A cheque for $2,690 was donated by Island School students and staff yesterday and, with an American Express donation of $100,000, the new total last night was $222,690.
The Hippo Bar and Restaurant Fundraising Day in Silvermine Bay, Lantau, hopes to attract weekend hikers and locals on December 11, with money raised going to Operation Santa Claus.
For something a bit faster, you can get yourself sponsored and join the Hong Kong Santa Hash Run on December 12. Call 2339-6412 for details.
Tickets are now available for the gala premier of Santaland Diaries - an antidote to Christmas sentimentality with Andy Chworowsky of Caught in the Act Theatre on December 22 at The Viceroy. Call 2827-7777 for more details. Donations will go towards the campaign.
Donations to the cause can be dropped into collection boxes at these Urban Property Management centres: Park Lane Shoppers Boulevard in Tsim Sha Tsui, Sha Tin's City One Plaza, Grand Millennium Plaza in Sheung Wan, Tsuen Wan's Riviera Garden and the arcades in Mei Foo Sun Chuen.
Otherwise, cheques which have been crossed and made payable to Operation Santa Claus 1999 can be posted to RTHK Radio 3, PO Box 70200, Kowloon.
