Sapee and I printed and delivered a new Rice Run attendence form to our volunteers deliver food packages faster…
… and after shopping and a visit to the storage room, we left the truck loaded and ready in Rong Moo.
At 4 pm our volunteers arrived and distributed rice, fish sauce and dried pork to ask if our 63 registered That seniors.
A perfect “post Songkran” effort! ❤️❤️❤️
We did our visit to Rong Moo at 7 am and delivered 15 packs of milk formula. We then drove to the nearby Starbucks for our usual coffee break.
Adri was missed… Willy, Irza, Miron and Milos had a great chat and later drove to Suan Ooy to deliver another 15 packets of baby formula.
Sister Cecilia drive from Ratchaburi and Adri and Miron also joined to help with another annual registration for the Rice Run good assistance program.
Sister Joan started giving good items to elderly in the early 1990s but by 2001 she was helping so many that it needed to be based on registration and bi weekly food deliveries. In 2011 we were helping 120 seniors and this attendance number has been steadily trending down.
Until this year when the number of registered Thai seniors actually rose up, from 58 last year to 63 this time.
The criteria remains the same: only seniors from Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities, over 60 years old and with no means to support themselves qualified. We asked them all to bring their electric bills as a proof of how much they can afford to pay and visited a number of them to make sure they really need help.
We ended up with 63 people we will give rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and pork for the next 12 months.
Miron and I did the morning shopping trip this week and parked the loaded truck in Rong Moo.
The volunteers arrived at 4 pm and distributed 54 packs of food supplies. A great Rice Run before our annual registration…
Adri came to meet me at the Bus Terminal and Irza joined us at Rong Moo.
We delivered 14 packages of milk formula in Rong Moo, took our usual coffee break and drove to Suan Ooy to give another 15 milk packages there.
Sapee came to help with the shopping part of this Rice Run. We finished everything in no time…
In the afternoon Yanna and the volunteers came to distribute rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork to our registered Thai seniors. They delivered 56 assistance packages.
I started as usual, at 6 am on Asok, packed Sister’s truck, picked up Adri and Willy at Bus Terminal and came to Rong Moo at 7 am to meet Miron and the moms.
We gave out 14 packs of milk formula to our registered recipients in Rong Moo and another 14 in Suan Ooy.
Here are more pics from that beautiful morning…
In sweltering March heat we did another Rice Run. Miron and I did the shopping part and enjoyed the usual Starbucks pit stop on our way to Klong Toei and Boss.
In the afternoon Claire led the effort and the team distributed 54 sets of food items.
Another day in Bangkok… how did we get so lucky to have a life like this?…
Another great Milk Run with Adri and Irza. We delivered 26 packs of milk formula to the two Klong Toei communities we support.
The small Thai food restaurant next door to our storage room caused a flooding… we had water with big spots of oil floating on the floor…
Fortunately, the friendly staff from landlord’s office took care of the clean up in record time! 😃
With the spirit of Chinese New Year still in the air, Sapee and I hit the road for a shopping trip.
First stop: Makro to get the Rice Run and Milk Run supplies. Then off to Klong Toei market for dried pork that we provide to senior citizens.
In the afternoon, our volunteers came and distributed 54 packs of rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork to our registered Thai seniors.
