නැති තරම් නිසා. වාහනේ යට උනත් ඉන්නේ හරි බයෙන් මම. වැස්ස දවසට තෙමෙන්නෙ නැතුව ඉන්න තැනක් හොයාගන්නම නෑ. කඩයක් ඇතුලකටවත් මට යන්න බෑ.මාව එලවනවා අයාලේ යන බව්වෙක් නිසා. ඉතින් වැස්ස දවසක් කියන්නේ ගොඩක් වෙලාවට මට තෙමෙන්න වෙනවම තමයි. වැස්සට තෙමිලා මගෙන් එන ගද මටම වෙලාවකට ඉවසන්න බෑ. මැක්කොත් ඇගේ බෝ උනාම මට මේ ජිවිතේ මොකක්ද කියලා හිතෙනවා. කන්න කෑමක් හොයන් මං දවසකට කොච්චර නම් දුරක් ඇවිදිනවද. සමහර දවස් වලට කොච්චර ඇවිද්දත් බඩ පිරෙන්න කෑමක් හම්බෙන්නෙත් නෑ. මං ඉතින් ඉවසගන්න බැරි උන වෙලාවට කෑම ඉල්ලනවා මිනිස්සුන්ගෙන්. ගොඩාක් අය මට ඉතින් ගහල පන්නනවා. මං ගද ගහන වල් බල්ලෙක් නිසා වෙන්න ඇති ඉතින් එයාලා එහෙම සලකන්නේ. එත් ඒක මට වෙනස් කරන්න විදියක් නෑනේ ඒක මට උරුම දේනේ. හිත හොද මිනිස්සුත් නැතුවම නෙමෙයි. මේ ලගදි අපිට කන්...

By- Leo Dinendri Wilegoda Arachchi Just Be You... The words say it all, we wanted every young person to be truly proud of who they are and the achievements they have gained and the achievements that they are to gain in the future. This pandemic is effecting lives in countless ways, the feeling of isolation and the social distancing is making the younger generation coupe up to a corner scrolling through their social media. A fact that can be seen is that he/she could affect the mental status of a person hence with the goal of empowering the youth generation this social media challenge began. The components being to include 3 photographs of themselves within 3 major stages of their lives and to include a quote that made a difference to their life in a positive way.  The challenge surely attracted many Leos as well as Non-Leos'. Not only were we enjoying our time with family flipping through old albums many of us learned backstories' of photographs of our childhood. Seei...

By- Leo Dinendri Wilegoda Arachchi Sustainable Tomorrow focuses on one of the main forms of harm that we as humans aree doing to our home. With multiple trees being cut to satisfy a need that can barely ever be ful-filled. With tons of people lining up in stores daily a wolrd wide best selling industry is the industry of paper. Our daily need is one of them. Be is wrapping paper, tissue paper or even note pads we cannot live without it. Knowing the way in which paper is made yet we assume we have acres and acres more to go until onedaya we won't have anything else more to live on. We hope to create a spark of responsibility to all those who do not feel the pressure of global warming that we are going throrugh at present. We as humans have given out need priority knowingly killing the world among us. Though at first it was to be carried out in multiple phases we had to opt to just doing the email awarenes campaign due to the Covid-19 pandemic which is effecting a globe. I...

By- Leo Chanakya Ranasinghe April 7th marks world health day to draw attention to important health issues facing the world every year. Needless to say, COVID 19 outbreak taught us humans that no other riches could equal the value of health showing the vulnerability of life we are living in. During this verge, healthcare workers play a crucial role by risking their lives to protect the lives of others in the frontlines of the battle against this virus. This year world health day will shine a light on the nurses and midwives and the restless workforce which revolutionized the healthcare industry and brought up to the place it is today. Therefore Leos of Polgasowita thought of looking back to the memory of the history and share the stories of some of the inspirational healthcare workers who channeled their blood sweat and tears into saving people and spreading humanity across the globe. May this be a tribute to all the healthcare workers fighting at this moment to save milli...

By- Leo Chanakya Ranasinghe Leo Lohan with his Mini Roar Being a Leo you are always proud of the service that you provide for the society and it will always be in your heart. But as Leos of Polgasowita, we thought of giving you a symbol to remind you of the great work you render to the society. A simple and Sweet key tag with a lion - MINI ROARS is a fundraiser we initiated aiming Leos as well as non-Leos to collect funds as well as to spread awareness on the Leo Moment out into the public. The specialty of this fundraiser is all these key tags were handmade and purchased from a small business we contacted through Facebook and through this fundraiser we were able to help a family to earn an income by purchasing these key tags too. These key tags were purchased by different clubs in big quantities to provide them to their Leos to present them as a token of appreciation for their hard work which indeed shows the popularity of this fundraiser among the Leos. ...

 By - Leo Chanakya Ranasinghe බහු භූතයෝ Celebrating Halloween is not something usually done in Sri Lanka, yet the new trend is slowly sweeping into the lives of the modern generation. We thought of this to be the perfect opportunity to hold on tight to the strong bond within the Leos of A2.  බහු භූතයෝ was organized jointly with our fellow Leo Club, Leo Club of Kalubowila. With Leo Malika as Chairperson, Leo Disali as project secretary, and Leo Chamika as project treasurer the night of horrors and fun was planned under the guidance of the club presidents. The initial idea has been generated from Leo Dinendri the team pooled in with many of their thoughts to ensure that this night was one to remember. A Sri Lankan themed Halloween night where a Yakinna and the Yakha of the night was to be crowned. Multiple games were planned and as the judges was our chief guest District President Leo Mudith who happened to be a pirate on the day along with Guest of Honour Imm...

By- Leo Dinendri Wilegoda Archchi This project has many memories built up to it with Leos' from 4 Leo Clubs joining hands there was a participation of about 30 Leos'. The meetup point was my home and one by one the Leos were joining in. As a few of them headed out to bring the dinner we had prepared the others were mingling and getting to know each other; we as a club were truly glad to see the presence of many of our prospects who were truly eager to start this project. Leos heading to the Perahara road A well known and seeing festivity within our country is perehara's that most temples have. With many ining on both sides of the road to see the colorful dances the majestic elephants and all the glitz and the glam of a tradition been carried out in all parts of our country. Yet after the celebration, the most visible thing is the massive pollution among the sides of the roads even been cleaned by the municipal council, the effect of this is long-lasting. With the...

    By- Leo Chanya Ranathunga Street Pooch in itself was an attempt by the Polgasowita Leos to become provides for those who suffer in silence. How many times have we walked past street dogs and ignored their very existence? Sometimes this vision has become such a common occurrence that we do not even think twice, much less once about these animals. As Leos, we attempted to make a small change and show that one act will actually help out a lot more than what we would have expected. Feeding street pooch is just the start of an initiative that we have taken, and many have followed. Even during this pandemic time, we have continued our monthly attempts at providing a meal for the needy. This project not only focused on the humanity that we must have, but also to the damage we do to the world. Sri Lanka is piling up with food waste and disasters such as the massive landfill explosion that happened and prone. We ask you to join in, not only with this project but with the...

       By- Leo Chanakya Ranasinghe  The true spirit of Christmas lies within the humble acts of kindness that we share with one another. Polgasowita Leos on stage Spreading the joy with gifts No matter which religion you follow Christmas is the time of the year we are all eagerly waiting because it is the season of spreading Joy and Happiness to everyone. As kids surprise gifts from Santa Clause made us so happy that even for now, we cherish and treasure those beautiful moments in our lives. But what happens if u fell ill and have to stay in a hospital for weeks by swallowing  bitter pills that you hated to take in while other kids enjoy their vacation and celebrating Christmas. Therefore this Christmas Leos of Polgasowita along with the Santa Clause from the North Pole decided to visit the children who are getting treatments in the childrens ward of Kalubowila Hospital to make them feel special during their stay at the hospital an...

Leo Chanya planting a tree Having known the importance of planting trees for a better tomorrow, Lions of District 306A2, organized a Tree Planting Project under the guidance and leadership of Governor Lion Kumudu Kithisri, where all Leos of District 306A2 were invited to attend.  This project was held on 29th of September at Shakya Kingdom Piliyandala. Many Leos of District 306A2 such as Leo club of SLTC, Piliyandala, USJP, UOM, Kesbewa, Kalubowila and Polgasowita participated in this project. Leos of Polgasowita are hands down “nature lovers” and more than anyone else, we were excited and looking forward for this day. Leo Malika and Disali planting a tree There were more than 100 plants to be planted on that day and a lot of hands were definitely needed to achieve the goal of the day. The project started with the planting of all the plants together at the same time with hope and prayers for a better tomorrow. All Leos  gathered