I’d like to press our press release for ” First Melbourne Cup in Phuket on the 2nd of November at IndoChine Phuket. see details below;
First Melbourne Cup Charity Event on Phuket.

Phuket, Thailand 1st October, 2010. Magnificent galloping thoroughbreds racing in Australasia’s premier horse race will be broadcast live at 11am Phuket time on Tuesday, 2 November, 2010 at the first Melbourne Cup Charity event on Phuket.

The event to be held at and sponsored by IndoChine Bar and Restaurant on Kalim Beach, Phuket will feature a sweepstake, hat show, raffle and live auction and, for those wanting to “put on the Ritz” and dress up for the occasion best dressed male/female and best hat competitions.

For around 2.30 minutes during the race, all of Australasia stops to watch as millions of dollars are bet on thoroughbreds from Australia, New Zealand and around the world at Flemington Track in Melbourne.

Tickets cost Baht 1500 baht. This includes Australian themed brunch and welcome drinks. The raffle and live auction will raise much needed funds for the two charities. Compere is Bill O’Leary of Phuket.

The main sponsors for the event are IndoChine Resorts & Villas, Phuket Gazette, 91.5 FM Phuket Island Radio, Works.com, Jagota, and Chandon.

All proceeds will go to the Soi Dog Foundation of Phuket [www.soidog.org] and Barnhem Maung Mai Orphanage [http//www.barnhem.org]

For further information on these charities and where the money goes please contact Cristy on 0840544367 or at suaysiam@gmail.com.

About Soi Dog Foundatioon. Soi Dog Foundation is a fully registered Thai Foundation and the first foundation of its kind to be granted full charitable status in Thailand. It is also fully registered in Australia, The Netherlands and the United States. Its mission is to: 1. eliminate rabies on Phuket. 2. Reduce humanely the large population of stray sick dogs and cats that existed here in 2003, to prevent suffering and to improve the environment for visitors and local people alike. 3. To educate local people in responsible pet ownership and of de-sexing animals to prevent more unwanted dogs and cats.4. To provide treatment for sick and injured animals at its center in Mai Khao.SDF has sterlized over 29,000 dogs and cats resulting in a significant fall in the population.

About Barnhem Maung Mai Orphanage. The home for children and families in need was founded as a result of the December 26 tsunami that hit, amongst other places, Thailand. Barnhem opened in February 2005 and initially focused on helping tsunami victims. All of those have been able to move out and today Barnhem is not disaster victim oriented – many people in Thailand were already poor and exposed before the flood waves. Families with children, as well as children on their own, live in the home, but all have poverty as a common denominator. Some have been abandoned by the father or the primary income earner. Some children have been seriously neglected by their parents and others are simply poor. \
Logos: Indochine, 91.5 FM.,m Jagato, Chandon and works Com [Cristy: Put the sponsors in the order of importance i.e. who is contributing the most].

IndoChine Phuket thank you for your kind support and look forward to see it publish on your site.

Best regards,
MS