Xmas Wishlist charity drive @ Parkson,Gurney Plaza

Update :

Even MPH bookstores has jumped on the bandwagon by hanging up the names of kids from St Josephs Home.What makes it even worse here is that it is a nationwide exercise with receipients that are from corresponding localities.

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There are a few things that are way so wrong with this.

1. First of all,the list of names of the children are publically displayed at the perfume section near the escalators on the ground floor.What's wrong with that? Well,those on the list are kids who are under the auspices of the CHILDREN'S PROTECTION SOCIETY.Kids who have been abused or neglected.Do you think they would want the whole world to know that their names are up there?It makes you angry,that the children are exploited both by Parkson as well as CPS in the name of charity.This is so not noble of them even though by doing so it might reach more people.Would be far better if they had been assigned anonymous single names.INSENSITIVE !
2. You feel very sad because all the 8 to 14 year olds are asking for,are simple things like a pair of black jeans,one pair of sandals.The most fanciful is a Barbie doll,then a Ben 10 watch and smurf  t-shirt combo.Two other girls need sports shoes for sports events. There's a boy who's asking for a sketch book with art stationery.And a girl who just wants a dress.
   Yet when you check the "Wish Granted" column,ONLY THREE WISHES HAVE BEEN GRANTED.
3. It hits you hard that Penangites who pride themselves on being so charitable,only believe in donating second hand used goods which they themselves have tired off instead of buy something nice and new for the children,when they so easily contribute to Switch's coffers without batting an eyelid.
4. The next problem is the problem of trust.Certainly does not help matters,as it is an open secret that the staff in the Customer Service section of Parkson in Penang are DISHONEST.The chinese lady acts dumb,the gay guy always tries his best to evade customer queries,the indian girl blur and quiet.the malay girls abbrasive,bad tempered,chattering and blaming the dumb chinese lady when possible cos she too probably is smart but plays old bimbo.Everyone prefers playing politics than attending to the customers.It's such a mess.ALL OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICERS IN PARKSON GURNEY PLAZA SHOULD BE SACKED.Tesco Tg Pinang,Carrefour Prai,Sunshine Farlim,Sunshine Times Square,Giant Prangin Mall...are not spared of scumbag staff like these.These crap frontliners are notoriously reknowned for being unscrupulous,blur,uncaring or might even pocket things for themselves.
5. Upon further digging,I found out that part of the problem surfaced because when times were good, some of these charitable organisations dictated and rejected donors according to their whims and fancies.The administrators would pick the events they wanted,not with the kids interest at heart.Thus today,they partly have themselves to blame when donors tighten their wallets or shun them without thinking of the impact on the little ones welfare.

If you can,please go and take a look at the list .
See if you have anything that you may want to give.
You are not compelled to purchase the items from Parkson.
Go upstairs to their Customer Service department .
Pass them the gift of your choice to the corresponding child .
You can buy it from somewhere else.It doesn't matter.
Tell them it is for the Christmas wishlist.
They will get it wrapped for the kids and pass it to them on your behalf HOPEFULLY.