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| Mark Van Der Wielen (R), general manager of the Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon and Dorris Marchardt, general manager of the New World Hotel Saigon, make paper sunflowers to raise money for child cancer patients - Photo: Uyen Vien |
At the event, thousands of participants showed their love to the young patients by making more than 10,000 paper sunflowers to sell for VND10,000 each. The money from the sales would go to help kids with cancer.
Dorris Marchardt, general manager of the New World Hotel Saigon and Mark Van Der Wielen, general manager of the Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon, said they would buy the flowers to decorate all the hotels’ rooms and ask hotel guests to make donations.
Since it was established in 2008, the Sunflower festival has raised VND4.5 billion to buy study supplies, televisions, household appliances and organize outdoor activities for child cancer patients. They also provide transport for families whose children die of cancer.
Hanoi will hold its first Sunflower festival on Saturday.
