Sri Lankan Food Fair

It's amazing what happens when people get Jammed. Hasini has been involved with StarJam for more than five years and when we met her she was very shy. Five years later here is Hasini giving her speech at the opening of the Sri Lankan Food Fair held on Saturday 29th Saturday at Panmure School. Her family rallied dozens of people from the Sri Lankan community to create a simply wonderful Food Fair to raise funds for StarJam. There was so much yummy food and heaps of people.

Here is Hasini's speech.


"Hi everyone. A very good morning to you all! I wish to say a very big thank you to you for coming to this Sri Lankan food fair, in support of StarJam. It is my great pleasure to share with you to what StarJam means to me. I am very proud that StarJam is the place which gave me the opportunity to perform on stage with confidence.

Thanks to StarJam and the help of our tutors, I got to experience in performing at several events with magical experiences.

We jammers, rock the stage when we perform, we put our hearts and souls in to it because that's what we love doing. At the end, when the crowds cheer us, we feel so proud of our selves, that's the best feeling in the world!

So this is what StarJam does to special kids like me, by organising several workshops where we meet friends, develop our talents, experience the joy of performing and feel like super stars!

Julie foundered StarJam for us, but she needs support from volunteeers like us to keep StarJam alive. So, on behalf of all jammers, I wish to say thank you very much to our community, for supporting StarJam by organising this big food fair to raise funds for StarJam.

Please enjoy a huge variety of our delicious Sri Lankan food.

Thank you all and have a good day.

Cheers Hasini

New Zealander of the Year Awards - Finalist News

Last Year StarJam was selected as a finalist in the New Zealander of the Year Awards in the community category. This year, Roy Bartlett, Co-Founder of StarJam as been chosen as a finalist in the senior category. That's pretty amazing! There have been more than 500 nominations for these awards.

Roy's been working in the 'good' sector since 1986 and so helped countless people along the way at the Alzheimers Foundation, Presbyterian Support, MS Society and Home and Family Society. Congratulations Roy!