Name: Elise
Location: Petaling Jaya
Time free for charity work: Weekends, Weekdays after 7pm
Strength/profession: (Teaching, Cooking, Cleaning the house)
Transportation: (No)

Greetings from Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation-National Centre (KDSF-NC). Thank you for showing your kind interest in joining the voluntary work at our Centre. For your information, we will be having our Annual Charity Food and Funfair on 26th September 2010. Below are the details on the event.
KDSF “TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE ” Annual Food & Fun Fair
In Aid of Down Syndrome
Sunday 26th September 2010, 11am - 4 pm.

The Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation-National Centre is organizing its Annual Food Fun Fair on Sunday 26th September 2010 to help raise funds to maintain its operations. For your information, the Centre is a non-profit organization which provides special education for children with Down Syndrome. We currently have 130 children with Down Syndrome enrolled at the Centre and require to raise at least RM650,000 each year in order to maintain our operations. We hope that this charity Food & Fun Fair will be able to meet a portion of our costs.

We are therefore writing this letter to appeal for assistance and /or participation in various forms from companies and individuals.

These are the ways we require assistance:

A. DONATION IN KIND:

donation of products we can sell eg souvenir items, toys, cups, photo-frames, cosmetic jewellery, household items, bags, second-hand books, food stuff etc
donation of prizes eg small electrical items, toys, household items (eg crockery carpets, rugs, plants, pots), souvenir items, T-shirts, bags, hampers, artworks, stationery items, food stuff viz. packets of biscuits; can food (please ensure expiry dates no earlier than 1 January, 2011) - cost of prizes may range from RM5 to RM200.
provision of food for sale eg fried chicken, mee rebus, cakes and biscuits and other food items
donation of drinks – canned drinks, mineral water, bottled drinks
Purchase or help sell RM10 worth of coupons to distribute among friends and co-workers/employees.

B. DONATION IN CASH:

We also welcome cash donations to the Fun Fair to help alleviate costs of the event. Cash donations (RM100 and above) will be issued with tax-exempt receipts.

Donations above RM 5000 will also be issued with Certificates of Appreciation.


C. DONATION OF SERVICES: VOLUNTEERS

Individual Volunteers and groups of volunteers who are employees from companies may like to participate and help us in specific activities at the KDSF Annual Food & Fun Fair. For groups of volunteers from companies, the exercise may be used as a company social activity and contribution to society.
Volunteers to help manage game stalls
Volunteers to provide entertainment in form of dance performance, clowns, DJ, etc
Volunteers to help sell coupons which are worth RM10 each.
Volunteers to donate their services by cooking something for the event

Do not hesitate to contact us for more information. You may call me Syimma at 03-78030179 to discuss further on this matter. Thank you and have a nice day.

Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation
National Centre
Visit our website: www.kdsf.org.my
Tel : 603 78030179
Fax: 603 78064862