Citrus Leisure PLC’s iconic five-star property Citrus Waskaduwa together with Wroom Sri Lanka recently concluded a successful CSR programme which also marked the launch of the resort’s weekend brunch. 

Situated just 37km from Colombo, the resort is just a short cycle ride away, and the event was held on the 18^th of October 2014. Commencing from Liberty Arcade in Colpetty at 6:30am, 52 cyclists made their way to Citrus Waskaduwa via the Galle Road with a refreshments stopover at Panadura. The purpose of the ride was to raise awareness on the importance of safe cycling and to donate safety bicycle reflectors to cyclists in Waskaduwa as the area is prone to cycling related road accidents.

The event was in partnership with “Wroom” cycling forum and its founder Yasas Hewage was instrumental in providing 60 sets of bicycle reflectors from his CSR initiative "Wroom Blinking Lights" to be donated to villages of Kuda Waskaduwa. Other prominent personalities who took part included Dilith Jayaweera, Varuni Fernando, the Union Assurance Cycling society team members, and veteran riders from the national cycling forum.

The cyclist were accompanied by a police escort, technical assistance team, ambulance service and a branded double decker bus for tired cyclist who got tired along the way.

A special awareness programme was held for all after reaching the hotel and was attended opened by Ravi Fernando, General Manager Citrus Waskaduwa. This was followed by a speech from OIC Goonetilleke on behalf of the Kalutara North Police station and concluded by the awareness booklet and reflector distribution.

After the awareness session the riders were ushered to the Pamelo Hi bar where refreshments were served and thereafter treated to a scrumptious brunch buffet prepared by Chef Buddhika and the team at the Mandarin Shore Ballroom. The grand brunch buffet spread with oysters, jumbo prawns, scallops, lamb, roast carvery corner, chocolate fountain and homemade ice cream was a crowd pleaser.

The event was sponsored by Dialog, Lanka Hospitals, Scienter Technologies, Raja Bojun, Wroom and ATOM.

Photo captions: (Above) The Citrus Waskaduwa Marketing Team and (below) the cyclists with the Citrus Team