Kind 'n' Dine Charity cum Buka Puasa Dinner

Finally our main event arrived and passed! A huge breath of release... For those who are still in the dark about what this main event is all about, well *ahem*ahem* let me enlighten you:-

The Semester 5 students of the School of Communication have to organize an event as our Communication Project Management class. So the group of about 51 students put their minds together and for almost 3 months stressing ourselves out trying to organise fund raiser activities, trying to get sponsors, send out press releases and media advisory and also getting the right media to come cover our event, getting proper caterers, getting the venue,etc etc It was one major headache and on top of that we have to also give priority to our other subjects and the assignments...Whoa this was one hell of a semester...

So anyway, we have two small events following to the main one. We had our Fiesta Merdeka which i am sure you have seen in one of my post, then a roadshow where we had games, lucky draw, stalls selling cookies and buns, t-shirts, and also donation boxes going around. Our roadshows went to Taylor's Business School, Petaling Jaya, and also Subang Jaya main campus and we were lucky enough to have a good response for each day we raised about minimum RM600 per day!!

Now to the main event, we managed to book Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Club as our venue, got the catering from a friend's boyfriend.( food was great btw), Sneha and I manage to get some performers such as Peacock Dancers, Aishwita ( holds the record in Malaysia book of records for longest hula hooping. btw she is only 10), 2 band performances, ComeBackKings, Human Volcano, Caberet singing, some magic shows and stilt walkers and many more. We had Emmeline Ng ex miss Malaysia to join us too!

So on the night we had all been waiting for, we expected 500 guests but we managed to push for tic sales in less then 4 days and managed to convince people to buy a 65 ringgit ticket, but about 400 people turned up. Mostly familes who took a whole table to themselves and the hall was almost full! Phew! Thank god. The event started with speeches then the buka puasa prayer, then the guest were welcome to help themselves to the buffet dinner, then comes the performances and gosh since i was in the event managemant team I found myself running here and there in stillettos trying to get the performers on standby and ready to perform till i did not have time to eat my dinner. I was so thirsty and hungry by the end of the night but all was worth it. Then when the night was almost over we had Aishwita going around in her hula hoop getting donations and that little girl amazed so many people that in 10 mins just by walking around doing the hula hoop she managed to raise RM720 that night! Go gurl!!! Then the performances ended with a stand up comedian act by the ComeBackKings and as usual they manage to make the crowd laugh till they tear up...

The night ended well and the usual cleanning up had to be done. Wait I almost forgot what is this whole big event about!! We the CPM students are helping Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) to raise funds and also create awareness for them. RDA is a voluntary, non-profit organization which provides opportunities for children and young adults with varying disabilities. The sessions allow boys and girls of various ages a chance to enjoy a safe, stimulating, healthy, therapeutic and recreational sport which have enhanced necessarily restricted and lonely lives as well as encouraged an element of personal independence and confidence to their self-esteem. A qualified instructor will help lead the horse and to provide support and encouragement to the riders, it is a one hour therapy for the disabled children.

Therefore the moment of truth, we promise to raise about a minimum of RM5000 for RDA and...after all the months of stressing, worrying, disagreements, and issues arising at horrible,least unexpected moments, we managed to raise an astounding amount of *ahem*ahem* RM10712.73 for RDA!!! yay!!! It was all a success!! Thank god!!! A good deed for the month? hehe and an A for our subject!! ( I hope =s ) Thanks to all who supported us and thanks to my friends who helped out!!