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Our charities and where your money goes
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The Jesters Mystery Spotter is about…
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Our charities and where your money goes
For four years now nearly all funds raised from our
charity drives have gone to the Fountain of Life Children’s Center, now
located in their new premises just off Pattaya 3 Road behind the Pattaya
Sports Club building. Additionally, some of our funds have also gone to the
Jing Jai Home, or House of Sincerity, on the east side of Sukhumvit that
houses the few orphans that attend the Center.
In actuality there are two Fountain of Life Centers:
Center One is for the welfare of children and Center Two, on Soi Bua Kaow,
provides vocational and language training for women. We have been involved
in the former as ‘caring for children’ is what we are all about.
 This
year part of the funds raised at the Jesters Care 4 Kids Charity Drive have
been pledged to renovate the wooden dormitory for the younger boys at the
Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institute (ECWPI). Plans are also afoot to
construct a new bathing and toilet facility in the back with adjoining
walkway to the pre-existing building. The job, beginning with the
foundation, is intended to get underway this week. The most recent quote for
the work is now over 500,000 baht.
Now in our fifth year, the Jesters Care for Kids Charity
Drive has expanded their beneficiary base to include two more institutions
assisting children in the area: the Pattaya Redemptorist School for the
Blind in Naklua and the Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institute in Huay
Pong, Rayong province.
The Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind
Mrs. Aurora Lee Sribuapun assisted by Khun Jarinya run
this school on Soi 16 in Naklua for 172 blind and/or mentally impaired
children. We have chosen to assist them this year largely through the
proceeds raised from Paul Baker’s Farewell Pushbike Ride from Ubon to
Pattaya. We have promised 200,000 baht to buy mostly furniture, renovate
buildings and upgrade electrics. Most recently, we have provided for the
construction of storage lockers for the students per their request. The
Blind Choir from this school will be performing on stage at our Children’s
Fair on Sunday, September 15th.
The Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institute (ECWPI)
Located in Huay Pong, Rayong on the north side of
Sukhumvit, where the new flyover is being constructed at the head of
Maptaphut Road, is the Boys’ Sector of this institute, which both
accommodates and educates orphans and abandoned children. For this project,
we have pledged to renovate the wooden dormitory for the younger boys, which
is becoming derelict from uneven settling and rotting floors and roof. We
also plan to construct a new bathing and toilet facility in the back with
adjoining walkway to the pre-existing building. The job, beginning with the
foundation, is intended to get underway this week. The most recent quote for
the work is now over 500,000 baht.
 Studying
hard at the Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institute (ECWPI) in Rayong.
The Fountain of Life Center for Children
And, of course, we are staying the course with the
Fountain of Life. We have come a long way since our first meeting back with
the Sisters in 1998, when we thought all they needed were some fish sauce,
rice and a cooker. From that time to the present and 7.4 million baht later,
we have seen the Center grow and thrive as the Sisters continue their
efforts to give these kids from broken homes both hope and opportunity for
better lives. Now with their new building and increased attendance, we
continue to furnish over half of their operational expenses; costs that
directly benefit the children. We also provide funding for scholarships and
cover medical and dental check-ups and necessary operations. Most recently
we paid for the successful hernia operation of a 4-year old boy who was
previously experiencing much discomfort even when sitting. (Please refer to
our ‘Projects’ link on our web site: www.care4kids.info.)
Pledge for Kids
The integration of the Pledge Program (www.care4kids.info
/pledge) with the Jesters Care for Kids Charity Drive this year has
introduced yet another way for us to raise money for the children. The
pledge concept is designed to complement our original lump sum donor program
with an alternative way consisting of donations of lesser sums on a monthly
basis. There will be a Pledge stall for joining this program at our Fair.
Our Events
With our Children’s Fair just around the corner, we invite you come
join us on Sunday, September 15th, at the Diana Garden Lodge and Driving
Range between Pattaya 3 Road and Sukhumvit just off North Pattaya Road,
where children from our beneficiaries will also be present. We hope to see
you there.
The Jesters Mystery Spotter is about…
By Mike Franklin
Watch out for the Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Mystery
Spotter in and around Pattaya. All you have to do is display one of the
Jesters Children’s Fair stickers on your car, pick-up, motorbike,
jacket, or anywhere where it is visible and you could be stopped by me or
another Jesters Committee member and be given a prize on the spot.
 It might be a beer, breakfast or coffee in Shenanigans,
dinner for two in the Green Bottle, breakfast at the Diana Inn, a Thai
massage, a Sauber Formula 1 key ring, a pair of Heineken shorts, or even a
one-year free subscription to Pattaya Mail or Pattaya Blatt. It could be a
Jesters souvenir or a ‘Care for Kids’ T-shirt.
Stickers are available at Shenanigans or the Diana Inn,
just call and ask for one. The Mystery Spotter is looking for you, so show
the Children’s Fair sticker where it can be easily seen.
For more information about the 2002 Jesters Charity Drive Children’s
fair and Pub Night go to our web site: www.care4kids.info
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