World Oceans Day – Saturday June 8th

Cambridge Society Thailand (Cambridge University alumni), in collaboration with the second and third class of King Prajadhipok Institute’s Course on Young Leadership in Democratic Governance, the National Science Museum, Bangkok Prep School and Taejai.com, invite you to:

The Plastic Ocean Swimming Challenge
Sat 8 June 2019
15.00 – 17.30 hrs.
Bangkok Prep Primary Campus, Sukhumvit 53

Activities include
1. Sponsored swim to raise funds for the treatment of injured sea animals
2. Swimming competition
3. General fun and photos in the water to raise awareness on plastic waste and its danger to sea life!

All activities will take place in the 25m swimming pool full of plastic bottles to resemble what our oceans could be like if we don’t take action!

Come and join in for the fun and to raise awareness on the dangers of plastic waste!
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If you are interested, please

1. Help collect and bring your used and CLEANED plastic bottles to put in the swimming pool
2. (For those who are interested) contact potential sponsors for the sponsored swim. The sponsorship can be by distance or by number of laps. All the money will be donated to the Veterinary Dept, Chulalongkorn University to help sea creatures (and donations via Taejai.com are tax deductible) https://taejai.com/th/d/saveturtle/
3. Please register for the event, to help the organizers get an idea of the number of people attending so that we can prepare the right amount of food and drinks for everyone and reduce waste!  Please fill in the brief form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdytLdlFpNwm-sso2g_fNF6q5xhs7RtDpiD9iAVkB1NapmQ3A/viewform?usp=pp_url

Or e-mail Khun Yajai ( yajaibun@gmail.com )

After the event, all plastic bottles will be recycled. The lids will be recycled with Precious Plastic and the bottles will be recycled to make clothing.

Thank you and look forward to seeing you on World Oceans Day!

World Oceans Day