LWIN LEE | ACCORHOTELS GROUP INVOLVED IN BEACH CLEAN UP FOR WORLD OCEANS DAY
Jointly organised with the
Rotary Club of Metro Kuala Lumpur, Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside planned a trip to
Port Dickson to clean up the beach just outside the Port Dickson Royal Yacht
Club in conjunction with World Oceans Day.
Held every June 8th, World
Oceans Day is the United Nations-recognized day of ocean celebration and
action. The theme this year is aimed at reducing the use of plastic bags which
will in turn reduce the amount of plastic trash in our seas.
A group of about 100 children
from SRKT Ladang Kerling and Refugee Camp in Sentul were invited on the trip by
the Rotary Club of Metro Kuala Lumpur together with about 20 hotel staff from
the Accorhotels group, such as Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside, Pullman Bangsar KL
and Ibis Styles Fraser Business Park. The Rotarians brought them for a visit to
the Port Dickson Military Muséum before proceeding to the PD Royal Yacht Club.
The aim in organizing the
beach clean up was to educate and create awareness among the children on
preserving the environment. Hotel staff explained about the impact that plastic
bags have on the sealife in the ocean where turtles may mistake the plastic
bags as jelly fish for food. The Rotary club played a big role in their
contribution towards bus transportation for the children, round of games as
well as lunch at the yacht club. Both children and adults went in separate
groups to pick up trash such as bottle caps, styrofoam, candy wrappers, plastic
bags that were found at the beach area. After the clean up, the children were
treated to lunch and games courtesy of the generous Rotarians while hotel staff
of Pullman Putrajaya and other Accor sister properties distributed goodie bags.
Group photo of Accorhotels and Rotary Club of Malaysia
Beach clean up in action involving about 100 children and 20
hotel staff from Accorhotels group
Accorhotels group staff distributing goodie bags
The Rotary club played a big role in their
contribution towards bus transportation for the children, round of games as
well as lunch at the yacht club.
Cheers for now and Carpe Diem! ❤ℒℴѵℯ❤
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