Alternative Valentine’s Day gifts
14th February 2007, 1:27 pm
The real St Valentine: alternative gifts to support Thailand’s orphans
Are you about to do a last minute dash to buy flowers, chocolates or a card on the 14th of February?
The Pattaya Orphanage Trust is asking people to follow the example of the real St Valentine and provide an alternative gift to support some of Thailand’s most disadvantaged and vulnerable children.
Saint Valentine was a physician living in Rome around 250 AD. He was also a Christian priest living in fear of persecution by the Roman authorities. He treated his patients by day and prayed for them by night, only accepting payment they could afford. His greatest miracle was healing the blind daughter of the man who would become his jailer. Valentine was martyred by the Roman Emperor Claudius II.
The Pattaya Orphanage Trust is offering as alternative St Valentine’s Day gifts:
• A talking watch for a blind child £14
• Swimming lessons at the blind school £27
• Life saving medicine for HIV+ child £37
• Sponsoring a blind child £15 a month
To order your special gift, by post or email, visit ‘Gifts from the Heart’ on the Pattaya Orphanage Trust website:
www.pattayaorphanage.org.uk/giftsfromtheheart
or telephone 020 7602 6203.
Your special loved one will receive a gift certificate, a card - including a personalised message from you - information about the vulnerable children you are generously supporting, and at least four updates throughout the year.
Visit www.pattayaorphanage.org.uk for more information.