Completed Projects - St. Anne's College Kurunegala

Fund Raising Activities

In the early years, our need for finance was not much of an issue as our Executive Committee members contributed immensely to meet the shortfall in our financial requirements. This was also supplemented with fund raising activities such as stage plays with the assistance of well-known stage artistes Messrs. Wijeratne Warakagoda and Douglas Ranasinghe who were members of the Executive Committee then.

Organizing major fund-raising events began when we presented the very successful musical show ‘Memories in Rhythm’ featuring various popular artists in 2007 spearheaded by Past President late Lakshman Hulugalla followed later with ‘Annites Sing- Along 2014’, Annite Sing-Along 2015, The ‘Golden Oldies Concert’ and ‘Annites Sing-Along 2016’ featuring our own Annite Boniface Fernando from Australia with ‘Sohan & the Xperiments’ in attendance was a sell-out. This very successful event was organized by Past Presidents Malik Cader and Bandula Weerasekera.

Apart from the musical shows Past President Mr. Malik Cader during his Presidency organized two very successful business seminars targeting the corporate employees in Colombo to generate enough funds as well as enhancing the image of the Colombo Union in the business sector.

A sing-a-long was organized by a special committee appointed by the EXCO Committee of 2019/20 – SACK Colombo Union in order to raise funds for the implementation of two welfare projects for the students of our alma mater, St. The projects identified by the Committee were,

Renovation and upgrading of sanitary facilities of the school.
Provision of clean drinking pipe-borne water for the students with the installation of reverse osmosis water purification plant.

The sing-a-long event was held as planned on 26th October 2019 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute Auditorium, Colombo 7 attended by a live musical band ‘Flame’. The event was well organized and patronized by members and their families who enjoyed the evening with good music, singing, dancing, fellowship and dinner.

Donations for the Project

The Union acknowledges with appreciations and thanks the generous donations made by Old Annites, both local and overseas towards the success of all the completed projects.

Projects Completed

In previous years, our assistance to college was by way of awarding scholarships to students, books to the college library, few sports good and financing of some activities, where the school had limitations in raising funds. We also financed the cost of the Annites Walk 2004 which was a first by any school in the North Western province.

Later, after many successful events of the Colombo Union, we were able to assist our alma mater with finance contributions totaling over a few million rupees.

Some of the activities we provided financial assistance were as follows:

Sound system for the newly built auditorium
Musical instruments for the college western musical band
Public Address Systems for the school.
Renovating and refurbishing the college lunch room
Renovating the college boarding hall and the Brothers’ room
Providing of assistance to develop college cricket by donating cricketing gears, hiring of reputed cricket coach.
Providing running shoes to athletes of the college athletic team
Donation of stationery and text books for the large number of needy students.
Providing computers for the college computer laboratory.
Improvement of sanitary facilities and
Providing safe and clean drinking water by establishing a reverse osmosis plant.

SmartBoard Donation By Colombo Union - 2024

The Colombo Union proudly donated five state-of-the-art SmartBoards to St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala, as part of a project costing over Rs. 2.1 million. The handing-over ceremony was a memorable event, marked by the participation of students, staff, and representatives from the Colombo Union.

Highlights included the formal handing over of the SmartBoards, the final payment presentation, and heartfelt speeches by the IT teacher and the Project Chairman, emphasizing the significance of technology in education.

The event concluded with group photos capturing the joy and gratitude of all involved, symbolizing the strong partnership and shared commitment to advancing education.

Complete servicing and repairing of Computers of College - 2024

Contributed to St. Anne’s College by providing comprehensive computer servicing and repairs, enhancing the learning experience for ICT students.

Donation of 10 computers to the College - 2024

On February 15, 2024, we proudly made a significant contribution to the College by donating 10 computers. This generous donation aims to enhance the educational resources and technological infrastructure of the institution, fostering a more conducive learning environment for students. We believe that access to modern computing technology is crucial for academic success and skill development, and we are delighted to support the College in its mission to provide quality education.