This
shopping trip from the Jackalope and the
Jesters is now a well established
Christmas tradition and very much
welcomed by all.
I can not
think of any better way of brightening
an orphaned child’s Christmas. The
chance to go shopping and pick out for
yourself what you would like as a
present.
To an
orphan this is a supreme experience. All
of us here at the Camillian Social
Center Rayong thank all involved very
much indeed for keeping this event
alive.
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Camillian Center
Christmas Shopping Trip 2014
December 13th was the date
picked for our annual Camillian Center
Children’s Christmas Shopping Trip to
Big C in Rayong. Arriving at the center,
I met up with Woody, Erle and Big Jim –
making his first visit to the center and
helping out with the shopping trip.
While waiting for another function to
finish up, Woody presented the Jackalope
with the Care for Kids 2014 Certificate
of Appreciation. After lunch the
children were anxious to get into the
vans for their trip to Rayong.
Upon arrival at the main entrance to Big
C, the Camillian Center staff – which
included Father Tao, Father Joey, Event
Organizer Paul, Manager Miss Supada
Promkonsarn, Coordinator Miss Rariporn
Chearpool, Assistants Miss Chayanit
Soree, Miss Napher Jabo, Miss Orapan
Sangrung, Mr. Chaichaman Wongsai & Mr.
Parchern Ridsan took charge of the group
of 62 children to give them their
instructions and directions. They seem
to have a pattern in their shopping
first picking out articles of clothing,
a visit to the cosmetics department for
the girls and ending up in the shoe
section. It is good to see the older
children helping the younger ones with
their shopping and showing them how the
price checking computer stations will
show them how much they have left to
choose other items.
After an hour and a half, the shopping
was done and it was time for the Big C
staff to total up all the individual
purchases and final tally. This year
over 500 items were rung up and nearly
47,000.00 Baht was spent, with plenty of
happy faces on all the kids.
An additional outing in late April or
early May 2015 is now in the planning
stage.
We would like to thank Suchada
Bhumikomsarn and the staff at Big C in
Rayong for all their help in making this
another memorable day out for the
children. Finally, thanks to all the
staff at the Camillian Center for once
again planning and organizing not only
this shopping trip, but all outings that
the Canadian Jackalope Open and Jesters
Care for Kids provide for them.
On behalf of all the Canadian Jackalope
Open organizing committee, I would like
to take this time to thank all our
sponsors and supporters for your
continued support and to wish all of you
a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Wayne Ogonoski |