On November 14, at Makro Pattaya Branch,
Rotarians and store management attended a simple ceremony to hand over
public donations for distribution to victims of natural disasters
throughout Thailand.
Phasakorn Channgam
Early this month, seeing that tens of thousands of
people were suffering the dreadful effects of natural disasters
throughout the country, Makro Pattaya Branch in cooperation with Rotary
Clubs in District 3340 appealed to the public for donations of cash,
personal essentials, dry and imperishable foods and medicines to help
the victims of these natural disasters.
Makro set up a special section at the front of the
store from November 5-13 to request clients and visitors to ‘Please
Help” the flood victims by placing their donated items and cash into the
designated area.
This was not in vain as hundreds of Pattaya residents
showed that they cared by donating money and goods towards this
humanitarian cause.
On November 14, at Makro Pattaya Branch, Thongchai
Lortrakanond, District Governor of Rotary District 3340, accompanied by
Past District Governor Premprecha Dibbayawan, Past District Governor
Pratheep Malhotra and Past President Maria Suwathana of the Rotary Club
of Chonburi attended a simple ceremony to receive the public donations
from Sunan Plukrak, the assistant general manager of Makro Pattaya
Branch.
DG Thongchai said, “This relief project was initiated
by Siam Makro who then asked us to cooperate by helping to deliver the
relief items to the suffering people. Everyone knows that Rotarians
always work for the good of the community and are always in the
forefront of venturing into affected areas and helping the people when
the need arises. People trust us and know that the goods will be handed
out directly to those in need.”
DG ‘Tony’ Thongchai went on to say that there is yet
another worry coming up. “Soon after the floods, the cool season will be
upon us and in some parts of the northeast, the temperatures can drop
drastically. We must now plan to get more collections of warm clothing
and blankets to be distributed to the people as quickly as possible. The
donated cash at Makro of 15,928.75 baht will be spent on the purchase of
these items.”
