December 21, 2006

Ms. Faiza's RIS Grade 5 class raised 16,000 baht from their Christmas Candygram sale thanks to the brilliant salesmanship and tireless work of the students, and generous sponsorship of the parents. While most other classes prepared for parties or enjoyed special activities on the last school day before Christmas Holiday, the Grade 5 Candygram kids drew cards. The cards were for three communities in Ayutthaya who are recipients of the entire proceeds from their Candygram sale: Wat Baan Pan, Wat Koh Yai, and Wat Jao Jed each with 150-200 households who rely on donations to make ends meet.

Because of these students' generous actions, each community will receive 5,000 baht in cash to buy basic personal care and household use items. What a wonderful gesture of love and kindness to celebrate Christmas!

There's more to this story. From extras that were collected as part of the school-wide Tak Community Service project, each of these communities will also receive 4 boxes of used clothing and other items. To top it off, every single household (a total of 550) will receive a blanket donated by Beer Chang through RIS parent Khun Wannapa Srisomburananont, just in time for the cold weather. Ruamrudee is fortunate to be blessed with such kind and loving people. Hundreds of families feel happier, warmer, and more loved this Christmas thanks to you.

May Christmas and the New Year be very special and blessed for our entire Ruamrudee family.