Carol, Cindy and Irza came today and made this Milk Run so fun. We gave away 25 boxes of milk formula and added a new baby in Rong Moo before moving to Suan Ooy for another 4. After we finished, I took the car to a car wash like I’ve been doing for the last few Milk Run events. Here are the shots…
We had a Rice Run like we used to have pre-Covid: so many people came to give their energy and time.
In the morning, Shannon, Carol and I went to Makro to get most of the stuff for the Rice Run plus diapers for next week’s Milk Run. Shannon and I later stopped by to get the dried pork and leave the loaded trick at Boss Mansion for the volunteers to pack the donations. At the 4pm distribution we gave out 78 packages of care… as he often does, Art – one of the students we sponsor in the School Run program, came to help out with the Rice Run delivery…. here are more photos…
Today was Trini’s last Milk Run for a while and we tried to make it a memorable one. Helen, Carol, Cindy and Sister Cecilia were there and even Shannon joined us in Suan Ooy for a really great Milk Run. In Rong Moo, we gave out 22 boxes of formula and another 14 in Suan Ooy…. we will miss Trini and all she added to our weekly efforts but I’m sure we’ll see her again in the future…
After finishing Milk Run and having the car washed i returned to Rong Moo to park the car and I realized that none of us ever bother to clean our parking spot. But when we take the car, one of Thai people comes out to sweep our space – this is how it is always so clean….
Thai people never cease to amaze me…
P. S. The little girl I’m holding is 5 mouths old… what a tiny little peanut!..
Another Rice Run with great crew – Carol and Shannon joined the shopping leg and made everything so light, Sister Joan would have had such a great time if she was with us… We finished all in 2 hours, some kind of record, possibly due to a holiday.
Back in Rong Moo, we delivered 81 packages of help to the needy. Here are more shots…
The last Milk Run of July 2020 went smooth and surprisingly light. We gave out 24 packs of milk formula in Rang Moo and another 9 in Suan Ooy.
We registered 2 new babies and also had 1 baby graduate out of the program. Overall, we are seeing less people in desperate need and it seems like more Thais are doing well despite the pandemic and economic hardship that is going on. Here are the photos, as always…
Yesterday Trini had her last Rice Run for a while as she’s leaving Bangkok soon and returning to Australia. She took over the Rice Run and did shopping for supplies and then packing and distribution too. A wonderful effort and energy we will sorely miss in Klong Toei.
Shipping part was dry but rain arrived in the afternoon and made things difficult for the elderly. We had 79 people show up, a number lower than usual. Here are the photos from yesterday….
A very chaotic Milk Run this morning – we started 40 minutes late because I forgot to bring the car keys. Actually, I forgot about them twice – once this morning and once a week ago when Trini dropped them off at her doorman station after the Rice Run and I forgot to pick them up. In any case, all is well that ends well – we had a lovely time and Thai moms, dads and little ones really didn’t seem to be bothered…
Trini and Carol came and so did Cindy with her beautiful young ones, Sophie and Alexander. We gave away clothes, weighted the babies, delivered the milk formula and pampers – it was just another day in Paradise.
There were 23 moms and dads in Rang Moo and another 5 moms and 9 seniors in Suan Ooy that got the milk supplemets. We registered another little one in Rang Moo, Trini did an amazing job at it…. The day ended at the car wash – Sister’s truck needed it since we couldn’t get it done on the last Rice Run a week ago… Here are more picture from today.
Here we are well in the second half of 2020 and the Milk and Rice Run programs haven’t missed a single week and keep humming along. This week, Trini was the hero of day again, joining me for the shopping part and then leading the afternoon effort from packing to delivering of our help in Klong Toei.
We gave out rice, dried pork, fish sauce, cooking oil aand 50 baht bags of coins to 83 seniors of Rang Moo and Suan Ooy. Here are the photos…
Trini, Carol and I met at Boss at 6:40 and made this Milk Run one of the easiest distributions in memory.
We gave out 26 boxes of milk formula in Rong Moo and registered another newborn there. In Suan Ooy, we served 8 bags to seniors there and gave another 8 to moms. Lots of babies came. As usual, not a single one cried…
Here are the shots….
Trini was the hero of the day – coming to help with the shopping then packing the bags and finally distributing the food in Rang Moo. From 10 am to 6 pm – a full day of work!!
When Sister Cecilia came to visit last fortnight she suggested that we stop providing canned sardines and switch to dried pork that is easy to add to any meal and provides a more healthy protein to seniors’ diets. So, starting this Friday we supplied this new item to all but one person who for religious reasons doesn’t consume pork. Sister Joan started the Rice Run as “rice handouts” back in 1999 in a response to devastating impact of the Asian Crisis. The sardines were given out since at least 2009 and now, after 11 years we are making another change in the Rice Run routine…
In the afternoon, our regular volunteers showed up to pack the food and distribute it at 4 pm. Here are the photos…
