Students from Banglamung
Vocational College are having fun getting out of the classroom to help clean
up Wat Nong Or.
Warunya Thongrod
Central Festival Pattaya Beach and Banglamung Vocational
College have joined forces to renovate toilets and beautify landscapes on
temple grounds across the region.
More than 65 students volunteered for the
environmental-preservation activity organized by the beachfront Pattaya
shopping mall June 8 at Nong Or Temple in Central Pattaya, with plans for
June 15 at Buddhiwararam temple in Krathinglai. For this year, the mall has
planned projects for 10 communities and religious institutions.
Pattaya Permanent Secretary Pakorn Sukhonthachat and
Central Department Stores Region 3 Director Saral Tantijumnan joined Central
Festival General Manager Pairoj Bunjan at the June 8 event, which saw
residents from the Nong Or temple and close by neighborhoods join in the
temple cleanup.
Nong Nooch Tropical Garden was just one of the sponsors
to donate plants and flowers to spruce up the temple grounds as vocational
students renovated restrooms to bring old toilets into clean, working order
again.
Saral said the renovations were one way Central can repay
the public for its patronage and support. Pakorn added that the project was
also in line with city goals to improve the quality of living for residents.