Author: Milos

We served 72 seniors with rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork on March 19th. Shannon led the afternoon distribution while May and I did the most unusual shopping trip in the morning. We had one mishap after another and were relieved once we arrived back at Boss.

The first cart onto which we loaded rice collapsed under the load so we had to move all 70+ bags to another shopping cart. Once loaded, it’s wheel also broke under the load. Pampers we usually buy were not available this time, the oil was also short and when at the check out, the cashier girl rung them separately so we ended up with two receipts… Makro changed their parking system so despite spending over $300 we ended up having to pay for the parking… In all, it was not a fun visit and a great reminded how well we usually have it.

Back in Rong Moo, it all went well and we’re looking forward to re-registering the seniors for the 2021 portion of the Rice Run program. We are looking for a native Thai speaker who could volunteer time to visit the homes of the recipients with us. If you know anyone who would like to volunteer several afternoons in April, please let us know… Here are more images from the Rice Run…

Carol and I went shopping in the morning and beat all records! We met at 10 sharp and finished at noon!! Makro, Penang Market and the small shop in Klong Toei Market that sells dried pork… There were no lines and no traffic and I thought how much would Sister love that efficiency.

Shannon and the volunteers did everything else. From 3:15 to 5pm they packed the bags, delivered them to Rong Moo and distributed the help to 76 registered recipients. Each got a 5kg bag of white rice, a bottle of cooking oil and a bottle of fish sauce and a bag of dried pork that adds protein to their meals… Here are more pics from the Rice Run…

Today May and I shopped and Shannon and the crew delivered 74 food packages in the afternoon.

As usual, I delivered the Rice Run items to our storage room and Shannon and the team packed them in the afternoon. Here are more pics…

Shannon and Henry joined Carol and me in the morning to shop for Mission supplies for today’s Rice Run and next friday’s Milk Run. We were so fast – we couldn’t believe it! Met at 10am and we were back at Boss Mansion before noon with a truck filled with supplies!

Shannon returned to Boss at 3pm with other volunteers to pack the Rice Run donations and deliver them to seniors of Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities… Here are more pics, please forgive me for adding two sideways – for some reason I was not able to fix the orientation and WordPress would only publish them like this… 🙁

A great Rice Run event on a day that authorities decided to start loosening the Pandemic rules in Bangkok. It seems like Klong Toei magically avoided the Covid attack.

Shannon and I went shopping in the morning, still using my truck as Sister Joan pickup is on repair. We loaded it to the brim in Makro and proceeded to Penang Market for Milk Run supplies.

in the afternoon, Shannon and the volunteers gave out 74 packets of rice, oil, fish sauce and dried pork to seniors from Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities. Here are more pics…