FUNCity, Princess Hotel will come alive on Saturday, as some 375 kids are expected to have a rollicking time when Comfort Sleep hosts its annual Christmas Party for children who are beneficiaries of its school feeding programmes executed in West Demerara and Berbice.The party will be held from 10:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs.

REHAB CENTRE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Meanwhile, on Wednesday a separate Kids Christmas party will be held at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre for the children on that programme beginning at 10:00 hrs.
The organisation has had a longstanding and ongoing relationship with the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre and makes generous contributions towards the humanitarian cause.
Comfort Sleep, a good corporate citizen and Guyana’s leading manufacturer of foam mattresses and pillows, has been hosting such parties in the respective regions for the last eight years, bringing joy to the hearts of little children who would otherwise probably not have a fun time to look forward to for the Christmas holidays.
However, Administrative Manager, Ms. Amanda Chung said that this year, instead of having separate parties, the children from the Feeding Programmes will all be brought to Fun City, Princess Hotel where they will all have a grand time.
During the school year, the children are fed hot nutritious meals three days per week, and at Christmastime they are given a bumper party. They are treated to lots of goodies; given take-away bags and of course, Santa is always on hand to present a Christmas gift to every child at the party.
Schools benefitting from the programme are: MalgreToutPrimary School; La Grange Primary; Bagotville Primary and ParfaitHarmoniePrimary School. Throughout the school year, with supplies provided byComfort Sleep, meals are prepared by the Malgre Tout Roman Catholic Church and distributed to these schools.
And in Berbice, there is a similar liaison with the Church of the Ascension in New Amsterdam, whereby Comfort Sleep provides cooking materials to the Church which oversees the preparation of meals for EdinburghPrimary School and Friends Primary School, East Bank Berbice.
Other humanitarian programmes executed by Comfort Sleep include the distribution of takeaway hampers during the August holidays.
The feeding programmes and the Christmas parties are the brainchild of Comfort Sleep’s Managing Director, Mr. Dennis Charran. Mr. Charran said that derives an inner peace and gratification from these initiatives, and singlehandedly and cheerfully finances the project. Charran is a father of three, and has a great love for little children.
He recalled that he was motivated to begin his feeding programme when, one day, he gave a meal to a child and the little boy divided it into two and said he was taking the other portion for his brother at home, who had nothing to eat.