Anika's Caring Chairty 2004 - Children's Drawing Contest

Following the success of the 2003 charity screening of the Peter Pan movie in aid of several local welfare homes, Anika again undertook to fulfill its corporate responsibility to the community in 2004 by sponsoring on its own a charity drawing contest for children from 8 different welfare homes and orphanages.

In conjunction with the charity event, Anika also commissioned a special printing of its 2005 corporate calendar. The special edition table-top calendar featured the best 12 drawings selected from among the submissions, together with a special narrative of the corresponding young artists. The calendars were distributed among Anika’s clients and business associates, hoping to draw further attention and awareness to the plights of the featured welfare homes and their young dependents, as well as the need for continuous charitable contributions from the private sector in general.

Lim Chi Ann, 15, won the grand prize for her outstanding entry, titled “Love Your Nature”. Apart from an individual prize, she also brought back a cash prize of RM5,000 for her welfare home, House of Joy. The other winners took back an individual prize each, along with RM1,000 for their respective homes.

A prize-giving ceremony was held at Anika’s premises in Kuala Lumpur on 14 December 2004 for all the winners and representatives from the participating homes. The Chairman of Anika’s board of directors, Mr. Bobby Wong, presented the prizes to the children.

The event was covered by The Metro Section of The Star newspaper in their publication on 25 January 2005. Please click here for a scanned copy of the article.

The winning drawings together with the respective artists can be viewed here.