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Kids' Corner
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Weekend activities for children
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October fun at CMIS
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Two AIDS orphans get new bedrooms
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Kids' Corner
Marvin likes to go shopping, especially
when he gets a special treat. He knows that he can’t have a treat every
time that we go shopping so he has begun to save up his allowance money.
This way, when we go shopping he can buy a book or a special toy for
himself. He is getting very good at saving up his money and he doesn’t
like to waste it all on silly things. Have you ever saved up your money for
something special? Write to Marvin and tell him. You can send your letters
to:
 Marg
and Marvin
Chiangmai Mail
156-158 Im-boon Housing Estate
Muangsamut Road
T. Changmoi, A. Muang,
Chiang Mai 50300
Email: kids@chiangmai-mail.com
Fax: 053 234 145
Jokes
1) Why did the jellybean go to school?
2) What did the policeman have on his sandwich?
3) Why was the little strawberry worried?
4) Why is an island like the letter T?
ANSWERS
1) He wanted to be a smartie
2) Traffic jam
3) Because his parents were in a jam
4) They are both in the middle of water
Bye from Marg and Marvin
Weekend activities for children
Channel Kid Club, Kad Suan Kaew shopping
complex, is now open for children who would like to become members of the
club.
There are many activities waiting for the little kids,
similar to the smart camp tour at Wat Umong, which all members enjoyed, and
many activities such as doll and toy making, sight seeing, feeding fish,
turtles and birds, studying the environment of the forest and learning the
history of the temple.
Every Saturday and Sunday, there will be many activities
waiting for the kids, so any children who want to have fun and get some
knowledge too, can join the “The Channel Kids Club” on the 2nd floor,
Zone C, behind Kitty Land, Kad Suan Kaew shopping complex, tel. 053 224 444
ext. 19160, 19008.
The kids
enjoyed sight seeing in Wat Umong.
This
group of kids participated in the “Smart Camp Tour Wat Umong”.
October fun at CMIS
Halloween & Harvest Festival - 2 in 1
Fall is in the air ... or at least in the hearts and
spirits of students and parents of the Chiang Mai International School
(CMIS) community. Elementary school students and parents celebrated the end
of the first quarter of this school year with an after-school costume party,
sponsored by the CMIS Parent-Teacher Group (PTG). At the helm was last
year’s PTG president Walter Ridgley and his wife Jeannette.
Parents decorated the CMIS campus with corn, hay and
pumpkins, traditional symbols of North American harvest. Members of the CMIS
High School Student Council organized games and face-painting on the school
basketball courts. A delicious spread of food was catered by the Good View
Bar & Restaurant.
The highlight of the event was a splendid parade of
bright and creative costumes modeled by children of all ages ... from
butterflies to pirates to princesses! Students in the parade were announced
by Grade 11 student Anzie Yangmi.
The Parent-Teacher Group plays an important role in
creating a sense of community at CMIS. They regularly organize events and
fundraisers that support the school and bring CMIS families together. Last
year the PTG raised 200,000 baht for the purchase of a new sound system and
acoustic paneling in the CMIS auditorium. This year’s fundraising will
help to purchase new playground equipment for the CMIS Elementary School.
Watching
the costume parade as elementary students watch as their classmates show off
their costumes.
Superheroes
were around every corner at the Harvest Festival.
Barbeque:
a delicious spread of food was catered by the Good View Bar &
Restaurant.
Waiting
for the spotlight: Waiting to be announced in the costume parade.
A
doctor, his patient and a rock star pose for a photo.
A
farmer, a pirate and a martial arts master.
Two AIDS orphans get new bedrooms
Annelie Hendriks
Rotary Chiang Mai South, with donations from Rotary
Queenstown (Singapore) and the Samsara Foundation from the Netherlands,
takes care of the education of 8 orphans who’s parents died of aids.
 Members
of Rotary Chiang Mai South with Book and Bath during the construction of the
bedroom.
The orphans still live with their relatives or caretakers
and are not sent to an orphanage. But in all 8 cases, the relatives are not
able to financially support the children’s educations. That’s where
Rotary Chiang Mai South comes in: they pay for the school fees,
transportation, school uniforms and for books and stationary.
Two of the 8 orphaned children are Book, 13 years old,
and Bath his younger brother, 10 years old. They live in the neighborhood
near Wat Phrasing with their aunt and grandparents. Their bedroom used to be
an appalling, dreadful, foul smelling, low ceiling, airless room. Therefore,
Rotary Chiang Mai South decided to build two new bedrooms for the boys,
their aunt and grandmother.
 An
official opening ceremony was held when the little house with the 2 bedrooms
was finished and Book and Bath hopefully will never lose their positive
spirit.
On October 16 the construction of the little house with
the two bedrooms was finished. A small ceremony was held at which members of
Rotary and the assistant of the Rotary-governor and of course the family
were present. This project is the first one realized in Chiang Mai province
as part of the Rotary’s 100 year celebration.
Book and Bath are very good students. They are among the
first of their classes and everybody hopes that the new bedrooms will now
provide a better and more healthy environment for their study.
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