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Young PR Ambassadors
celebrate with pizza
Chaiyo! The young PR
ambassadors show
they are ready to chow down on delicious pizza.
Vimolrat Singnikorn
The winners and finalists of the Pattaya Young Tourism PR Ambassador
contest, led by winner Nong A, gathered at Pizza Pizza by Yanee on July 11
to celebrate their triumph.
 (L
to R) Restaurant Manager Scott Tanner receives a certificate of appreciation
from the young PR ambassadors; second runner-up Watchanaphisuth Purikasame,
runner-up Rujira Ruengpatanawirat, and winner Pawinee Kaewkerd.
Twelve youngsters took part in the celebrations at the restaurant, which is
located on Second Road at The Avenue department store.
Scott Tanner, restaurant manager of Pizza Pizza Co Ltd organized the party,
with staff members giving the young ambassadors a real treat, the house
special, which is 72-cm wide large-tray pizza, baked in a wood stove at 60
degrees Celsius.
 Young
ambassadors watch pizza being made at Pizza Pizza by Yanee.
Nong A, Miss Pawinee Kaewkerd who is a class 5 student at Phothisamphan
Pitayakarn School, was the winner of the 3rd Young Tourism PR Ambassador
contest, with Miss Rujira Ruengpatanawirat runner-up and Watchanaphisuth
Purikasame second runner-up.
They presented a certificate to the restaurant to thank Scott and his team
for their hospitality.
Father speaks of pride
in daughter’s beauty contest win
Patcharapol Panrak
The Sattahip family of Nong Kam, who won the National Costume
Award during the recent Miss Universe beauty pageant in Vietnam, have
spoken of their pride in their daughter’s achievement.
 Young
Miss Universe at her home in Sattahip.
Warrant Officer 1st class Kriangsak Photichak, 52, who works at the
Communications Center at Sattahip Naval Base and is the father of Nong
Kam, Kwinta Photichak, said that family and friends were delighted for
her, even though she didn’t make it into the final round of 15
contestants for the main title.
Kriangsak said that his daughter had completed a successful step in
winning the National Costume Award title, and that she had been a credit
to the family and to her country.
He said that she was always a lively girl, right from the youngest age,
and that she always seemed to sparkle when she knew that people were
looking at her.
Kriangsak said that he hadn’t known about her entering for the contest,
and that he wouldn’t have been very happy about it if he had known
because he feels that her education comes first, but her mother knew
about it and supported her.
Nong Kam has taken part in other beauty contests and won several, mainly
in Nong Khai Province. Presently her mother works at Chonburi Hospital
and comes home only at weekends, leaving Kriangsak on his own at home
during the week.
Nong Kam has spoken of her interest in working in public relations or
the tourism industry after she leaves Bangkok University. She came back
to Thailand only on July 16, and the family is planning a big
celebration.
Proud dad (right) and mom
(center)
enjoy talking about their successful daughter.
Nong Kam leads the parade
as her secondary school’s drum majorette.
Competing in the Miss
Songkran beauty contest in 2001.
500 children enjoy lunch
on HRH Princess Soamsawalee’s birthday
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
The YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center served lunch to more than 500
children to offer merit on the occasion of Her Royal Highness Princess
Soamsawalee’s birthday.
 “Alloy
my kha?” Nittaya Patimasongkroh asks the children. “Does the food taste
good?”
YWCA chairwoman, Nittaya Patimasongkroh together with members of the
association and Bernie Tuppin, charity chairman of the Pattaya Sports
Club, served lunch to the students of Ban Tungka School on July 15, the
birthday of Her Royal Highness having taken place on July 13.
On the menu was steamed rice with chicken, sticky rice, grilled pork,
and ice cream. Lunchtime was divided into two servings, one for the
kindergarten children and the other for primary and secondary school
students, a total of more than 500 youngsters.
Ban Tungka School is located at Moo 1 in Huayyai Sub-district, and
currently has 562 students. It teaches from kindergarten to the
secondary school class. Most of the students are regarded as being
underprivileged, as their parents are laborers and vendors who have
migrated to Pattaya in search of work.
Thank you kindhearted
people for this wonderful meal.
Members of the YWCA, their
friends and helpers pose for a commemorative photo with the children
from Ban Tungka School.
YWCA members distribute
food to the students at Ban Tungka School.
Children line up with
great anticipation for the ice cream dessert.
Latest entry in Jesters Care for Kids journal
Lewis Underwood
Not only is the Jesters Children’s Fair only 45 days away on
Sunday, September 14th at the Diana Garden Resort and Driving Range in
North Pattaya, but now that August has come, we can essentially say that
the Fair is next month. OMG!
 We
recently discovered that the Child Protection and Development Center
also needed bed linen to cover up the second hand pillows and mattresses
they are using, so we went to Carrefour to get 30 sets of bed sheets and
pillow cases.
That said, the best way to take the edge off the anxiety, besides
stopping the procrastination and staying busy with our goal in mind, is
to continue to visit our projects. We find solace and motivation in
doing that, which continually reminds us of the reason and need for our
very existence.
So between everything else the following is just some of the things that
have been going on lately.
Child Protection and Development Center (CPDC): Our newest focus
has been CPDC and trying to help this center for street kids to get up
on their feet. This past week we went shopping in Naklua with project
director Noja and some of the boys for tables, chairs, oscillating fans
for the new salla, free standing fans for each of the dormitories and
new hose for the water pump.
 This
past week we went shopping in Naklua with project director Noja and some
of the boys for tables, chairs, oscillating fans for the new salla.
More recently, we discovered that they also needed bed linen to cover up
the second hand pillows and mattresses they are using. So we went to
Carrefour to get 30 sets of bed sheets and pillow cases, or 2 sets per
child. They only asked for half as many, but we figured it would best to
have spares while the other ones are in the wash.
We knew the boys outnumbered the girls 5 to 1 there, but we were bargain
shopping and the best deal in bed sheets at the moment was the Powerpuff
Girls line. Hope the guys don’t mind pictures of Bubbles, Buttercup and
Blossom on their linen.
Urn: Our little girl, Urn with the liver problem, is much better
and has gotten stronger since staying in the clean, dry environment
(apartment) we provided for her, in addition to the frequent care she is
gets from PILC members and the Sisters at the Fountain of Life.
Sister Joan said that just the other day Urn was able to climb the
stairs to the second floor at the Center all by herself. This thrilled
us all, as this was the first time we know of her not being carried up
those stairs by her Granny.
Recently, Urn also had her first visit to the dentist since her birth 7
years ago, and the dentist, who was taken aback at the plaque build up
thought it was prudent that she start a dental hygiene program. So Urn
is now learning to do something else: brushing her teeth every day.
Ban Klong Bang Pai School (BKBP): The Herrod Foundation’s Diamond
Sponsorship (400,000 baht) came about due to their wish to provide the
‘seed money’ for the construction of a new classroom at this school.
BKBP, which is just south of the T-section where Hwy 331 meets Sukhumvit
in front of the airport at Utapao, has had its main classroom building
condemned for safety reasons. For the best part of a year, the teachers
have been holding classes in the open air canteen, which the kids have
found hot and crowded.
This worthy project has been on hold while we were waiting for
sufficient funds to come in. However, now with the Platinum Sponsorships
(100,000 baht) from Club Nevada, MBMG Group and Mike Koerner in hand, we
can finally start the construction and provide a better, more
comfortable learning environment for the kids.
PILC Chonburi Handicap Project: This is a very important and
ambitious project being taken on by the PILC welfare team in conjunction
with the Chonburi Provincial Govt in effort to bring dignity to
handicapped persons living in the region. Rosanne Diamente, past
president of the PILC and presently head of Women With a Mission,
assisting the Burmese cyclone survivors, is spearheading this project.
Their team goes around visiting handicapped persons in the villages of
Chonburi province to assess their needs. Many are in want of
modifications to their living situation to accommodate their
disabilities, such as things like ramps and redesigned toilets. Rosie
has some projects in mind for us that involve children, which we are
eager to initiate.
As far as the business end to the charity drive, here are some of the
latest developments:
New Honda Click for our Grand Raffle: Committee member Capt Steve
in his enduring magnanimousness has just purchased the latest Honda
Click-i for our Grand Raffle at a value of over 50,000 baht. This will
be one of our top prizes, in fact second only to Qantas’ trip to
Australia for two persons.
After an imminent promo shoot at Mityon on Thepprasit Road in South
Pattaya, the motorbike will be moved to Jameson’s, our Party Night venue
on Saturday, September 20th, where it will be on display until then.
By the way, GR Books are now ready and can be purchased at 50 baht per
ticket or 500 baht for books of 12 tickets. GR books are available not
only at Jamesons, but also from committee members, as well as other
outlets to be publicized soon.
Colored Event Shirts: That’s right: no white event shirts this
year. Ladies’ and children’s shirts will be sky blue and for the manly
men gunmetal gray. Shirts will be available at all the usual outlets,
including Jamesons, Pattaya Mail, Viking Beachcomber, Blue Parrot, TQ,
etc., next week on August 8th.
Sponsorship update: We keep getting asked how we are doing this year in
relation to last year. So for those curious ones, our sponsors’
contributions to date are presently at 5,725,625 baht, which is
wonderful progress especially given these increasingly hard economic
times.
By comparison last year in September on Fair day, we had 6,112, 698
baht. Granted it is now only August 1st and the disparity is only
387,073 baht, but the key difference we notice is that we had 73 Bronze
Sponsors (10,000 baht) last year and at present have only 40 so far this
year. You get the picture, if we had the same number of Bronzes as last
year, we would be within spitting distance of last year’s sponsorship
totals.
But, then who’s counting? Targets have never been our obsession. We are
not a business, but instead a charity drive and our goals remain the
same as they have been for the last 11 years: Simply to keep on trying
our best to raise as much funding as possible for the needy kids.
That said, if you would like to help the kids in need, please visit our
website at www.care4kids.info or email us at [email protected].
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