Donations rise to Bt253 million on Day 17 of ‘Toon’ run

By The Nation

 

The public were not allowed to join the run by rock star Artiwara “Toon” Kongmalai on Day 17 of his acclaimed 2,191-kilometre run for charity on Friday, while donations rose to over Bt253 million.
 

The staff of “Kao Kon La Kao” or “Take One Step Each” campaign reasoned that Toon is four sets of running behind the schedule, and public participation could set him further back.

 

The staff are also concerned that public participation would cause traffic congestions on the northbound Phetkasem Road.

 

Toon started his Day 17 run in front of Wing 7 command in a fresh morning without rains.

 

Supporters waited alongside the road to hand him cash.

 

So far, Toon has run over 620 kilometres.

 

The entertainer plans to raise Bt700 million for 11 public hospitals from his run from Betong district in Yala province to Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331837

 

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Fantastic effort Mr Toon. Well done.

 

He appears to have a perfect charisma for this type of event. A well identified plan, a well oiled media following and his ability to happily mingle with the crowd.

 

No big surprise that the Thai's are opening their hearts and wallets to him. Hope he achieves his 700 million baht goal.

 

The huge amount of free media coverage is really snowballing this event. Without it, these charity runs tend to fizzle bigtime, so kudos also to the publicity personnel involved.

 

 

It is inspiring to watch him do such a wonderful service for his fellow Thai. 

Guy is so popular with young kids and the 25-40 crowd. If he entered politics (why should he, would he?) he'd win by a landslide. He's honest, fresh and intelligent. Even Mr. P wouldn't/couldn't stand against him.

I just hope the money actually ends up where it should go.

Oxfam springs to mind

ka ching.......

 

 

Sadly my jeans have no pockets

 

(But i actually like him a lot and think he is honest)

Edited November 17, 20178 yr by Muggi1968