Category: One time events

After about 20 years, we have decided to let go of the Boss Manson storage room.

Yvonne rented it for Sister Joan in 2005 or 2006 and was paying the rent for it until she left Bangkok in 2015.

It was a great space, close to Sister’s home and big enough for all the donations and purchased items Sister Joan distributed to the poor.

Covid 19 (and lack of volunteers)  derailed my plan to turn it into a classroom for a Code Run project I wanted to add to Milk, Rice and the School Run projects we already do.

In January, after (about) 20 years, Boss Manson asked us if we were okay with a (very nominal) increase in rent – this made us reevaluate and decide to let go of it.

Thank you all for the years of using this space. We’ll use a small portion of my house to store left over milk and rice between our weekly events…

Sister Cecilia invited and we organized the annual volunteer Christmas Dinner. Like the past few years, we met at Kuppa on Soi 16 for a great meal and even better fun. Claire and Adri and Miron and Moss joined Sister Cecilia and me.

As last year, Sister Cecilia brought each of us a pack of delicious Holiday cookies. What a treat!

Sister Joan’s 23 year old truck needed some TLC, namely a new battery and a fix of the back door and it’s lock that stopped working. So after the Sep 27  Milk Run was complete, I dropped it off at Nissan Service center.

Sister Cecilia coordinated everything with the lovely Thai staff…

Everything was completed 10 days later…

As every year, the volunteers met for a Christmas meal and this time we invited the participants of our School Run program to join us too.

In all, 11 volunteers and 4 students met at Cuppa restaurant on Soi 16 for some great grub and great talk. 🥰

Sister Joan’s old Nissan truck broke down during the Sep 8th rice and milk shopping trip. On Sep 13 I met a tow truck at the Convent of Sacred Heart and he’d him tow to the Nissan Service Center on Petchaburi Rd.

The car is actually from 2001 – 22 years old this December! It has been purchased by Meghan, an Australian volunteer who run Bangkok marathon to raid the funds and get Sister Joan a brand new truck. It is still serving us well since I picked it up on September 22nd.

Sister Joan received a brand new pickup truck from one of her volunteers in 2002 – 21 years ago. Meghan came from Australia and volunteered for Sister Joan for 3 months. She raised the money for the car by running the Bangkok Marathon.

The past week brought high temperatures and car’s cooling system struggled to keep from overheating. So I took it to Nissan for a service and repair of a few small issues. As expected, the charge was under a $100 and it came back looking like new!