Feb Monthly Meet: Gong Xi Gong Xi

Gong Xi Gong Xi!!

This February, Raleigh KL presents you an awesome wholesome CNY cum PIW celebration party at Bukit Jalil Park.

What is it all about?

Super yummy Raleigh rations + chinese new year snacks + 101% of creativity = Raleigh's style Picnic

Passionate youths + amazing party games + running around = Raleigh's style Celebration

PIW & Expedition updates + Picnic + Games = Feb Monthly Meet

Are you excited? Wait no more! Come join us at February Monthly Meet! You may meet your IW mates, getting updates of Expedition 10A, celebrate the completion of PIW projects, hang out with your favourite Raleigh friends, and most of all to experience the spirit of GETTING OUT THERE!

Come come come! Mari mari mari! Lai lai lai!

Register yourself at:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/raleighinternational.org.my/viewform?formkey=dEYyY3BoejYtZmtiSEd4YTVwWW1Eb0E6MA

Date: 6 Feb 2010

Time: 8am

Meeting point: Bukit Jalil LRT station

Fee: RM 8 (members and non members - CNY special - only happens for this CNY)

What to bring?

You, Kamu & Ni

Any inquiries, please email monthlymeet@raleighinternational.org.my. I will get back to you soonest possible.

See you next Saturday! I promise each of you will receive a handful of surprises by the end of the day~

Best Regards,

Lu Yi
Skills Officer
Raleigh International Kuala Lumpur
e : skills@raleighinternational.org.my
m: +6019 268 9286

Bravo's Fundraising !! Garage Sales at Amcorp Mall

Date : 30 and 31 January 2010

Time : 10.00 am - 6.00 pm

Venue : Amcorp Mall Flea Market

Team Bravo from Introduction Weekend December 2009 will engage in their Post-Introduction Weekend Project with regards to contributing to the community. They will be organizing a fundraising event for Desa Amal Jireh in Semenyih.

Goods at the sale are collected from people around us. Many items will be on sale. Come grab something for yourself and your loved ones! Yet the most important objective is all about charity!

Desa Amal Jerih: 'Desa Amal Jerih is a private, independent welfare organization, founded by Rev. Terrence K. K. Sinnadurai & his wife, Mrs. Kamala Sinnadurai. It is a registered Home with the Government Welfare Department and with the Registrar of Societies with Tax-Exemption status. Its does the works for needy children and destitute senior citizens through the form of education, life skills, counseling, outing programmes, etc.

We hope you will be able to join us in our cause to sponsor Jireh Village's vision of shelter, love & home.

If you prefer to make a monetary donationAll payments shall be made to Raleigh's RHB AccountAccount Name:

PERTUBUHAN RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL KUALA LUMPUR

Account No: 21413 8000 26536

Going to Amcorp MallBy LRT:

Take the Putra LRT to the Taman Jaya station. Amcorp Mall is just within few minutes walk from the station.

By car:

There are plenty of outdoor and indoor parking bays that you can park in. The outdoor parking rate opposite the mall is RM2 for the first hour and RM1 for subsequent hours. The basement parking rate which is located in Amcorp Mall building itself is RM2 for the first 4 hours and RM1 for subsequent hours.

Feel free to contact Denz at 016-2727658 or kinkhan.choe@gmail.com for further enquiries.
Visit our facebook event page for more information.http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=271606788855#/event.php?eid=271606788855

See you there!

Visit Furry Friends Farm with Team Delta IWDec09!

Are you a dog or cat lover? It's the time to show your LOVE, to GET OUT THERE!


Background Info
Furry Friends Farm, located in Ulu Kundang, Selangor, is an animal sanctuary for rescued stray dogs, puppies, cats and kittens and other companion (pet) animals that are abandoned, neglected or abused by irresponsible owners. It is run and managed by volunteer rescuers with the objective of creating a more compassionate and humane society towards animals.

The farm provides a secured shelter for abused and abandoned stray animals rescued in the state of Selangor. It is also a place to house and rehabilitate cats and dogs physically and psychologically. Animals that are not successfully re-homed, will have a place permanently at the sanctuary. All rescued stray dogs/cats will be given immediate medical attention, vaccinated, de-wormed, with heartworm prevention and neutered/spayed.


The dogs and cats used to live happily with their owners, but because of those irresponsible individuals, they had been abused and abandoned. But luckily, Furry Friends Farm had provided them shelter and care. Let the dogs and cats realize that, in this world there are still people who care about them.
Furry Friends Farm needs “YOU”, the Dog and Cat need “YOU”, and we need “YOU”.


Date: 24th Jan 2010, Sunday
Venue: Furry Friends Farm
Time: 12 - 5 pm
Fees: RM25 (member)
RM30 (non member)
(Inclusive Lunch and T-shirt)


Meeting Point 1 (For participants who can travel straight to the Furry Friends Farm)
Time: 11:45am
Address: Lot 6171, Kampung Baru Kundang, 40850 Kundang, Selangor Darul Ehsan


Meeting Point 2 (For participants who need to carpool)
Time: 11:00am
Location: Sungai Buloh KTM STATION



Scope of work includes the following:
1. Cleaning the quarters
2. Cleaning the dogs
3. Feed them food


Please register yourself by 24th January 2010, Wednesday at https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/raleighinternational.org.my/viewform?formkey=dEVYUEtKRzUtc283WXZJVjlTUWVoLUE6MA


** All payments shall be made to Raleigh's RHB Account by 24th January 2010, Wednesday
Account Name: PERTUBUHAN RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL KUALA LUMPUR
Account No: 21413 8000 26536


** Fees are not refundable.
** Confirmation of participation only when full payment is made.
** Please bring along the bank-in slip on Sunday for our record purpose


Check out Furry Friends Farm website for clearer picture of the organization:- http://www.furryfriendsfarm.org.my


Feel free to contact TEH KHEE LEONG @ 012-9710781 @ phantom_vtkl@hotmail.com for further enquiries.
Hurry up! Join us now! =)


(Limited number of participants – 35 to 40 volunteers are needed. First come first serve basis)


Cheers,
DELTA - IW DEC09

A short account post Introduction Weekend until just before Zooriffic 6

It’s safe to say Alpha team of IW Dec 09 wasn’t expecting PIW to be what it turned out to be. I for one never foresaw that we would have to organize a project event in eight weeks, and fundraise for all the expenses before the project took place. If you had asked me if such a task was possible a few weeks ago, I would have scratched my head and looked to the sky for an answer. Actually, this is precisely what I did during our very first PIW meeting when the said question was posed. Other members of Alpha were slightly more optimistic- but not by much. Time was our greatest enemy because our schedules were almost never in-sync, which should be a common complaint. The product of our first meeting: we were going to save the seahorses in Johor, for the cost of RM2000 to be fundraised in one month.

We began fundraising the very next Saturday, two weeks post-IW, by collecting old newspapers- hoping to raise RM500 at the very least. Our base camp was in Evinn’s -our project leader’s- house, where we got news that due to some very unfortunate but unavoidable circumstances, the seahorses were not in the mood for saving at our convenience and we had to find another project. Some little debate occurred where we eventually settled on going to the National Zoo and volunteering for a day to help with the animals. Leaving the time and date to be set for later, we plucked up our courage and started collecting newspapers.

At first, we weren’t exactly comfortable with asking people for help, much less donations of kindness. Asking for help is awkward and takes getting used to. Fortunately, Malaysians are a kind bunch, and many people were happy to donate away all, or some, or maybe a sheet of, old newspaper to us. Of course we heard a lot of ‘no’s, but ask a few more houses and someone would be more than happy to help us out. Soon we had our first trolley-load of newspapers…… which quickly turned into our first car-load of old newspapers. We went from street to street filling our supervisor’s- CK’s- car with our booty until there was no place for any passengers. Besides newspapers, we also collected cans, bottles, magazines, cardboard, old computers, and printers. In one house we were even offered an old refrigerator, but declined due to transportation issues.

After fundraising until evening, we had another meeting to evaluate our standing. Due to the change of plans, we only needed to fundraise about RM300, much less than the initial project’s estimate. That was the good news. The bad news was there was only one date which all of us could attend the event at the same time- and that date was only 7 days away. We wanted T-shirts for all participants but hadn’t even designed the shirts; we planned for 60 participants but hadn’t invited any guests at all; we requested for a date but hadn’t gotten any written confirmation from the zoo; and to top it off none of us had much of a plan. Basically we had nothing at all and needed to organize the whole thing in less than a week. Looking back now it seems like pure foolhardiness- one mistake and the whole thing would have sunk because there would be no time to fix any problems. No sane person would look at this task without some doubts. It’s a testament to the great teamwork of Alpha that no one twitched at the decision that we would go ahead with the ‘one-week project’- though I do think CK blinked at our pace. And thus the first day of fundraising came to an end.

Sunday is a day most people take as a day of rest, but at 9am in the morning we found ourselves back out in the street collecting newspapers again. We went to some flats to do our collection work and managed to get quite a lot of old newspapers. The flats were old and rickety, with really small lifts that looked at least 50 years old that only went to alternate levels. It was quite unnerving the first time we rode in the lift and it jerked to a halt just before opening the doors, but not as unnerving as the time the lift doors didn’t open at all. We were trying to get to the third floor of the flat to solicit more newspapers and piled into the lift, only for the lift to get stuck in the lift shaft. The power was still on, but the doors refused to open. It was quite claustrophobic being trapped in the lift, and the situation didn’t improve when we found out that the emergency bell didn’t seem to alert anybody that there was an emergency. We could hear the bell ringing, but nothing else was happening. In the end we tried to force the doors, but that didn’t work either as the outer doors were jammed. Just as we were going to telephone for help, the lift suddenly came to life again and brought us to the fifth floor- and jammed again. For a second time we forced the doors, and this time to our utter relief both inner and outer doors swung open. Needless to say we rushed out of the lift at top speed!

By the end of the two days of fundraising, we had a veritable mountain of newspapers sitting in the garage of our base camp. We sold our newspapers, magazines, and other stuff for a grand total of RM510. There was so many newspapers that the old newspaper man had to make four trips just to collect all the booty.

All in all, I think team Alpha has been very lucky throughout the whole fundraising process. All our team members in Semenanjung Malaysia (one member was from Sabah) attended both days of the fundraising, and we even got some help from other groups too! The weather worked in our favor, we met lots of nice people, and also had lots of fun. Have I mentioned we have one heck of a great project leader? Well, it’s true. The rest of the fundraising team, Alpha or otherwise, deserve a mention for exemplary determination and ‘can do’ attitude. Apparently our time of three weeks to complete PIW is a new record!

It’s been good fun fundraising with Alpha team, one of the highlights of my year, actually. Zooriffic 6 itself is another matter, but that story is best told by others. If things go right, after Zooriffic 6 and the February expeditions, we hope to meet up in April and complete our initial project- to save the seahorses. If there had been one thing I would change about fundraising, it would be the duration- I would make it longer! Good luck to those who are going for expeditions- hoping you will enjoy yourselves! Hu-wa!

                                                                            -Awesome Alpha IW Dec 09


Wong Hong Liang
Team Alpha

SIR WALTER RALEIGH 2 oz Tobacco Tin Box, Brown & Williamson for Auction

Sir Walter Raleigh 2 oz Vintage Tobacco Tin Box, Brown & Williamson

Hi everyone, i'm Paul Henry, this is my fundraising effort to Borneo 10A expedition. 

You are looking at an vintage original Sir Walter Raleigh Old Tin Box which once held Smoking Tobacco for Pipe and Cigarettes, B & W product - Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville,KY., U.S.A. 

The colorful orange and black tin has a picture of Sir Walter Raleigh Smoking a pipe on the front. The back tells of the quality of the tobacco and the bottom has the embossed Sir Walter Raleigh name. It measures 5.6 cm tall and radius of 3.6 cm, cover attached firmly and works fine, shows minor rust, minor scratches, with serial number.

Shape: Circa.
Condition: Used condition, empty.
Dated: Believed to be from 1930s to 1940s.
Serial No: 7391
Slogan: Sooner on later-your favorite tobacco
Opening price: RM200, those with the highest bid before the dateline gets to own it. Place your bid on the wall.

Sir Walter Raleigh has been credited with with bringing potatoes and tobacco back to Britain, although both of these were already known via the Spanish, Raleigh did help to make smoking popular at court.

Be proud to own this piece of rare vintage.

Disclaimer: This is a collectible item not intended to promote tobacco smoking.

For more info please contact me(016-9538680) or email info@raleighinternational.org.my while I'm in expedition.

Regards,
Paul Henry

Zooriffic 6 - Let's go to the Zoo!

Hey People!

It’s time to GET OUT THERE to the Zoo!! Let’s kick off the year with Zooriffic 6 and expect lots of fun with the animals!


Date : 10th January 2010 (Sunday)
Time : 8.30am – 4.30pm
Venue : Zoo Negara, Hulu Kelang
Fees : Member : RM 25
Non Member : RM 30
(Inclusive of light breakfast, lunch and Zooriffic 6 T-Shirt)


Meeting Point 1 (For participants who can travel straight to the Zoo)
Time : 7.30am
Location : Zoo Negara Main Entrance
Contact Person : Hong Liang 017-3391219

Meeting Point 2 (For participants who need to carpool)
Time : 7.00am
Location : Terminal Putra Station (Gombak)
Contact Person : Adam 017-2821927 or Jason 017-9804293

**Note : Volunteer drivers are needed to transport the participants to the Zoo and car petrol will be reimbursed.

Late comers (after 7.30am) will not be held responsible.

Scope of work includes the following:

1. Cleaning of the animal's living quarters
2. Helping zookeepers prepare food for the animals
3. Assisting Zoo Negara's Information Officer in minding visiting children group, if the need arise.
4. Others

For Registration please log in the link below and fill up the form:-http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/raleighinternational.org.my/viewform?formkey=dGZpd3VFZHRIZWlLNkVYbS1qZlByWXc6MA

** All payments shall be made to Raleigh's RHB Account by 8th January 2010; Friday

Account Name : PERTUBUHAN RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL KUALA LUMPUR
Account No :21413 8000 26536

**Fees are not refundable.
**Confirmation of place only when full payment is made

Feel free to contact Evinn Soo 012-7363723 or email us at zooriffic6@raleighinternational.org.my for further enquiries.

Hurry! Join us now! =)

(Limited number of participants. First come first serve basis)