This was May’s last Milk Run before another trip abroad. Carol and Willy also came and we started in a dark morning…
We gave out 24 packets of baby milk formula and added two new babies to our registered group of babies in Rang Moo community. In Suan Ooy, we also added a baby and gave out a total of 18 packages. As it often happens while we’re in Suan Ooy, the kindergarten kids passed by on their way to the playground… like little butterflies… here are some more photos.
We had another Rice Run with covid schedule: Carol and Willy joined me for the shopping trip to Makro, Penang Market and Klong Toei Market and Shannon led the team of volunteers in the afternoon. They met in Boss Mansion at 3pm, packed all the individual packets of food items and then distributed 79 bags to the seniors of Rang Moo and Suan Ooy communities of Klong Toei slum. Sister Joan started giving food items to seniors in Klong Toei back in 2002. Eighteen years later, the program still carries on.
We are finally seeing blue skies and the rainy season may be coming to it’s end. Couldn’t be a day too early. May, Carol and Willy came to help the Klong Toei moms. We served 24 of them in Rang Moo and also registered 3 new babies for the 1 year milk formula support. As often, we also gave away baby outfits donated through private donations.
In Suan Ooy community we gave away another 16 packets of baby milk formula to moms and seniors who receive it every 2 weeks as a diet supplement and some need it since they can’t eat solid food any more. Here are more pics from today’s Sister Joan Evans Mission event…
As usual, our Rice Run Friday started with adding air to the tires before our shopping trip to Makro and Penang Markets. Carol and Willy joined for another great aquisition trip. We had a great downpour in the afternoon and many of the oldies couldn’t make it so we gave out 76 out of 85 packets of rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork. Despite poor weather, the volunteers keep showing up to support the people of Rang Moo and Suan Ooy communities of Klong Toei area.
A rainy and gray Milk Run with many beautiful moments of kindness, compassion and tons of smiles. We gave out 22 boxes of milk formula in Rang Moo community but most moms got additional bag of formula from a large lot donated by a generous Bangkok mom. We also have out several large boxes of baby clothes, every mom got 2, 3 or 4 outfits and it was wonderful to see their reactions…
As usual, we started the Friday Rice Run with picking up Sister Joan’s truck and adding air to it’s tires before heading to Makro. Carol and Willy joined the effort and we purchased rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and diapers and continued to Penang Market.
Sister Joan started buying milk formula there in 1992 and as every 2 weeks since, we purchased more from the same store. The store is owned by now elderly Thai couple and we are always greeted with smiles and affection. A few months ago we replaced 5 cans of sardines Sister used to include in the Rice Run package with a bag of dried pork. Getting that was the last stop on our shopping trip…
We left the loaded car in Boss Mansion and a few hours later our volunteers went there to pack the bags of donations and drive them to Rang Moo.
Rice Run distribution went easy as it has been going for many years. Covid pandemic forced changes of masks and distancing but the seniors still show up every two weeks to get the care package of 5kg of rice, bottles of oil and fish sauce and a bag of dried pork. A muslim member of community has pork replaced with sardines… here are mor photos from Oct 2nd Rice Run.
Milk Run started with a visit to Boss Mansion and the Bus Terminal (Eastern) where we picked up a new volunteer, Willy. Cindy joined us at Rang Moo.
We gave out 24 boxes of milk formula there before we moved to Suan Ooy for another 14 boxes. Lots of fun, good times, good times…
Carol and I did the shopping part of Rice Run and it was longer than usual. We loaded 79 bags of rice only to find that this kind was too expensive and we had to do buy another kind. After we loaded another 79 bags of rice and as we were leaving the store, the shopping cart wheel broke off making it impossible to move…
Still, we had enough time to complete both Rice Run and Milk Run shopping and in the afternoon, our amazing volunteers showed up and made everything look so easy… they gave out 79 packages to our registered recipients and left Klong Toei a better place. If only Sister Joan could have seen this…
This must be a first: a Friday Milk Run on a Wednesday morning! Last Friday I couldn’t find the car keys and there was no backup so the only thing to do was to let the Thais know that we’ll deliver the Milk 5 days later.
They all came today: 22 moms in Rang Moo and we gave another 16 boxes of formula in Suan Ooy and we also registered beautiful twin girls in Suan Ooy. Carol and Cindy came to help and make this the best Wednesday Milk Run. Ever. Afterwards, as usual, I took Sister’s car to be washed and ready for the shopping trip on next Friday. Now we have the cleanest car in all of Bangkok. Here are the shots to prove it…
we’re getting our volunteer numbers back to pre Covid days. On Sep 4th, we had 4 of us for the rice and milk shopping trip and another 8 kind souls at the 4 pm distribution
We gave out 80 packages of rice, dried pork, fish sauce and cooking oil. Here are more pics
