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=WALK THE WORLD, May 13th, 2007= Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Needless to say, many helpers had been there since 8am so everything was ready to roll when the gates were open. Balloons and streamers, put up by members of the school's Interact Club, decorated the walkways and halls. || PB Jr was there from the start and although he could not blow up the balloons, he lent moral support to the Interactors. ||
 * This year, we decided to combine two very important events in our school calendar, Walk the World and Family Fun Day and we held it on Saturday 12th May. It was a perfect day for a meaningful event. The weather was fine and families started strolling in a little before 10am. || [[image:walkbear-400.jpg align="center"]] ||
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 * [[image:lollipops-400.jpg align="center"]] || There were simple games stalls set up and run by the Student Representative Council, guided by SRC teacher advisors. PB Jr enjoyed the games and wanted to win all the lollies which were given away as prizes! He has such a sweet tooth! ||
 * The Parents, Teachers and Friends (PTF) committee organised the bazaar of more than thirty stalls selling many interesting goods at very reasonable prices. The Head Boy and Head Girl, with their deputies, also contributed to the smooth-running of the programme with their timed announcements and emceeing. The Grand Hall was a hubbub of activity, starting off with the talk by UNICEF Deputy Representative, Dr Rudi Luchmann. He kindly graced the occasion and together with our Head of Secondary, Mr Robert Lloyd and our small but special guest, PB Jr, declared the event open with the cutting of the ribbons. PB Jr certainly felt very important on that day! || [[image:ribbon-400.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * [[image:kids-400.jpg align="center"]] || A fashion show was held after the Walk. Primary students wore wonderful summer clothes sponsored by 'Keedos' and 'Pumpkin Patch', whilst some older students paraded in their own selection of summer and sportswear. PB Jr was thrilled when all the pretty models insisted on taking a picture with him. He even blushed a little. ||
 * An Australian Bush Dancing session followed and the hall was filled with people of all ages, either dancing or clapping to the lively music. Two school bands gave an hour-long performance much to the delight of the students and a disco ended the fun-filled day. PB Jr tried to do everything and see everything that day so you can imagine just how tired he was at the end of the day. || [[image:tshirt-400.jpg align="center"]] ||
 * [[image:noni-400.jpg align="center"]] || All in all, about 500 parents and children turned up to support the event and at the time of this report, approximately RM 16000 has been collected. Sales of t-shirts, bandanas and wristbands are still going on till the end of the month and we hope that we can get closer to our goal of RM 20000 by then.

PB Jr will travel with a group of our students to Italy (AEC Net Face-2-Face Project) at the end of June, to present our donation to the organizers at the WFP headquarters in Rome. Now isn't he such a well travelled bear?! ||