Bar & Restaurant, Pattaya, Thailand - Kim Fletcher Landlord Jameson's the Irish Pub

I should hastily qualify the headline by saying that Johny Lives’ hairdos are not that expensive – in fact he is quite competitive. But this was, after all, a rather special hair session for a rather special and brave lady.

Sam Wilson, suffering from alopecia, decided that if she was going to lose all her hair she might as well turn it into a charity event and raise money for the Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive by having a sponsored head-shave in Jameson’s. This rather brave decision to be ‘Joan-of-Arc’d in public immediately received a positive response and the sponsorships, orchestrated by Landlord Kim, poured in. Expert hair stylist and renowned color specialist, Johny Live, was engaged to create a style for Sam that did not draw on any of his Vidal Sassoon training and, more to the point, totally ruled out the chance of any repeat business.

The sponsors came, Woody and the Jesters came, the Care for Kids Committee came, Ingrid Cunliffe was there for the honorary Jesters and PILC with many of the PILC Ladies in evidence, and Muffy Kerr rounded up a few last minute sponsors. As it was March 17th and in Jameson’s, a few Irish mutterings were heard around the bar - one imbiber actually asking how much it would cost to have his wife done too, and could it be a benefit night for him. But then it was St. Patrick’s Day!

Sam was valiant throughout, kept an increasingly cool head and was brave to the last. For such an act, words and photos are not enough, so the PMTV crew filmed all the action and that can be seen on PMTV Saturday 22nd March on all five networks. This was the first Jesters Care for Kids’ fund raising activity for 2008 and undoubtedly one of the most original, thanks to courageous Sam Wilson and the skills of Johny Live with the clippers.

All said and done, 60,000 baht raised made Sam Wilson a Gold sponsor, with still more to come from a PILC Ladies Coffee Morning due the next day.

Great stuff in the true spirit of the 11th Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive.

See it all happen below courtesy of Pattaya Mail TV.

It was an exciting occasion for all the teachers and pupils from the school which teaches children from Kindergarten to Year 6. The children in attendance at the presentation were all neatly dressed and well behaved and sat quietly for the proceedings.
Ajaan Tanyaporn Poonshinnapat (Tui) from the teaching staff firstly introduced the staff members of the school and then the visitors. The director of the school Ajaan Somsak Buathong was on hand to present the certificates and even gave a short speech in English which was a good effort and most impressive.

Also Khun Wanchai Pingate from Jamesons Pub was sincerely thanked for taking time out from his work at Jameson’s ( with his Boss’s blessing of course) to construct some football goals for the schools footballers. Khun Wanchai has made football goals for many schools in the past and enjoys seeing the students getting good use out of them. The goal posts are constructed inexpensively using substitute materials for example fishing netting instead of authentic goalpost netting. He is looking forward to making more goal posts for other needy schools in the future. The students will also shortly be receiving a lot of new footballs courtesy of Jamesons!!!

Three very brave students from the school gave speeches of thanks and one of the students had even prepared her speech in English for us. Needless to say we were very impressed. By the way if anyone from the ladies club has any free time to teach a little English this school is always happy to have a new teacher!!

Throughout the proceedings a great many photo’s were taken and a lot more were taken afterwards outside the canteen/presentation area at the site of the newly constructed water tower. We also had a peek in the windows of the two kindergarten classrooms to see the peacefully napping children but were not surprised to find that they jumped up in excitement when their director called out to them that they were being watched!!!

Here we go into 2008's Jesters Charity Drive. We are now in our 11th year for a full history of the Charity Drive please look up the Care4Kids website or see the quick history at the bottom of this page.

The Fair will be held at the Diana Driving Range and Resort (See Map Below) on Sunday 14th September, starting at 10.a.m. This is a wonderful event. Keep an eye on the Pattaya Mail every week for updates on what is happening and where. Lots of action on the stages, many stalls for you to browse round and perhaps buy the odd thing, Judi McNamara will again be running the second hand book stall under the Easy Rider Banner (Jameson's is a collecting point for all your second hand books, and we are collecting now so please bring along any books you have that you really do not want anymore, so we can sort them out into categories. It is a fantastic way to make money as their is no cost and all money goes to the kids).

There are also many other stalls, plenty of food stalls, 'Pat's Pies' and 'Belgian Patrick's' always being amongst Kim Fletcher, the Fat Landlord of Jameson's choice. Then of course there is The Jesters Beer Tent. This is truly a tent of many wonders Neil Sandilands always makes sure that the beer is ice cold, with help from the likes of Jeff Paladeau, and Paul Baker and the rest of the Jesters, there is a marvelous beer garden at The Diana Driving Range and Resort, so that after you have had a wander round the stalls and done your bit, (Had a go on Stephan Ryser's stall, or perhaps gone to see Bert from Tropical Bert's Pub on the British Legion stall, a must stop is Mike Franklin's Children's Fair Children's Raffle), you have somewhere to relax and catch up with friends old and new. The best bit about the beer tent is though that all the beer is donated by various bars and individuals so again all the money taken goes directly to the kids. So the more beer you drink the more money goes to the children.

Overseeing the whole Fair is the marvelous Kevin Mitch of Blue Parrot fame, Kevin has been organizing the logistics of the Fair now for many years, and I do not know what we would do without him now. Always in attendance is Lewis (Woody) Underwood who this year has stepped down from being President of the Jesters Motorbike Club, so he had concentrate his undivided attention to the Charity Drive because this little baby we have created is now a 12 month of the year operation.

The stage entertainment is organized by Rick Bryant and Pop, of Pop's Pattaya All Stars, with shows from acrobatic teams, all the schools in the district put on some form of show, and trying to keep some form of order on the stage is Poodle Pete and Neil Smith. Now the Fair is on Sunday 14th September starting at 10.00 a.m. at the Diana Driving Range and Resort on the corner of Pattaya North Road and Sukumvit, and do not worry there is ample parking.

The Last Rock 'n Roll band at Jamesons The Irish Pub

Then on Saturday 20th September we have the Jesters Party Night at Jameson's the Irish Pub starting at 6.00 p.m., and as it say's in the title it is a party, lot's of bands on stage. Look out for Sister Joan and the other sisters sitting quietly in a corner somewhere, but always keen to talk to anybody, who would like to know more about The Fountain of Life.

Paul Jackson and Andy Francis will again be MC's and Lewis (Woody) Underwood will be keeping us up to date with what is going on and how much etc. Last year Jeff Paladeau and Graham MacDonald found hidden talents as auctioneers for the various items in the auction. The Auction is already running as you are reading this just press the Auction link at the side of this page to see all the items up for sale and if you see anything you fancy, put in a bid which will then be put up on site. The Jesters Auction list is also on many other sites around Pattaya. As we get nearer to the event, this link will also show the prizes for the Raffle and also Mike Franklin's Children's Raffle at the Fair.

Watch out for the spotters during the auction last year Bob (Scar) Taylor was a show in himself. Lynden and Ingrid (Our Tooth Fairy) rush around like maniacs making sure that everybody is happy, and gets what they want from the auction or collect their winnings from the raffle. Wild Bill stands in the back keeping control of everything in his quiet unassuming way. Whilst The Pattaya Mail record everything for posterity. The Night is meant as a celebration of 12 month's activity. Keep an eye out too for Captain Steve Ponter, a man who since he has joined the Jesters Charity Drive has had an absolute fire of passion in his heart for the cause, and just as you think you have bid for something, Steve will come in and gazzump you. Jon Fox and Ray Matti are pretty good at that too, although last year they were all out done by Andy Latimer.

Of course none of this could happen without our fabulous sponsors, to find out who they are (or if you want to participate in any way). Please look up our website at www.care4kids.info

GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL KICKS OFF JESTERS CARE FOR KIDS 2008 IN BIG WAY

Seen here sitting in Jameson's the home of the Jester's Charity Drive Party Night which this year will be on Saturday 20th September 20th are Lewis (Woody) Underwood the Chairman of the Jesters Charity Drive, Captain Steve Ponter the Logistics Director of Double A Alliance / MD Eversky Shipping Ltd., who is a leading Jester's Committee member and always has a passion of fire for good cause along with this year's as they were last years, Platinum Plus Sponsors Tony Herbert, GM of Glencore Indonesia, and Tor Peterson GM Energy Division of Glencore International AG, Switzerland. Now most people know about Woody and Captain Steve, but here is a little bit about Tony and Tor.

Glencore
Glencore International AG is one of the world's largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities and raw materials to industrial consumers. Our commercial counterparts are both producers and industrial consumers. Our role is to be a reliable and competitive partner to businesses in the segments of the market which we serve and to support these businesses as they expand and develop.

In 1987, a subsidiary of Glencore acquired 27% of the Mt. Holly Aluminium smelter in the United States. The first controlling interest in an industrial asset was secured in 1988, with the purchase of a 66.7% interest in Perubar, a Zinc/Lead mine in Peru. Today, the Company and its subsidiaries own and operate 18 large scale production assets across a range of commodities.
In addition, Glencore directly or through its subsidiaries holds significant stakes in publicly listed companies Xstrata Plc. (UK), Century Aluminum (USA) and Minara Resources (Australia).

The Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drives began in 1998 after Alice and Niel Poulsen met up with a few of the Jesters MC Thailand members. An informal meeting ensued with Kim Fletcher and friends at Delaney’s (now Shenanigans) and the seed to start a charity drive was sown. The result was a hastily put together effort consisting of one Platinum Sponsor (Chonburi Siam Steel Mill Services) and one event, a Pub Night of raffle drawings and auctions. It was held in early September at Delaney’s and we raised 1 million baht for our sole beneficiary, the Fountain of Life Children’s Center. (www.fountainoflifepattaya.com)

In 2001, we moved the Fair to Siam Bayshore Hotel in South Pattaya and our Pub Night back to Shenanigan’s. Shenanigan’s also became a Platinum Sponsor, which along with Chonburi Siam Steel Mill Services, was the first time we had more than one Platinum Sponsor.

Eric Sorenson was a huge help this year when he alone raised over 253 thousand baht for the Sponsored Push Bike Ride. This was also the year our website was initiated, courtesy of Susie Ngamsuwan. We kicked off our Pub Night with Chris Kays and the Pattaya Panthers holding their ‘slave auction’ to get the festivbities rolling.
We raised 2.65 million baht.

In 2003, we had 11 Platinum Sponsors plus half a million baht from our fledgling Pledge Program. Our Fair also grew to include 72 stalls. The auction on Pub Night headlined by Beckham signed jerseys and footballs, garnered close to 500,000 baht. The end result was that we cracked the 4 million baht level, which was distributed among our 3 beneficiaries, the Fountain of Life Center, the Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind and the Eastern Child Welfare Protection Institute in Huay Pong.

In 2004, we went through the top with 17 Platinum Sponsors, our biggest Fair ever with over 80 stalls and most successful Pub Night, highlighted by the auctioning of an All-Blacks signed jersey by the team for 110,000 baht. Erik and Robert also raised a remarkable 504,000 baht by riding their push bikes from Chantaburi to Pattaya in just under 12 hours! We were able to raise over 5 million baht as a result.

In 2005 we thought the going would be tough, but, ultimately a surprising 20 Platinum Sponsors stepped forward. This combined with the rest of our sponsors resulted in collection 3.5 million baht before our events in September. Our Pub Night generated almost 1.5 million baht through GR ticket book sales, auction item bidding and sponsorship for Graham dressing up like a fairy princess for the evening. Eric and Robert also raised 213,000 baht for their push bike ride from Trat. The result was 5.4 million baht that we distributed amongst 10 beneficiaries!

Our goal though is not to get too hung up on trends, targets or figures, but instead to simply try our best to raise as much money as possible for the benefit of needy children each year. Your wonderful generosity over the past 10 years has been a huge boon for local beneficiaries, especially in allowing thousands of deprived children the opportunity to get an education and the chance of a better future.

Jameson's the Irish Pub - Associated with NOVA Group
Mailing Address: 80/164 Moo 9, Soi Sukrudee (Soi A.R.), Pattaya City, Chonburi 20260, Thailand
Phone: +66 (0) 38 361 873-4 Fax: +66 (0) 38 361 873
Email: info@jamesons-pattaya.com
Web Address: www.jamesons-pattaya.com

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