Charity ride raises Bt90,000
January 18, 2010 by Don Ross
Filed under Mekong Odyssey 09
Mekong Odyssey cyclists present charity ride donations to the Prostheses Foundation of HRH the Princess Mother in Chiang Mai today.
TTR Weekly’s Mekong Odyssey Ride for Life raised Bt90,000 for the Prostheses Foundation of HRH the Princess Mother. We wish to thank friends and readers who so generously supported this charity ride.
TTR Weekly editor, Don Ross and Peter Brierley present the final cheque –- donations from the Mekong Odyssey ride last November -- to Ass. Professor Therdchai Jivacate, secretary general of the Prostheses Foundation of HRH the Princess Mother, at the foundation’s office in Chiang Mai, earlier today. The charity ride raised Bt90,000 for the foundation.
Don Ross and Peter Brierley visited the foundation at its Chiang Mai headquarters, earlier today, 18 January, to hand over a Cashier’s Cheque for Bt74,850 to the foundation secretary general, Ass Professor Therdchai Jivacate.
A Cashier’s Cheque for Bt15,150 was presented to the foundation last December, as an initial donation.
Overall the ride raised Bt90,000.The foundation has provided 24,000 free prostheses to people who lost limbs through accidents or disease since it was formed in 1992. For more information see www.prosthesesfoundation.or.th.
All the ride and supporting expenses were covered entirely by the two riders.
For the record, here is the final list of supporters and their donations to acknowledge their generosity for such a worthwhile cause:
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