Dear all,
Happy new year 2023! A new year, new beginning, new hope. Let us run this race with perseverance, and rest sufficiently. Rest is one of my goals this year. Rest, knowing that I can trust in God who is dependable and always good.
Two days ago was Thai Children's Day! Some of our kids had performances, collected snacks and freebies from the booths, and won prizes from the celebration nearby. Here's Paht, featuring the bicycle he won!
Look at them with loots from the Thai Children's Day event! I found this scene amusing because of how they had to dive into their big bags of goodies to retrieve them!
We celebrated the new year with lots of good food, fun and excitement!
@Smilesofchiangmai contributed 4,323.20 baht of lucky draw items! A special thank you to Uncle Chester for his generous donation of 20,000 baht to our New Year's countdown BBQ (2,000 baht went to the lucky draw items too!) Thank you everyone for giving generously to our fundraising every year!
Your support and generous giving is important to the work and life we do here with our children. I'm trying to nail a date for our next fundraising, so stay tuned and thank you for being patient! :)
Your support and generous giving is important to the work and life we do here with our children. I'm trying to nail a date for our next fundraising, so stay tuned and thank you for being patient! :)
#BirthdayProject with the older boys group! Though many things could have been done better, I'm glad that our boys enjoyed the celebration! Special thanks to Elysia who generously treated the Japanese buffet dinner with unlimited salmon which our boys absolutely loved! Haha
#BirthdayProject with our older girls group! Their wish of catching "Avatar" in the cinema came true! #BirthdayProject is where we organise small group outings to celebrate our children's birthdays; building relationship by spending quality time together. That's the gift from our hearts to our children. Hop over to our Instagram for more updates!
Expenditure 23/10/22 - 16/01/23
Super early breakfast before dental appointment (2 children) - 151.50 baht
#BirthdayProject middle kids group - 300 + 3,925.83 + 5,184 + 345 + 4,485 baht
Whiteboard and permanent markers - 40 baht
Projector screen - 592 baht
#BirthdayProject older boys group - 144 + 3,504 baht + 1,640 baht + 1,420 + 264 baht
Loi krathong making stuff for their school event - 99 baht
Tapes - 35 baht
Lighter - 20 baht
2 Highschooler's Scouts camp accessories - 160 baht
Filmora upgrade - 1,294.30 baht
Asus laptop adaptor to replace the spoilt one - 218 baht
New year's lucky draw - 4,323.2 baht
#BirthdayProject older girls group - 1,680 + 140 + 140 + 404 + 550 + 360 + 180 + 393 + 2,947 + 4,200 + 20 baht
Medication for kids - 390 baht
Hairdressing cloths - 217.41 baht
If you remember us, do keep us in your prayers. We sure need strength and wisdom from the Lord to raise our children every single day. Do reach out to me if you have questions, or would like to make a contribution to support the works of @Smilesofchiangmai for Care Corner Orphanage, or to works and needs of @Carecornerorphanage directly.
It takes a village to raise a child. Your giving and support makes a difference to us
It takes a village to raise a child. Your giving and support makes a difference to us
With a grateful heart,
Bella