Hoo's Tales 2010, A Carnival of Stories

Our special thank you to the volunteers (Mohan from HP; Megan, Rithi, Roshini, Tharindri, Sania & Sonika from Mount Carmel College) who have joined last Saturday (Feb. 20) for helping student particpation at the third edition of Hoo’s Tales (a carnival of stories) organized by Hippocampus Reading Foundation (HRF) at Bal Bhavan, Cubbon Park.

In total, 11 volunteers & staff accompanied the 81 Students from the ILP Community Libraries at Akkiyappa Garden & Sunnadagoodu. We left the Mohana Kumara Nagar at 1pm in the afternoon and reached the venue at 2pm. We attended 3 story sessions by different story tellers in addition to a Puppet show.
By about 3:30pm, Mr. Mohan from HP had joined us with snacks Cake & Banana. Our gratitude to him for consistently sponsoring the food for all the ILP participants at this event for the last 3 years. After having the snacks and participating in the ending session of “Yakshagana”, all the children & volunteers went on joy ride in the toy train. The children also enjoyed playing in the park and returned home by 6:30 pm.

Please find some photos of the trip at: http://picasaweb.google.co.in/ilpindia/HooSTales2010ACarnivalOfStories#

Trip Expenses:
Bus(SRS Travels) Rs. 3850
Bal Bhavan Train fee: Rs. 700 (Sponsored by Kiran Kumar)
Snacks( Cake, Banana & Water) - (Sponsored By Mohan)

Invitation to a Story Performance at Akiappa Garden Library, Yeshwantpur

"There have been great societies that did not use the wheel,
but there have been no societies that did not tell stories."
—Ursula K. LeGuin

The members of

Arivina Mane - A Community Library, Akiappa Garden,

Yeshwantpur, Bangalore

invite you to a Story Performance by Kathalaya this Thursday

(Read about Kathalaya at www.kathalaya.org)

Date:

Thursday, 5th April, 2007

Time:

11 am - 1 pm

Venue:

Arivina Mane- The Community Library, Akiappa Garden

11:00 Prayer

11:05 Welcome - Chief Functionary, Paraspara Trust

11:15 A Message for the Children – by the Guests of Honor from Motorola India Pvt. Ltd

- Mr. Sammy Sana, Managing Director, India Software

- Mr. Mohan Kumar, Corporate Vice President

- Mr. V S Ravindra, Operations Manager

11:30 The Community thanks Motorola - Mr. Elumalai, President, Community Based Organization

11:40 Story Performance - by Kathalaya

1.A spider who stole the sun

Props Used: Hand Puppets

2.Chinari the green worm who became a butterfly

Props used: Stick puppets

3. Shoe in the forest

Props used: picture stories

12:20 Mask Making

12:50 Vote of Thanks

Your presence means a lot to us.

Warm Regards,

Organizing Team

ILP and Paraspara Trust

Directions to the venue:

The library is located in Akiappa Garden, in a low income community facing the railway line Yeshwantpur

(north side cabin).

From Mekhri Circle:

* Take the CV Raman Road, past the Indian Institute of Science

* Go past the Circle opposite the Institute main gate, towards Yeshwantpur

*Take the first right. This is MS Ramiah Road – Take it towards Mathikere.
*Continue till the end of the road : Landmark Mathikere Bus-stop *Take a left at this junction.
*Go past Jai Bhuvaneshwari Bus Stop and the JP Park – which will all come to your

right.

*Continue until you hit a long wall- The road becomes a mud-track from here. Alight

here. One of our volunteers should be at this place. We will walk you through the mud-road to the community library. (Area is also called Mohan Kumara Nagar) The red and pink lines on the map give the directions from Mekhri circle.

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Library Concept Note