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Love in the air at Fountain of Life on Valentines Day
The afternoon was complete
with each child taking a pink helium filled balloon home to celebrate at
home.
Alloy! Children celebrate with
cake and cookies.
The children made and handed
out their own made Valentines cards.
The children put on a play.
The Fountain of Life
celebrated Valentines Day with the Tooth Fairy and volunteer ladies from the
Pattaya International Ladies Club.
The Fountain of Life celebrated Valentines Day with the
Tooth Fairy, Ingrid Cunliffe and the volunteer ladies from the Pattaya
International Ladies Club.
The children put on a play and then celebrated with cake and cookies
supplied by Jenny Jenkins and Mari Parino. The children handed out to all
the ladies their own hand made valentine cards, which were lovely.
The afternoon was complete with each child taking a pink helium filled
balloon home to celebrate at home. Love was certainly in the air with these
great kids, and the lesson learnt that you don’t have to have many riches,
just a richness in your heart!
Kasetsart goes into finals of MICE contest
Vimolrat Singnikorn
Two teams from Kasetsart University’s Sriracha campus have passed the
Eastern selection round of the MICE Explorer Competition and moved one
step closer to the 30,000 baht scholarships prize.
 (From
left) Pasinee Saengchim, Napasorn Palawasu and Chanamon Niyomdet
represent a team from the east and went on to the final round of
competition.
The Bureau of Convention and Exhibition Promotion are organizing the
event to encourage the interest of students in the meetings, incentives,
conventions and exhibitions (MICE) sector.
Competitors have been grouped into four main occupational groups;
designers and creativity, management administration, service, and
specialization.
Burapha University was host to the Eastern region selection round on
February 5. Nine teams of bachelor-level students from Chonburi and
other eastern provinces took part.
 Raweewan
Somwai gives a self-assured presentation.
Included on the judging committee were Chonaphansa Narula, English
language news announcer on Channel 11 and a well-known emcee at numerous
international conventions; Sarnit Karunyavanij, business development
director at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre,
BITEC; and Srisakul Footrakulsak, sales manager of the convention and
exhibition section at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort and Pattaya
Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH).
Each team submitted a concept to the committee, and Kasetsart
University’s Sriracha campus was voted first. Kasetsart now goes on to
the final round.
The finals, with 10 selected teams from across the country, will meet on
March 10 at Impact Muangthong Thani in Bangkok. The winning team will
receive 30,000 baht in scholarships, plus an educational visit abroad.
The runners up in order will receive 20,000 baht in scholarships and
10,000 baht in scholarships. There is also a 5,000 baht consolation
prize.
A day with the kids at the Fountain of Life Center
Mike Franklin
Over the nine years that the Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive has
supported the Fountain of Life center there have been numerous Pattaya
Mail press reports and Pattaya Mail television coverage of special
activities and events, such as dental care & treatment for the kids, Loy
Kratong celebrations, Christmas parties and so on.
 On
the Jesters blue bus at 7.30 a.m. and a round circuit of the greater
Pattaya area to pick up the kids waiting at the roadside.
Support for the Fountain of Life comes from a number of sources
including the Pattaya International Ladies Club, Caritas Switzerland,
but mostly from the Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive that donated
over 3.2 million baht in 2006. This money covers the majority of the
Center’s operational expenses providing documentation, education,
scholarships, medical and dental treatment and care for slum kids from
broken families.
So much good work is done by the Good Shepherd Foundation through
Sisters Joan and Jiemjit, Kru Wanni and staff, and outside volunteers
like the tooth fairy Ingrid Cunliffe and activity games specialist Lynne
Mackintosh, that it seemed like a good idea, and possibly an eye-opener,
to spend a whole day with the kids to share the experience and care that
the Center offers them five days a week.
Once on the bus the kids’
happy day began - singing and laughing all the way.
And what a day it was! On the Jesters blue bus at
7.30 a.m. and a round circuit of the greater Pattaya area to pick up the
kids waiting at the roadside. And some with no shoes. But once on the
bus, and with the camera running, their happy day began - singing and
laughing all the way. At the 9 a.m. assembly the 136 kids brought in
split into their four age group classes, the youngest 3-4 years, and the
routine activities of the day began … For more, and the story of the
whole day, tune in to PMTV for a two part feature being aired Friday
23rd and Saturday 24th February.
The Sisters and staff at the Center can be justly proud of what they do
for the kids and the caring way that they do it. Wearing my honorary
Jesters hat, the Charity Drive committee can be equally proud of
providing ‘Care for Kids’ funds for nine years to enable it to happen
and, in our 10th Jesters Charity Drive year, working to raise even more
money for it to continue. To help us, or find out more, go to
www.care4kids.info/contacts.htm
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