Story by Amanda Khong
SOME 1,200 people turned up when the Penang Thalassaemia Society organised a food fair as the society’s fund raising event for this year on Dec 6 at Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang.
“I am thankful to the Penang Thalassaemia Society for helping their patients lead a healthy life and also encourage them to be active individuals,” said exco member for Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Phee Boon Poh who was present at the event.
Thalassaemia is a blood condition where a patient requires regular monthly blood transfusions as well as daily medication either as an injection or orally.
The Penang Thalassaemia Society supports the welfare and health care of both adults and children having thalassaemia in Penang, and the society currently has approximately 364 members of which 276 are patients.
This charity fund raising food fair is one of the larger of many fund raising events organised by the society to raise money for their annual educational camp and workshop for their members and to fund the members’ participation in educational conferences out of Penang.
All 68 stalls that took part in this food fair were fully sponsored.
The event managed to collect a total of RM45,000 from well-wishers and ticket sales of approximately RM85,000.
The total amount of RM130,000 was raised from this charity event.