{"id":26883,"date":"2023-12-09T06:38:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T06:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/2023\/12\/09\/willingdon-catholic-gymkhana-wcg-spreads-the-joy-this-festive-season\/"},"modified":"2023-12-09T06:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T06:38:09","slug":"willingdon-catholic-gymkhana-wcg-spreads-the-joy-this-festive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/2023\/12\/09\/willingdon-catholic-gymkhana-wcg-spreads-the-joy-this-festive-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (WCG) spreads the Joy this festive season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-55.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-55.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-55-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-55-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-55-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-55-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pnndigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1-55-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/p>\n<p>Chief Guests Pallavi Kunal Sarmalkar, Milton Fernandes along with Deepak Netto, Chairman, WCG and Maurice Caeiro, Hon Gen Secretary, WCG<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 9<\/strong>: Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, Santacruz (W), Mumbai has been in existence since March 1928. It is the place where members from all communities come together with their families and friends for exciting entertainment, health &amp; fitness, sporting events, dining and other events which encourage fellowship and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the festive season each year, a Christmas party is organised for Special and Underprivileged Children, which is a part of their \u201cGiving back to the Community\u201d initiative since the last 15 years, and is attended by almost 450 children from various institutes. These children are treated to an evening of variety entertainment, delicious snacks and the amiable interaction with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus.\u00a0Each child gets to take home a \u2018goodie bag\u2019 full of surprises along with happy memories.<\/p>\n<p>Each year the event is graced by one celebrity or superstar, the \u201csuper-secret\u201d of the evening that the children eagerly wait for in anticipation.\u00a0In the past years, Salman Khan, Govinda, Raveena Tandan, Mandira Bedi, Terence Lewis\u2026to name a few; are among those who have graced the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>This year the Chief Guests in attendance were Pallavi Kunal Sarmalkar and Milton Fernandes, both of whom actively participate in many social work ventures. \u201cWe are honoured to be part of the WCG\u2019s Christmas party for the underprivileged and differently abled Children. Seeing so much happiness on the children\u2019s faces, makes our hearts feel elated with joy\u201d said Pallavi Kunal Sarmalkar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hold this party for our Special and Underprivileged children very close to our hearts. It gives us immense pleasure and warmth to witness the pure joy of the kids as they celebrate their special day.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Maurice Caeiro, Hon. General Secretary, WCG.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any objection to this press release content, kindly contact pr.error.rectification@gmail.com to notify us. We will respond and rectify the situation in the next 24 hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Guests Pallavi Kunal Sarmalkar, Milton Fernandes along with Deepak Netto, Chairman, WCG and Maurice Caeiro, Hon Gen Secretary, WCG Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 9: Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, Santacruz (W), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/2023\/12\/09\/willingdon-catholic-gymkhana-wcg-spreads-the-joy-this-festive-season\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[448],"class_list":["post-26883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialtelegraph.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}