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…
Adri and Nikola showed up again for another Friday distribution. They have been amazing in these times of more Covid cases in Klong Toei and their volunteering has truly kept Sister Joan Evans Mission in Klong Toei going uninterrupted. They …
We have 72 registered recipients in the Rice Run program. They are people who can’t work: seniors (over 60) or people who are handicapped. They are all Thais living in Rong Moo or Suan Ooy parts of the Klong Toei …
A very light and fast Rice Run. Nikola and Adri delivered 69 bags of rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork to our registered seniors of Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities in Klong Toei. The distribution was easy …
This was another easy and very streamlined effort: I went shopping alone in the morning, Janna and Adri came to help pack the bags at 3pm and Adri and I delivered the help with Khun Jim’s assistance. We distributed 69 …
Sister Cecilia joined this Friday, both at the shopping leg and the afternoon distribution. As always, she made things organized and efficient. We gave out 71 packets of rice, oil, fish sauce and doubled the amount of dried pork because …
This Rice Run Shannon did it all. I wasn’t well and she did all the shopping with May and all the delivery in the afternoon as well. Josie and Servane joined the distribution and they all gave out 74 …
We served 72 seniors with rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork on March 19th. Shannon led the afternoon distribution while May and I did the most unusual shopping trip in the morning. We had one mishap after another …
Carol and I went shopping in the morning and beat all records! We met at 10 sharp and finished at noon!! Makro, Penang Market and the small shop in Klong Toei Market that sells dried pork… There were no lines …
Today May and I shopped and Shannon and the crew delivered 74 food packages in the afternoon. As usual, I delivered the Rice Run items to our storage room and Shannon and the team packed them in the afternoon. Here …
Shannon and Henry joined Carol and me in the morning to shop for Mission supplies for today’s Rice Run and next friday’s Milk Run. We were so fast – we couldn’t believe it! Met at 10am and we were back …