Sister Joan Mission Project

Author: Milos

  • Milk Run Dec 9, 2022

    Milk Run Dec 9, 2022

    Irza came to surprise Adri and me and lend a hand. on this Dec morning. We registered two new babies at Rong Moo.

    Their moms each received a bag of milk formula and a big bag of baby diapers, as all new registrants do. We had a total of 19 moms and dads show up and also gave away 7 large packs of baby diapers to the most needy of them.

    At Suan Ooy, we gave milk formula to all 4 registered babies and 7 packs of supplemental milk formula to our registered seniors.

    I also committed to delivering milk for the students of the small day care that operates on Suan Ooy. Sister Joan supported them as well and last year we gave them 5000 baht worth of milk for their students snack.

  • Rice Run Dec 2, 2022

    Rice Run Dec 2, 2022

    Sister Cecilia came to join us this time.

    In the afternoon, she led a group of 6 volunteers in giving food assistance to 62 of our registered Thai senior citizens.

    Here are some beautiful photos by May.

  • Milk Run Nov 25, 2022

    Milk Run Nov 25, 2022

    Adri, Willy and I had another successful Milk Run yesterday. We met as usual at the Bus Terminal (Eastern) at Ekkamai and drove to Rong Moo at 7am.

    19 moms or dads showed up to collect the milk formula, many with their little ones. We also delivered 5 big packets of baby diapers to the most needy ones.

    This was the first Friday that we used the new, streamlined paperwork box and it turned out perfect. Not too little and definitely not too much.

    After Rong Moo, we did our customary coffee stop at Amazon Cafe before saying bye to Adri and going to Suan Ooy for the second part of the Milk Run

    In Suan Ooy we delivered another 11 packets of milk formula and another 2 bags of diapers. Here are more pics from yesterday

  • Rice Run Nov 18, 2022

    Rice Run Nov 18, 2022

    Yesterday’s Rice Run saw Trini back in action!

    Yes, she’s back in town and ready to bring joy to everyone she meets! I am sure that our “oldies” were so happy to see her.

    As usual, Sa and I did the morning shopping trip to Makro and Klong Toei market, dropped off the Milk Run supplies at Boss before leaving the car loaded and ready to go at Rong Moo.

    Sister Joan’s volunteers arrived there after 3 to open the truck and start delivering the food supplies to our registered recipients. Here are more pics from yesterday…

  • Milk Run Nov 11, 2022 sponsored by K Anju

    Milk Run Nov 11, 2022 sponsored by K Anju

    Another event for which K Anju generously contributed. This time she donated money to pay for the baby pampers we delivered to 6 moms this Friday

    We registered 3 new babies today. Two are newborns, 8 day old girl and a 9 day old baby boy. It was impossible to tell who was more amazing and not a single cry out of them!

    The third baby is a 8 month old boy whose mom heard about Sister Joan Mission work only a week ago. As with other registered babies, she too will receive the milk formula until her baby is 15 months old.

    This Friday, we gave 19 boxes of milk formula and 7 packs of baby pampers in Rong Moo and another 11 boxes of milk formula and a bag of baby diapers in Suan Ooy community.

    Afterwards, I made a trip to update the Milk Run and Rice Run program boxes. Each one has been with us for years and it came time to reorganize and update their contents…

    Here are more pics from today…

  • Rice Run Nov 4, 2022

    Rice Run Nov 4, 2022

    Today Sa and I went shopping for Rice Run and Milk Run supplies at Makro and Klong Toei market. The weather was spectacular, cool in the shade and with bright blue skies above. We unloaded the Milk Run supplies at Sister Joan’s storage room before parking the full truck at the distribution point in Klong Toei slum.

    Vicky, Karen and Sophie came to Rong Moo in the afternoon to pack and distribute the food supplies to our registered Thai senior citizens. They gave out 61 packages of rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and dried pork. The Rice Run, as started by Sister Joan in 2002 and designed for efficiency over the years, is still going on…

  • Milk Run Oct 28, 2022

    Milk Run Oct 28, 2022

    Another Milk Run for Adri and me. As always, we started at 7am at Rong Moo community where we registered another new born for a 15 month milk formula support. We gave out a total of 12 boxes of formula and 4 packs of baby diapers to Klong Toei moms.

    Adri and I said goodbye after a regular pit stop at Cafe Amazon for coffee, tea and brownies…

    … and I continued to Suan Ooy. There, all 3 registered people showed up to collect 11 boxes of milk. 7 for the elderly, 3 for babies who are taken care of by the neighborhood nanny and a couple with a baby who brought their beautiful boy to get milk formula and be weighted…

    At the end, after unloading Sister Joan’s truck, I took it for it’s regular wash…

    Here are more photos from this morning…

  • Rice Run Oct 21, 2022 sponsored by K Anju

    Rice Run Oct 21, 2022 sponsored by K Anju

    Yesterday was Divali – a major Indian holiday and K Anju contributed money for the rice and dried pork we deliver to Klong Toei.

    Sapee and I did the shopping at Makro and Klong Toei Market for rice, fish sauce, cooking oil, milk formula, baby and adult diapers and dried pork.

    We left Sister’s truck packed to the brim parked in Rong Moo community of the slum. In the afternoon, our volunteers arrived and distributed the donations to 59 of our 65 registered Thai seniors.

    This was the first Rice Run in more than two years that we could stop using plastic bags and asked Thais to bring their own bags to carry the supplies we give them. Another small step in trying to reduce the damage to our Earth.

  • Milk Run Oct 14, 2022

    Milk Run Oct 14, 2022

    Adri and I had a great Milk Run this morning.

    We delivered 14 boxes of milk formula and 4 bags of baby diapers in Rong Moo community and we also registered a new recipient there.

    In Suan Ooy we gave 14 packs of milk formula and another 2 bags of baby diapers for the young and senior members of that neighborhood.

    Years ago Sister Joan started supplying milk formula to seniors of Suan Ooy as a supplement to their poor diet. 10 of them still receive milk formula every 2 weeks.

    Here are more photos:

  • Rice Run Oct 10, 2022

    Rice Run Oct 10, 2022

    Unlike every other, this Rice Run had to be postponed to a Monday because of my Immigration appointment.

    Mila and I went shopping for supplies on the Monday morning at Makro and later, at Klong Toei market.

    We packed the bags of supplies at Boss.

    Martel and Claire came to distribute the assistance to Thai people at 4pm and we were done in record time.

    We gave out 59 bags of supplies to our registered seniors of Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities. Here are more pics…