We delivered 85 packages of rice, sardines, fish sauce and cooking oil (provided by SILC) on a beautiful hot afternoon. As always, the volunteers made it look so easy…
Author: Milos
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Milk Run Feb 14, 2020
We had a great Milk Run on the Valentine’s Day – a big group of 15 volunteers showed up to distribute milk formula to moms and seniors of Rang Moo and Suan Ooy communities.
We gave out 31 boxes of milk formula and registered a new baby in Rang Moo. In Suan Ooy, we distributed 14 boxes, also registered one new baby and had one baby turn 1 year old and graduate out of the program. Another wonderful Friday…
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School Run company visit Feb 27, 2020
The leadership of DB Schenker Thailand operation invited our students for an amazing walk through the Bangkok headquarters and a full on presentation of their history, operations and the services they provide. 6 of our 7 students came and with Judy, Trini and me, we were welcomed by DB Schenker Thailand CEO Dean and given a welcome that will be hard to forget.
Dean welcomed us by saying that his company’s commitment to the students from Klong Toei goes beyond the visit to assisting the young participants of our School Run program with learning how to do the job interviews one day, how to present their case, write their CV and resumes, maximize their chances of getting employment. It was inspiring and powerful and a very moving moment.
We were then presented with the company story, all the way from it’s beginnings a 140 years ago in Austria to a modern, global player that they are today. The staff from Human Resources was on hand to show us the offices and explain operations, employment opportunities and even introduce us to some of the people who work there. Most importantly, the people of DB Schenker made our students fell welcome and respected and that they too could work and prosper in a place like that. Thank you very much for your wonderful hospitality.
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Milk Run Jan 31, 2020
This is a late post of a Milk Run from the last day of January – I am sorry I forgot to upload these pics sooner – it has been a very busy February indeed… The Jan 31st Milk Run was another easy one except for the dark skies in January – we started in pitch black neighborhood…
Rang Moo at 6:30am… We gave out 30 boxes of milk formula in Rang Moo and another 25 in Suan Ooy. Unlike most Milk Run Fridays, only five volunteers came to support the work of Sister Joan. We still got all done just fine…
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Rice Run Feb 7, 2020
Another great Rice Run with Romy coming to Bangkok and joining us for another (her 9th) season of traveling to Thailand to help Sister Joan’s work. Back when Sister lived in Bangkok, Romy would spend every day with her, being her assistant, her supporter and confidant, her right hand. Since 2016, Romy is here to help with every event, usually on Fridays. Joe also joined us at Makro to make that shopping part of the day easy and fun…
After loading up the car, the volunteers came over to do another great distribution and later celebrate Carmen’s last Rice Run as she’s relocating to Puket. They served 79 seniors a package of 5kg of rice, 5 cans of sardines, a bottle of fish sauce and a bottle of soy bean oil. Here are more shots from Fri the 7th…
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Rice Run Jan 24, 2020
The first Rice Run of the new yearly cycle (and a New Chinese Year) saw 88 new recipients each get a package including a big bag of rice, canned sardines, fish sauce and cooking oil. As usual, we had a lot of volunteers came and while ironing some glitches, we delivered the help in less than an hour.
Two of our students from the School Run project also came to help out… Here are the pics from the morning shopping trip to a car wash, Makro and Penang Market as well the images from the rice distribution:
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School Run company visit Jan 22, 2020
Thank you May and Theresa for organizing a fantastic visit to another organization. Milos, Theresa and Janna met with the 4 students from our School Run program and we went to the 28th floor of Q House Lumpini tower to visit Madcoenergi – a oil exploration and production company.
We were given a full presentation with a video of the installation of one of their Oil Rigs. The Madcoenergi staff was on hand to explain what they do, how they do it and answer any of our questions. Our School Run students got a great intro into how things work in the Oil business, how important the Oil is to our daily life, how important it was in the development of Thailand… The staff showed us around the office too to give our young guests an idea of what the daily work looks like… A great visit all around.
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Milk Run Jan 17, 2020
We had a great Milk Run on this Fri because we got to show Sister Lucy and Sister Cecilia what we do in Klong Toei every other week. We had 9 volunteers and served 32 moms in Rang Moo and gave out another 24 boxes of milk formula in Suan Ooy.
Yvonne was in Bangkok and she joined us to make it another great Milk Run. Here are the photos…
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Rice Run registration for 2020
As Sister Joan used to do, we set up a date for Jan 16, 2020 to meet in Rang Moo and register the recipients for the 2020 Rice Run cycle. Sister Lucy and Sister Kathleen happened to be in Bangkok and Sister Cecilia was there too to help.
Shannon, Deb, Janna, Trini, Carmen, Yvonne, Best and Pum also came to make the registration a breeze. Milos and Sister Cecilia interviewed and in the end registered 88 people for the Rice Run.
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Volunteer Dinner Jan 15, 2020
Siters Lucy and Sister Kathleen of the Presentation Sisters of Western Australia came from Perth to visit the three projects that are ongoing in Thailand. One is in Isan, one in Ratchaburi and the third one is Sister Joan Evans Mission project in Klong Toei. Sister Lucy asked if the volunteers that are helping the Sister Joan Evans Mission project could come together so she can meet and thank them for their effort and 16 of us came.
We all had a great dinner and a unique chance to meet and talk without anything else to do. Sister Cecilia joined us too to make it a very memorable evening and we had a chance to thank her and to thank the Presentation Sisters for making our work possible and taking such great care of Sister Joan in Perth.
