The children are excited
to meet international tennis stars (from left) Chia-Jung Chuang from
Chinese Taipei, Olga Savchuk from Ukraine, Valeria Solovyeva from
Russia, Paula Kania from Poland and Thailand’s own Tammy Tanasugarn.
Warunya Thongrod
Tennis players participating in the PTT Pattaya Open donated more than
100,000 baht in toys and supplies to the Child Protection and
Development Center.
Chia-Jung Chuang, Paula Kania, Olga Savchuk, Valeria Solovyeva, and
Tamarine Tanasugarn presented dolls and other goods to Human Help
Network Thailand Director Radchada Chomjinda and 50 children at the
Dusit Thani Hotel Jan. 28.
The children appeared excited and delighted to meet Thai tennis player
Tanasugarn and receive gifts from other famous players.
Chana Pankaew, benefits manager of tournament sponsor Thai Beverage
Marketing Co., said the company has worked tennis stars for six years to
aid children while visiting Thailand.
The brewer of Chang Beer, among others, “also performs socially
beneficial activities, including distributing blankets, mobile football
and this project,” he said.
“This is a true delight, since these children have idols. Therefore, an
opportunity to interact with world-class tennis players is impossible as
they would only see the players on television or in newspapers,”
Radchada said. “Meeting the real stars has made the children happy,
excited and stimulated their desire to be better and will only benefit
the children by pushing them to succeed in the future.”
