Toon Bodyslam ends charity run with donations soar to 63 million baht

[rooster59]

Toon Bodyslam ends charity run with donations soar to 63 million baht

 

Rocker Toon Bodyslam has completed his 400-km charity marathon run on Saturday having raised 63 million baht in donations against his original target of 40 million baht for Bang Saphan district hospital in Prachuab Khiri Khan province.

 

The marathon runner, Mr Athivara Kongmalai, lead singer of the Bodyslam rock band arrived in Bang Saphan hospital on Saturday after ten days of marathon run from Bangkok to raise fund to purchase medical equipment for the hospital. He was warmly received by dozens of his fans upon his arrival.

 

Before the start of the final leg of his marathon run Saturday morning, Toon urged his fans and members of the public to make donations as he would stop accepting donations on the same day.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/toon-ends-charity-run-with-donations-soar-to-63-million-baht/

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-12-11

 

[klauskunkel]

good job

[bannork]

Nice one Toon. That's a long way to run. I once stopped in Bang Saphan  on my way from Prajuap and before going to Thap Sakae down the coast but I was on the bus not my feet.

I imagine it could be one of those places that's a very pleasant place to live. Not too small to be boring but small enough to have that friendly feel.

Well done for raising the money.

[Travel2003]

Very nice way to use ones fame.

Thumbs up.

[hanssna]

Very good job, Toon !  Not only being the lead singer with the best Thai rock band at this time, but also raising such an amount of money for this hospital, is truly great !

[473geo]

Tremendous achievement, many thanks for your efforts, great job, not forgetting all those kind people who supported you, Thailand can be rightly proud of the funds generated for the Hospital.

[webfact]

PM admires Toon Bodyslam for his Kao Khon La Kao charity run project

 

 

BANGKOK, 12th December 2016 (NNT) - The Prime Minister has expressed admiration for Toon Bodyslam's Kao Khon La Kao project, undertaken to raise funds to purchase medical equipment for Bang Saphan Hospital as a tribute to His Majesty the late King, praising him as a role model for doing good deeds in remembrance of King Bhumibol. 

Rock icon Arthiwara Khongmalai, known to millions of fans as Toon Bodyslam, decided to run 400 kilometers from Bangkok to Bang Saphan district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province in 10 days starting on December 1 to raise money for medical equipment to be acquired in dedication to His Majesty the late King Rama IX. He was joined by a number of celebrities for some of the distance. 

The premier praised him as a role model to youths and the general public and said his charity project was creative as it required a small amount of money but was very well received. 

The project's accumulated donations of over 63 million baht were officially transferred to Bang Saphan Hospital after the rock icon reached his destination at Bang Sapan market.

 

-- nnt 2016-12-12

[TheFishman1]

TIT

[performance]

Admires the man and does nothing 

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, performance said:

Admires the man and does nothing 

 

We've all been here long enough to recognise that the title was a transliterated slip... 

 

It's much more likely that the initial article / phrase when written in Thai translates to something closer to "PM Congratulates Toon Bodyslam.....".....  which would seem fairly normal given the circumstances... 

 

 

[bannork]

16 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

We've all been here long enough to recognise that the title was a transliterated slip... 

 

It's much more likely that the initial article / phrase when written in Thai translates to something closer to "PM Congratulates Toon Bodyslam.....".....  which would seem fairly normal given the circumstances... 

 

 

More likely to be a translation mix-up between praise and admire. I bet the PM used the Thai word chom or rather the Thai journalist used chom to describe the PM's response to Toon's run.