02/06/2026
Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard President Jeff Mitchell MBE Project
President Jeff Mitchell MBE has made this school his charity from his 65th Birthday Tom Jones Event. The school is the Samut Sakhon Provincial Learning Centre for Children and Youth
Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard President Jeff Mitchell MBE held a charity 65th Birthday celebration at the Siam Bayshore Resort, where his friends Tom Canning, along with Jeff’s mother, arrived from the UK to celebrate this event.
Tom Canning is one of the UK's top Tom Jones Tribute acts and has performed all around the world for many different occasions. Since winning Stars in Their Eyes in 1990 with his performance as Neil Diamond
Well, all the sports gear and desks have arrived for the new school term.
I have been working on the School Project for the Children and Youth Learning Centre at Samut Sakhon almost every day this month, ordering and confirming the arrival of sports equipment raised by the Tom Jones event, and working closely with the school and with Lazada, Lotus, and now HomePro.
I am pleased to say that all the sports gear for the kindergarten has arrived, including some 50 footballs, 20 badminton bats, 5 nets, 15-odd volleyballs, 60 jump ropes, and lots more, at a total of some 21,000 THB.
We also purchased 10 sets of desks with 40 kindergarten chairs at 29,000 THB, and 40 Momento Multi-Purpose tables for students in grades 4–6, who all did their schoolwork on the floor.
Mission completed by our President, Jeff Mitchell MBE, of his 65th charity birthday celebration on the 27th of February 2026 at the Siam Bayshore Resort, where his friends Tom Canning, along with Jeff’s mother, arrived from the UK to celebrate this event.
Tom Canning is one of the UK's top Tom Jones Tribute acts and has performed worldwide for a wide range of occasions. Since winning Stars in Their Eyes in 1990 with his performance as Neil Diamond
The total of 100,000 THB was raised, and very big thanks to Tom Canning and John William Roberts for their kind donation, plus all our sponsors, members and friends of the Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard
Over 85,669.53 was spent on purchasing sports equipment, desks and chairs for some 400 children at the Children and Youth Learning Centre at Samut Sakhon