FOUR pediatric heart patients from Institute Jantung Negara (IJN) and their families had a ‘fun day in the sky’ through an initiative by the president and founder of SIMPLYSITI, Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin and Puan Sri Cecilia Lim, the wife of Genting Malaysia Berhad’s Chairman.
The five special children who were selected for the SIMPLYSITI Di Hati 2019 campaign were Siah Wan Ying, Nurul Syamimi Ahmad Paridon, Auni Insyirah Muhammad Firdaus Hilmi, Nur Auni Mardhiyah Ahmad & Ramesh Rao. All of whom had recently recovered from heart complications at IJN.
Since its conception in 2011, SIMPLYSITI has managed to raise up to RM200,000 to finance the surgical cost of 14 underprivileged paediatric heart patients. Having been successful in most of its campaigns, SIMPLYSITI carried out another fund raising recently to help five paediatric heart patients with support from IJN Foundation. The full funds raised by this campaign will be announced at the final event in early February.
Siti Nurhaliza said: “We are thankful that four patients have recovered recently to come to this event. One child is still recovering and we hope to bring him another time. Today, we like to thank Resorts World Genting for sponsoring this outing.
It means so much to these children and their families as they have not been to the resort. Being able to dine at Ed’s Diner and to play at SkyTropolis and watch Imaginatricks is a dream come true for them. At SIMPLYSITI, our hearts go all out to the less fortunate and we are very grateful to have partners who support us.”
Lim added, ‘Resorts World Genting has so much to offer and experience. We are more than happy to have this opportunity to play host and we hope the children and their families will have a memorable experience. What ‘SIMPLYSITI DI HATI’ has initiated is commendable and we are pleased to work with Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza to make these children’s recovery a pleasant one.”
The 100 guests at the event were treated to two shows at SkySymphony and a sumptuous meal at the all new Ed’s Diner, where Lim handed out ang pow packets and goodie bags to the children.
The program continued with a trip to SnowWorld and a thrilling experience at SkyTropolis. After dinner at the Coffee Terrace, the group were bought to Imaginatricks, one of the best choreographed shows in Malaysia that includes acrobatics, as well as song and dance performances.
SIMPLYSITI’s recent fund raising initiative would not have been successful without the support of Watsons Malaysia as its official partner, Creacion X SIMPLYSITI boutique as the official boutique partner, Astro GoShop and CJ Wow Shop as the official TV partner, Shopee as the official online business partner and Chatime as joint sponsors.
