The Rice Run project serves the elderly, typically over 60 years old, often living alone. This program started in late 1990s as a donation of rice to the needy and evolved in early 2000s into a more substantial help to registered recipients. Every 2 weeks, they receive a 5kg bag of rice, dried pork, a bottle of fish sauce and a bottle of cooking oil. Often, we will add more items donated by different individuals or organizations.
Events in the Rice Run take place every 2nd Friday at 4pm in Rang Moo community of Klong Toei slum. This is a Google Maps link to where we meet: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RCYSXM2dBkjPBF1g6
Below are the posts and pictures from our past events…
Sister Cecilia drive from Ratchaburi and Adri and Miron also joined to help with another annual registration for the Rice Run good assistance program. Sister Joan started giving good items to elderly in the early 1990s but by 2001 she …
Miron and I did the morning shopping trip this week and parked the loaded truck in Rong Moo. The volunteers arrived at 4 pm and distributed 54 packs of food supplies. A great Rice Run before our annual registration…
Sapee came to help with the shopping part of this Rice Run. We finished everything in no time… In the afternoon Yanna and the volunteers came to distribute rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork to our registered Thai …
In sweltering March heat we did another Rice Run. Miron and I did the shopping part and enjoyed the usual Starbucks pit stop on our way to Klong Toei and Boss. In the afternoon Claire led the effort and the …
With the spirit of Chinese New Year still in the air, Sapee and I hit the road for a shopping trip. First stop: Makro to get the Rice Run and Milk Run supplies. Then off to Klong Toei market for …
Miron was at Makro like clockwork, ready and able to make this shopping trip another success. As always, we stopped for a Starbucks break, purchased the dried pork at Klong Toei market, loaded the car with last Rice Run’s leftovers …
Miron and I met at Makro to start this Rice Run Friday. After shopping and a short coffee break we stopped at Boss, unloaded the Milk Run supplies we purchased and added whatever was left from the last Rice Run …
I did the shopping on my own this time. It is easy except for loading up the car. There I need to move all the bags of rice twice – once to the back edge of the car before I …
The last Sister Joan Mission event of 2023 was carried out by the amazing men and women who make this work possible – the volunteers from different countries and cultures, different backgrounds and religions all coming together to help the …
I decided to take a week off so this Friday shopping trip was used to purchase for and milk formula items for the rest of December and early January event: Dec 15 and Dec 22 and Dec 29 and Jan …