City
councilors, municipality police officers,
the mayor and related people count the donated money.
Phasakorn Channgam /
Pratchaya Kerdthong
Residents and tourists across Pattaya mobilized on foot
and motorcycle to raise more than 400,000 baht to assist victims of deadly
floods in southern Thailand.
Pattaya Permanent Secretary Wuttipol Charoenphol and city
council members said 260,097 baht was collected at various city-sponsored
booths throughout the city in the past week.
People dug deep and dropped money into boxes at the
Sawang Boriboon Foundation, Y.W.C.A. Bangkok-Pattaya Center, Southern Thai
Association, Pattaya Business & Tourism Association, Ayutthaya Association,
and Pattaya Business Operators Association.
The money was deposited into a special Bangkok Bank
account devoted to southern flood relief.
On April 5, the city received an 82,100 baht donation
from the Python Motorcycle Club, which had raised funds through sales of
hats, shirts, belts, watches and rings at a Walking Street event on April 1.
The follow day, Lions Club members from zones 7 and 8
joined members of the Southern Club in front of Pattaya School No. 9 to
present their donation of 64,000 baht. Representatives from both
organizations planned to travel themselves to Surat Thani to distribute the
funds and assist flood victims.
Representatives from the Python Motorcycle Club donate to the flood victims.
