Family Fun Walk
Our heartiest thanks to Kishore Harsiani for organizing a family walk to the Watford Temple on Sunday the 9th October 2011. In a short time the participants managed to raise over £2000. Thanks to all those who attended especially the young members Jaishulin aged 8 and Riva aged 6. Also our special participant Kush who is 17 and is autistic managed to join us for the second leg of the walk. Kush did not even know why he was walking but he just carried on and his innocence inspired us all. As Kishore said this is a lovely opportunity for the whole family to join in a fun filled healthy activity while raising funds for the needy and at the same time raising our spiritual awareness. I can't think of a better way to spend a Sunday.
Geet Ghazal and Bhajan
Our sincere thanks to Risha Dholakia and family for organizing a music night on the 30th July 2011 with Sumeet, Vijya and accompanying musicians and raising £929.00 for Inner Joy Foundation.
Sports Event
IJF trustee Himat Gami and his wife Jyoti along with other walkers managed a 24 miles three peaks challenge on the 1st of May 2011. This event was organized in partnership with Sewa International and they managed to raise an impressive sum of £4367.20 for Inner Joy Foundation. Our sincere thanks to all the sponsors who supported the walkers with generous donations.
Mehfil
An entertaining mehfil was organized by Inner Joy Foundation on the 2nd April 2011 raising £2100 Thanks to all the volunteers and supporters who helped in making this evening a success.
Vijyalaxmi and group performing at the mehfil on the 2nd April 2011.
Promoting Fine Arts
We held another musical event on the 17th July 2010 with Vijyalaxmi Kara and her students. The event was a huge success with a full house. As well as promoting fine arts for the general wellbeing of humanity we managed to raise over a £1000.00.
If you wish to support our work through fine arts then please contact Vijyalaxmi. To know more about the musical back ground of Vijyalaxmi Kara please look up www.vijyalaxmi.com. Vijya can give you ideas on how to organize aritistic events and you can count on her full support if you wish to hold an event supporting Inner Joy Foundation.
Family fun Walk
Our Chess Valley Family Fun Walk on the 12th July 2009 with our sister charities was truly a fun day. We were fortunate enough to have a beautifully sunny day. We had nearly 300 walkers. The elderly and the children who did not want to participate in the walk also enjoyed the day having a picnic near our base. There was plenty of good food provided by BEHT. Muktanand Bapu also did the full 7 miles and kept the spirit of everyone high. For more information about our work please email info@innerjoyfoundation.org
Watersmeet Theatre – 1st March 2008
Inner Joy foundation held its first event on 1st March 2008, at the Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth. Vijyalaxmi Kara and musicians entertained an audience of 300 with music from films, ghazals and semi-classical songs. The evening was a huge success with considerable funds raised, which will go towards the upkeep and maintenance of the hostel in Junagadh and also towards staging further events.
Radlett Centre – 9th August 2008
Another musical concert was held on the 9th August 2008 at The Radlett Centre Theatre. It was a concert to celebrate the lives of our loved ones. It was a way to demonstrate that we can channel the energy of grief into positive directions without forgetting to celebrate our own lives. The songs were spiritual but also musically highly entertaining. We also had very encouraging feed back from the audience regarding the event and the work that I J F is carrying out.
14th March 2009 concert
Vijyalaxmi Kara's students performing to raise awareness of the Fine Arts and raise funds for Inner Joy.
At the end of the concert there was a public participation session in which Vijya had the audience joining in the singing and bringing tremendous joy among the audience and bringing therapeutic benefit to many of them.
Volunteer!
If you feel you wish to take part or contribute in any way, such as sponsoring food, or hire of the hall or even in other ways towards the charity itself, please contact us.