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T H E B I G DAY OU T – E QU I PS
For the Big Day Out, our colleagues from the Key
Accounts On-trade and Central Sales took part in
a fund raising activity to help upgrade a school
for special needs children, as well as organising a
birthday party for them. Consisting of 353 students
and 39 teachers, the Sekolah Kebangsaan Satu
Sultan Alam Shah had approached the Central Sales
team in the hopes that they would help them install
an awning at the school corridor. A short visit to the
school however, revealed that the school was in need
of more than just an awning. The school’s roof was
in terrible shape, causing leaks when it rained, and
there was an abandoned physical therapy area due to
the school’s insufficient budget. The budget needed
to complete all the works was RM 19,550.
“The school’s original request was only to have us
rebuild the school’s awning but they never imagined
that we would actually do something about the
abandoned project due to the high costs. Therefore
we took it upon ourselves to share what we have
seen with our trade partners and distributors, and
tried to raise some money to cover the outstanding
expenses,” said team leader Ong Kee Kong.
At the end of the day, the team had successfully
achieved their objectives by:
• Completing the sand pool by cementing, painting
and filing the pool up with sand
• Cleaning and painting the fountain at the Physical
Therapy area
• Cementing the cracked floors and clearing
rubbish around the Physical Therapy Area
• Installing the Therapy tiles around the sand pool
• Convincing the contractor to complete the
abandoned project by sponsoring RM4,612
The level of support received from the teams’
business partners was so overwhelming, that the
team managed to raise RM14,938 for the school –
a feat that is rarely achieved by many in just one day.
T H E B I G DAY OU T – MA L ACCA
A team from the Commercial Department of the
Malacca office carried out a blood donation campaign
for this year’s Big Day Out project. The project, under
the collaboration of the Malaccan General Hospital
and Mahkota Parade, a local shopping mall, was an
effort to create public awareness on the importance of
donating blood, as well as to replenish the Malaccan
blood bank.
The 7-hour long event, which was officiated by
YB Gan Tian Loo – Member of Parliament for Duyung,
was attended by various Chinese Associations and
business partners. Also participating in the project
was the Director of Joy Advertising, Joy Chan and his
employees.
“Naturally, I felt a little nervous, but knowing that
I was helping with a good cause helped me get
through it easily” said GAB veteran Mr. Ee Teck Joo.
We had a total of 58 blood donors.
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