{"id":8241,"date":"2015-06-08T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/08\/raising-money-for-nepal\/"},"modified":"2015-06-08T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T11:25:00","slug":"raising-money-for-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/08\/raising-money-for-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Money for Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Northampton Punjabi Association Gift to Earthquake Torn Country <\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"middle\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/NPA-Nepal-Raising-452x643.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#8c0095\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"blackTextSmall\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">The Northampton Punjabi Association held their fifth annual charity fundraiser on 30 May 2015 at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Northamptonshire &amp; Huntingdonshire, raising \u00a32300 for various charities locally and internationally.<\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Charities that benefited from the funds were Spectrum \u2013 a rehabilitation centre for adults with learning difficulties in Northampton, Teddies for Loving Care \u2013 who present sick minors in hospital with teddies to overcome their traumatic experience, Pingalwara \u2013 a home for the disabled and homeless in Amritsar, India &amp; Sikh Union who run international projects across India and Africa from medical camps, clean water and orphanage projects.<\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">An additional \u00a3325 was raised from activities that took place on the evening including \u2018Guess the Cake Weight\u2019 which was won by councillor Phil Larrat of Northampton County Council, a game of Kings and Queens and a photobooth service kindly volunteered by PKMatharu Photography.<\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Deputy Lieutenants Colonel John Royale and Neelam Aggarwal-Singh, MP for Northampton South David Mackintosh and chairman of NCC Phil Larrat attended the event to show NPA support for the work they are doing for the community.<\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Amrit Matharu, NPA Secretary commented \u201cthe real community spirit could be seen on the night which is all a phenomenal contribution to helping make a difference to people\u2019s lives.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">For more information email: <\/font><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"mailto:community.npa@outlook.com \">mailto:community.npa@outlook.com <\/a><\/font><font size=\"+0\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"2\"> or visit: <\/font><font size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NPAcommunity \">www.facebook.com\/NPAcommunity\u00a0<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northampton Punjabi Association Gift to Earthquake Torn Country &#13; 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