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SUMMARY:Diwali Chamber Mixer
DESCRIPTION:The Chamber is hosting a Diwali celebration!\n\n\n\nJoin us for this special Business Mixer to network with fellow business and community leaders at Curry Lounge in South Surrey. Enjoy the elegant space\, amazing food\, entertainment\, drinks\, door prizes and giveaways. Meet Jatin Sharma\, the owner and his team.\n\n\n\nCome with your colleagues and friends and help us spread the word to support this wonderful local business. All are welcome!\n\n\n\nIf you are staying for dinner\, please indicate if you would like the vegetarian or meat option.\n\n\n\nMark your calendar \n\n4:30 PM Registration\n\n5:00 PM Mixer\n\n6:30 PM Dinner\n\n\n\nGiving back: Our local food bank is in need\; you can support them by clicking here to see the list of suggested items. The Chamber team will collect them and take them to our local food bank.\n\n\n\nSponsorship opportunities are available!\n\n\n\nFor more information\, email events@sswrchamber.ca. \n\n\n\n*No refunds will be issued 5 days prior to the event\n\n \nDiwali is known as the "festival of lights\," and celebrated around the world. The special time of year is marked with homes and businesses being cleaned and decorated by day and illuminated by night with special lights and candles. It is also a time for visiting family and friends\, exchanging gifts\, having large feasts\, saying prayers\, expressing gratitude and forgiveness\, contributing to charitable causes and helping those less fortunate.\n\nWhile Diwali is rooted in Hindu\, Sikh\, Jain and Buddhists legends and religious traditions\, the festival is significant across many faiths and has become a secular holiday. Sikhs also commemorate the occasion as "Bandi Chhor Divas" (The Day of Liberation) to mark the day that Guru Hargobind\, the sixth guru\, was freed from wrongful imprisonment\, while he also negotiated the release of 52 Hindu kings. The symbolic significance of the festival is the victory of good over evil\, light over darkness.\n\nWe wish everyone a happy\, festive Diwali   may the light within all of us shine bright.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">The Chamber is hosting a Diwali celebration!<br />\n<br />\nJoin us for this special Business Mixer to network with fellow business and community leaders at Curry Lounge in South Surrey. Enjoy the elegant space\, amazing food\, entertainment\, drinks\, door prizes and giveaways.&nbsp\;Meet Jatin Sharma\, the owner and his team.<br />\n<br />\nCome with your colleagues and friends and help us spread the word to support this wonderful local business. All are welcome!<br />\n<br />\nIf you are staying for dinner\, please indicate if you would like the vegetarian or meat option.<br />\n<br />\nMark your calendar&nbsp\;<br />\n4:30 PM Registration<br />\n5:00 PM Mixer<br />\n6:30 PM Dinner<br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="color:#333333\;">Giving back: </span></strong><span style="color:#333333\;">Our local food bank is in need\; you can support them by </span><a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1109/File/2023_Golf_tournament/Sources-WRSS-FB-Healthy-Choices.pdf"><span style="color:#0000FF\;"><strong>clicking here</strong></span></a> <span style="color:#333333\;">to see the list of suggested items. The Chamber team will collect them and take them to our local food bank.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Sponsorship opportunities are available!<br />\n<br />\nFor more information\, email&nbsp\;<em><strong><a href="mailto:events@sswrchamber.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF\;">events@sswrchamber.ca</span></a></strong></em>.&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 10.8333px\; text-align: center\;">*No refunds will be issued 5 days prior&nbsp\;to the event</span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="color: rgb(84\, 84\, 84)\; font-family: &quot\;YADb2jsvWZI 0&quot\;\, _fb_\, auto\; --font-size: 15.9999px\; --line-height: 1.4\; line-height: 22px\;"><em><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Diwali is known as the &quot\;festival of lights\,&quot\; and celebrated around the world. The special time of year is marked with homes and businesses being cleaned and decorated by day and illuminated by night with special lights and candles. It is also a time for visiting family and friends\, exchanging gifts\, having large feasts\, saying prayers\, expressing gratitude and forgiveness\, contributing to charitable causes and helping those less fortunate.</span></span></span></em></p>\n\n<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="color: rgb(84\, 84\, 84)\; font-family: &quot\;YADb2jsvWZI 0&quot\;\, _fb_\, auto\; --font-size: 15.9999px\; --line-height: 1.4\; line-height: 22px\;"><em><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">While Diwali is rooted in Hindu\, Sikh\, Jain and Buddhists legends and religious traditions\, the festival is significant across many faiths and has become a secular holiday. Sikhs also commemorate the occasion as &ldquo\;Bandi Chhor Divas&rdquo\; (The Day of Liberation) to mark the day that Guru Hargobind\, the sixth guru\, was freed from wrongful imprisonment\, while he also negotiated the release of 52 Hindu kings. The symbolic significance of the festival is the victory of good over evil\, light over darkness.</span></span></span></em></p>\n\n<p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="color: rgb(84\, 84\, 84)\; font-family: &quot\;YADb2jsvWZI 0&quot\;\, _fb_\, auto\; --font-size: 15.9999px\; --line-height: 1.4\; line-height: 22px\;"><em><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-family: arial\;">We wish everyone a happy\, festive Diwali &hellip\; may the light within all of us shine bright.</span></span></em></p>\n
LOCATION:Curry Lounge In Grandview Corners (near Club 16)
UID:e.749.14171
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DTSTAMP:20260412T075458Z
URL:https://surrey.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/diwali-chamber-mixer-11-21-2023-14171
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