What nicer way to celebrate a birthday than to eat and laugh with family and friends. So that’s how Liz Poey decided to spend her 60th birthday. The thing with Liz is that she doesn’t always do things the conventional way. For this event she made her guests dig into their pockets for the pleasure of attending the dinner. And deep they had to dig, with places priced at $150 to $500 per person. Yet within a few weeks seats at all 29 tables were sold out. What Liz was doing was to raise awareness and support for Goducate again—for a couple of years ago she had channelled most of the proceeds from the sale of her autobiography to Goducate. Goducate is very grateful to her and her chums for their extreme generosity that went beyond the price of the seats.
Liz herself generated the laughter with her stand-up comedy show, inducing guests to laugh with and at her. She is no novice at being a stand-up comedian, the 60th birthday show (Endorphin Rush 2) being her second. For Endorphin Rush 2 most of the humorous stories were derived from her life as teacher, school principal, and cancer patient. Those who missed hearing the jokes live or want to share them with others can order a DVD of the event through Liz’s website.
A student at the National Junior College in Singapore when Liz was a teacher there, and who is now the chief executive officer of MHC Asia Group, decided to add to the interest of the evening in a novel way. He announced that for every “Like” received on the MHC Asia Group facebook page, his company would contribute $60 (up to a maximum of $20,000) to buy a van for Goducate projects in Laguna.
Liz is a marvelous example of what Goducate would like its recipients to be. Once they have helped themselves, we would like them to go on to help others, so that Goducate becomes a movement.
Despite her cancer Liz has directed her energies to helping not only Goducate but also cancer patients and animal welfare. We wish Liz many more years of health and such worthy work.