Phuket Community Foundation

Prizes are out!!!!!!!!!!!

Alasdair Forbes — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:51:15 +0000

Dear All of you Ducky Players!!!

Here are the Prizes you will receive if you are the Lucky Winner!!

To have more chance to win buy more tickets and you can have more Ducks! Tickets are only 200 baht each!!

Sign up for the Battle of the Young Bands!!!

Alasdair Forbes — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:29:29 +0000

LEGEND MUSIC IS SUPPORTING THE PCF:

The aim of the day’s fun-filled activity is to raise funds for the Phuket Community Foundation. Legend Music will be hosting the live entertainment for the day, which starts at midday and runs into the late afternoon.

As part of the live entertainment Legend Music will host (but not judge) a battle of the young bands.We know there are many great young bands on the island and we hope to attract a minimum of four to take part.

Entry rules are:

· Entry into the competition is B500 per band member.

· Band members must be 18 years or younger.

· Any genre of music is welcome.

· Minimum 3 members per band, maximum 8 members.

· Band members can play in only ONE band in the competition.

· Bands will be allowed to perform a maximum of 3 songs for the competition.

· Judges decision is final (and very much swayed by the crowd reaction – so bring supporters!!)

· Entries must be received by no later than 12 noon on Wednesday, 25 January, 2012.

· A minimum of 4 bands required for the competition to be fun

· To enter, register your band and band members by emailing the details to studio@legendmusic.net. Prizes for the winning band will be announced in about 10 days – and will be worth the entry!!

Look forward to seeing your band on stage!!

Sign up for the Dragon Boat Race !!!

Alasdair Forbes — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:26:30 +0000

Rawai/Nai Harn Dragonboat Club is Proudly Supporting PCF (Phuket Community Foundation) RACE DAY 2012
DRAGONBOAT RACING
This will start at around 1 pm. If you would like to enter a team please contact the club who we will fill you in on all the details.

Teams can be as few as 12 with a maximum of 18 (plus your own drummer to keep you in time!). Obviously the more members you have the faster you will go, but this is just for fun, so sign yourselves up as a team and join in the fun (minimum age: 12). You will need to register on the day at a cost of 4,000 THB per team, all going to the charity, between 12.00 noon – 12.30pm

TRAINING
As a club we will be offering training to any teams that need it, either at our home in Nai Harn on regular training days or the afternoon before, Saturday 4th February @ Laguna, Phuket for just 100 baht per paddler (to cover expenses).

And at the same time you’ll be helping us to raise funds for grants towards worthwhile projects that will make Phuket an even better place than it is now.

Participants, please sign up for the Dragon boat race here in English.

For Thai Participants, please sign up here.

After completing the registration form please send the file to Rawai/Nai Harn Dragon boat club at : events@rawainaiharndragonboatclub.com

You can also have more information on Rawai/Nai Harn Dragon boat club webpage http://www.rawainaiharndragonboatclub.com/

or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rawai-Nai-Harn-Dragon-Boat-Club-Phuket/190267887668532

The Great Rubber Duck Race is coming back!!!

Alasdair Forbes — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:13:47 +0000

The Phuket Community Foundation has twice held its annual Race Day, which includes the Great Rubber Duck Race. Each time has been a great success, mixing fun and fundraising, and allowing the PCF to help many individuals, schools and communities around Phuket.

This year 2012, race Day and the Great Rubber Duck Race will be held on the 5th of February in and around the Latitude marquee at Laguna Phuket (opposite Canal Village).

Family & Friends will sure have more fun than ever !! There will be many great activties such our famous Dragon Boat Race, Cardboard Box Race for kids, DJ’s, Battle of the Young Bands, BIS Buddy’s activities for young kids, Bouncy Castle and Trampoline!!!!

This year’s event will start at midday, running until late afternoon, so come to have lunch with us!!! Delicious Foods and Drinks will be served during the day for all of you! And then enjoy all the activities for all the family.

At the climax, we will launch thousand of rubber ducks on the Laguna canal. The first few ducks to reach the finish line will win amazing prizes for their “owners”!

New Manager for PCF

Alasdair Forbes — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:01:53 +0000

Jessica Mathis.

The Phuket Community Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Jessica Mathis as Manager.
Ms Mathis, who has a French father and Thai mother, speaks Thai, English and French fluently and has a BA degree in Hospitality, Finance and Revenue Management from Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland.
She will handle the day-to-day running of the Foundation, run projects and raise funds.
She can be contacted by email to this address.

Books for students

Alasdair Forbes — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 05:54:26 +0000

PCF President Pranee Sakulpipatana recently delivered more than 30 medical textbooks and encyclopedias to the Rajabhat Phuket University library. The books were donated by Dr. Ong Tat Lien from Malaysia.

Pictured, from left, Roongprakai Sang-In, PCF manager, and Ajarn Pranee with the university’s three librarians, Malin Sa-gniamkul, Aussana Kraireuk and Arom Somjai.

Final result from Race Day: Just under B600,000

Alasdair Forbes — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:28:24 +0000

The numbers are finally in. The PCF realised a net income of just under B600,000 baht from Race Day 2011. Here’s the breakdown:

Donations/sponsorships/race fees/coupon sales: B499,243
Duck race ticket sales: B224,100
Total income: B723,343
Expenditure: B124,414
Net income: B598,929

We spent a further B25,500 on “capital” items (such as rubber ducks) which can be reused next time, so this cost is not included in the final figures for the day.

Also not included is the value of donations in kind, such as Laguna Phuket allowing us to use the Latitude marquee and building the duck machine; and the prizes for the duck race. The prizes alone were valued at a total of B1.4 million.

The event was bigger and considerably more effective in fund-raising terms than the event in November 2009, when the net income was around B150,000. This year the PCF sold 1,494 duck race tickets, compared with 1,000 at the previous event.

Finally, we need to ask you for a favour: We have already made a list of things that did not work so well, but we need feedback from people who took part or just came along to enjoy the day. Don’t worry about offending us – criticism is valuable to us if we are to go on improving the event. Please send your comments by email to director@phuketcharity.org

Great coverage for Race Day

Alasdair Forbes — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:05:02 +0000

PCF Race Day has had some great coverage on the web, with hundreds of photos and some fun vids. Click on the links below for just some of these. We’re also all over Facebook.

Expect to see post-Race Day coverage in the Phuket Gazette and The Phuketian and, we’re sure many other local publications.

Final results of the Dream Gallery Great Phuket Rubber Duck Race

Alasdair Forbes — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:19:47 +0000

Here they are: The winners of the Duck Race!!

If you have not yet collected your prize, please contact us by email to manager@phuketcharity.org or by calling 08 1851 2280 or 08 4629 6112.

Race Day Schedule

Alasdair Forbes — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:38:57 +0000