Yes, it is that time again for the Jesters and our Associates to knuckle down and start organizing the fifth annual Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive in earnest, the

Following last year’s most successful drive ever, when we raised 2.76 million baht for the Fountain of Life Children’s Center, we realized that our work was to be cut out for us this year. For starters, some of our organizational personnel have moved on, such as the Poulsens, Alice and Niel, who were an integral part of the Charity Drive since its inception in 1998. The donation box at the Tesco Lotus store on Sukumvit, designated for the Fountain of Life Center for the last two years and responsible for augmenting the charity coffers by 200,000 baht each annum, has now been earmarked for new beneficiaries, as per head office policy. Furthermore, the fragile economic environment still remains a factor working against raising money, in a region where there are many charities seeking benefactors as well.

However, momentum works in our favor, along with the Jesters charitable reputation. Proof of which has been the attraction of four Platinum Sponsors already this year, including Shenanigan’s, Pattaya Mail, Chonburi Siam Steel Mill Services and Rieckermann Thai Engineering. We also have Graham MacDonald, Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce for the Eastern Seaboard, back onboard the organizing committee this year.

In addition, we will employ a new concept this year with the assistance of PMCI to be referred to as ‘Pledge for Kids’. The latter is designed to attract potential donors, who would rather not give a lump sum but, instead, a more modest sum on a monthly basis over a 12-month period. The launch date for the Pledge is set for June.

The Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ organizing committee, specifically web expert Susie Ngamsuwan, has also produced a CD of our Web Site, including a history of the Charity Drive and photo galleries, which is being used for promotional purposes and attracting new sponsors. Our latest corporate letter soliciting sponsorship has also just been finalized and is ready for distribution both by email and snail mail. And, we have put up a new commercial site this year, www.care4kids.info thanks to the graces of GeckoTech, systems engineers, in Pattaya.

In addition to the Fountain of Life Children’s Center, the Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive this year has added two new beneficiaries, the Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institute (Huay Pong, Rayong) and the Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind (Naklua). The latter has just benefited from the first event of this year’s Charity Drive, Paul Baker’s Farewell Tour, which was a special sponsored pushbike ride from Ubon to Pattaya. The four cyclists, Paul, Richy, John and Ian, who rode the 700 kms in 6 days, have raised over 200,000 baht for this school benefiting blind and mentally impaired children.

Additionally, Declan, Pop’s All-Stars, and Rick and Harpic have recorded a 3-set CD titled “Play Something You Know”, which is currently available at Shenanigan’s and Tahitian Queen for 350 baht. All profits will go directly to the Jesters Care for Kids Charity Drive 2002.

This year’s experienced organizing committee with assigned duties, who can be contacted through the new site, looks like this:

The following is a list of those that have been helping us, whose links are currently on our Web Site:

• Bangkok Pattaya Hospital
• BJ Services Company
• British Chamber of Commerce
• Café New Orleans
• Castrol (now AsPac Oil (Thailand) Ltd)
• Chonburi Steel Mill Services
• Diana Group
• Dusit Resort
• Eastern Star Golf Resort
• Farang
• Flow
• Garden International School
• GeckoTech
• Global Silverhawk/Santa Fe
• Horseshoe Point
• International School of the Regents
• Jesters
• JVK Movers
• Lauda Air
• Lawn Bowling
• MBMG International
• Mermaid Dive School
• Odyssey International
• Orkide Norway Travel
• Patrick’s Belgium Restaurant
• Pattaya Hash House Harriers
• Pattaya Mail
• Pattaya Panthers
• Pattaya Sports Club
• Qantas Air
• Rieckermann
• Ripley’s
• Royal Cliff Beach Resort
• Royal Garden Resort
• Santa Fe Eastern Seaboard Thailand
• Sauber F1
• Scandi Bar
• Shenanigan’s
• Siam Bayshore Resort
• Siam Steel Mill Services
• Spicy Girls
• St. Andrew’s International School
• Stephen Leather
• Tahitian Queen (1)
• The Residence Garden
• Unithai Group
• Unity Services Group
• West Host

Keep checking our growing list of sponsors:
listing with sponsors and their website link & logo
listing with sponsors without a known website link & logo
Although we don't have a separate page dedicted to our private sponsors or businesses without a logo/link, we non-the-less appreciate their support and express herewith our gratitude.

If you are currently a sponsor of our Charity Drive and would like a link to our Website, please contact us.