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Advertising in Jesters Care For Kids 2011 Yearbook is the same
as donating to the kids
The
evolution of the Jesters Care For Kids yearbook.
Deborah Philbrook
There are many ways you can help us care for the needy
kids in our area, besides making donations in cash or kind. Alternatively,
you can donate an auction item or grand raffle prize, or even advertise in
our annual yearbook. Since the latter defrays printing costs, we regard
advertisers as donors to our projects too; simply because it frees up more
funds for the kids.
Currently, we are looking for advertisers for our
Yearbook to promote and commemorate our September events: the Jesters
Children’s Fair at the Diana Garden Resort and Driving Range on Sunday,
September 11th and the Gala Party Night at the Amari Orchid Pattaya on
Saturday, September 24th.
Moreover, advertising rates start as low as 3500 baht!
This year we have decided to upgrade our previous ‘Fair
Souvenir Program’ that originally was 8.9cm by 12.7cm (A5) in dimensions
into a proper Yearbook that will be 21cm by 29.7cm, or A4, in dimensions.
We are also offering ads in black and white now, as well
as color. The rates for advertising are as follows.
o Half A4 page B&W - 3,500 baht
o Half A4 page Colour - 5,500 baht
o Full A4 page B&W - 6,000 baht
o Full A4 page Colour - 9,500 baht
o Full A4 inside cover Colour - 12,000 baht (x2) Sold!
o Double A4 fold outs Colour - 19,000 baht (x2) 1 left!
We urge you to place your ads as soon as possible while
space is still available. Please provide high resolution logos/designs for
your ads.
All Diamond Sponsors (400,000 baht donors) and Platinum
Sponsors (100,000 baht donors) get full page ads gratis!
Yearbook details:
Page size: 21cm x 29.7cm
Number of pages: 48 (minimum)
Number to be printed: 2000
Last date for booking ads: August 1, 2011
Publication date: September 1, 2011
Please remember that the Jesters 2011 Yearbook will also
be used for promotional purposes next year, giving your ad continued
exposure into 2012.
For more information visit our website: www.care4kids
.info or email Deborah at
http://www.care4kids.info/advertising_request_form.htm
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Star students win Musician of the Year contest
Golf (centre) and his friends sing at GIS’ Band
Slam contest.
Some of Garden’s talented
young musicians.
Mark Beales
Garden International School’s talented students hit the
right note with judges at the annual Musician of the Year competition.
Held on June 8 at the Rayong-based school, there were
seven competitors aged from Y1 to Y12 (IB1). They were: Hyo Jung Y10, Jack
Y10, Neuy Y8, and Peter Y1 (all on Piano), Rohit Y10 on Keyboard, and
Christina and Anne Y12 on Flute.
Our judges this year were Ms Lucy from Nursery, Mr Allan,
the latest addition to the Music Department Instrumental Service, Teacher
Dom, Head of Secondary and Music teacher at REPS, and Principal Dave
Moroney.
The standard, as usual, was high and the judges said they
found it very hard to decide on this year’s winners. But they finally chose
the following:
* Peter Y1 Piano Awarded Most Promising Musician
* Anne Y12 Flute Awarded 3rd Place
* Hyo Jung Y10 Awarded 2nd Place
* Neuy Y8 Awarded 1st Place
Congratulations to all our competitors, we look forward
to next year!
Garden’s students impressed a packed audience
at their Musician of the Year competition.
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U.S. Marine band delights at CPDC concert
Youngsters enjoy a good meal before the
show.
The U.S. Marine Corp band
has everyone on their feet and dancing.
Elfi Seitz
A U.S. Marine Corps band lit up America’s
Independence Day weekend with a free concert for the orphans and
underprivileged children at the Child Protection & Development Center.
The Japan-based 3rd Marines Expeditionary Force Band
pounded out pop tunes from Bon Jovi to Michael Jackson July 3 and threw
in a selection of oldies for the adults supervising excited youngsters
from the CPDC, Baan Jing Jai, Mercy Center, Pattaya Orphanage, School
for the Deaf and Redemptorist School for the Blind.
Rev. Michael Weera Pangrak, director of the Pattaya
Orphanage, got the entertainment going after a sumptuous buffet with the
clang of a gong. The seven-member band, fronted by female lead singer
Staff Sgt. Alex J. Bush, really put their backs into it.
Many children and even some adults couldn’t resist
jumping up to dance and soon everyone attending was in a cheerful mood,
forgetting about the contentious national elections held that day or
threatening rain clouds.
Band leader Chief Warrant Officer 3rd Class Stephen
B. Giove said the band came from its base in Okinawa to help celebrate
the United States July 4 birthday. He was accompanied by U.S. embassy
staffers Courtney J. Woods, Sgt. Paul E. Marvin, and Kanchalee Jitjang,
who arranged the Pattaya tour.
The rain held off until the music ended and sponsors
handed out gifts to band members and organizers, who in turn presented
their own present to Radchada Chomjinda, director of the CPDC’s parent,
the Human Help Network Thailand.
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Paying respect on Teachers Day
School for the Blind Principal,
Aurora Sribuaphan, gives her speech to the students.
Derek Franklin
The last Thursday in June is designated as Teachers
Day at the Pattaya School for the Blind. Known in the Thai language as
‘Wai Kru’, the ceremony is the time of the year when the students pay
respect to their teachers.
The teachers at the School for the Blind are
dedicated to the children and their work, ensuring that the students
learn subjects following the national curriculum, and gain the skills
and knowledge the blind children will need to live an independent life.
One of the younger
students on Teachers Day.
Principal and co-founder of the school, Aurora
Sribuaphan, opened the ceremony by welcoming the students and teaching
staff, and reminding the students of the work of their teachers.
Following the opening speech the students repeated
the student oath of allegiance, promising to be good students and
respect and honour their teachers.
One student from each class was then selected to
present their beautifully decorated floral arrangement to the senior
teaching staff, who accepted them on behalf of the teaching faculty.
Showing respect to his
teachers.
On the same day six students were awarded with
certificates in recognition of their outstanding achievements in study
or sports. The school regularly sends students to compete in local and
national sporting events and the blind students have a good record of
bringing gold medals back to Pattaya.
Following the official ceremony the traditional Thai
music group performed a selection of songs to entertain the teachers,
while the younger children performed their dance routines which brought
a smile to everyone’s face.
More information on the Pattaya School for the Blind
can be found at www.fr-ray.org or email
[email protected]
Preparing to present their
gifts to their teachers.
The award winning
students.
The students repeat the
oath of allegiance.
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Home Sweet Home
The children’s cuddly toys
are already housed comfortably!
Children come home to Baan
Khong Por for the first time, from their new school in Pong District of
Pattaya.
Lyndy Moore
Eggleton
This week the Mercy Center Children moved into their
very own home at Baan Khong Por for the first time, after returning from
their new school in Pong district of Pattaya.
Our new home is so big
and beautiful!
Meanwhile, the pre-school little ones are having a
fine time - well most of them - helping the devoted Mercy staff and
volunteers to put their house in order. There’s much still to be
organized, as you may imagine.
Concreting access pathways has been held up by heavy
rainfall and landscaping continues, but the wet weather hasn’t dampened
the children’s spirits as they still are enjoying learning their lessons
surrounded by greenery amid a peaceful, country environment.
Mercy directors Dianne and Fred Doell wish us to
thank our readers and everyone who has helped to fund this ambitious
project. You have supported the purchase of four rai of land, designing
the beautiful house and buildings of their dreams; making it possible
for some of the orphaned, abused, misused and abandoned children of
Pattaya to feel safe in the loving care of Mercy Center staff and
volunteers, and to have a real home of their own.
Completion and furnishing of the new Mercy facility
increases the number of children who can be cared for and accommodated
at Baan Khong Por to 50, plus a further intake of day students.
Naturally, there’s plenty of space outside the house, too, so Mercy
children can be proud to invite home the new school friends they make.
What joy!
The Pattaya Mercy Center currently provides a home
and loving care for twenty high risk children. The Mercy/Pattaya Street
Kids Scholarship initiative provides funding to enable over 220 students
to attend school and the Slum Support Project provides basic foodstuffs
and essentials for seventy families in Pattaya’s poorest areas.
In September this year, Mercy will be celebrating a
decade of caring for Pattaya’s most needy. If you’d like to do something
to help their continuing growth, please visit the new offices by Big C
South and pick up a copy of our “Needs & Wants” list, then talk to
Dianne and the staff about your ideas to support Mercy or email mercypr.
lyndy@ gmail.com for more information. The new Mercy telephone number is
+66 (0)38 416 707.
Work continues on the
landscaping at Mercy Center new Children’s House.
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