Rice Run Mar 19, 2021
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 …
Category: Rice Run
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…
Rice Run Mar 5th, 2021
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 …
Rice Run Feb 19, 2021
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 …
Rice Run Feb 5, 2021
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 …
Rice Run Jan 22, 2021
A great Rice Run event on a day that authorities decided to start loosening the Pandemic rules in Bangkok. It seems like Klong Toei magically avoided the Covid attack. Shannon and I went shopping in the morning, still using my …
Rice Run, Jan 8, 2021
Our January 8th Rice Run started with Shannon and Martel joining to help the shopping part. We used my truck again and visited Makro, Penang Market and the dried pork store in record time. At Penang Market, we left the …
Rice Run Dec 23, 2020
This was the last Rice Run of 2020 and we made it count. We gave out 79 food packages and added extra items, a little present for the arrival of 2021. Carol came to help with shopping and lead the …
Rice Run Dec 11, 2020
Sister Cecilia joined us for the whole day, the shopping part as well as rice distribution in the afternoon. She does it all – helping, advising, listening and looking for ways to help the poor. A true inspiration in these …
Rice Run Nov 27, 2020
Brenda came for one last rice and milk shopping trip before her family leaves Bangkok. It was a bitter sweet moment but we made the best of it. We loaded the truck and did that very efficiently considering that it …
Rice Run Nov 13, 2020
The first Rice Run of the dry season was a relief. We lost five of our 85 registered recipients in the past month and it was great to see most of the registered seniors show up on a beautiful sunny …