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…
This Songkran week Rice Run was different. With Shannon and Paul gone and Audrey away for the Holiday, I volunteered to do the shopping and the distribution too. Fortunately, i was not alone! Amazingly, over so many years, kind people …
Miron and I did the shopping and our great volunteers were there to distribute the food items at 4 pm. They had 60 registered seniors come to collect their biweekly assistance.
This 1st day of Spring was also Shannon:s last Rice Run and the end of her and Paul’s amazing assistance with Sister Joan’s Mission. They were a central part of Rice Run since 2016 and Shannon took it upon herself …
Miron and I did the shopping in our usual, efficient way… we were also lucky to find all the Milk Run items at Makro… We left the car at Boss and Shannon picked it up later and drove it to …
I got sick and Miron and Paul jumped in to complete the Rice Run and Milk Run shopping trip. Shannon led the volunteers in the afternoon and they distributed 61 packs of food assistance to our registered Thai seniors.
From the very beginning, Sister Joan supported only registered recipients. The Milk Run moms register their babies throughout the year, as they arrive but for the Rice Run there was always 1 day that all of potential recipients had to …
A big outing this time – 10 of us delivered and distributed rice, oil, fish sauce and dried pork to 60 Thai seniors. Another success…
Miron, Pete and I did the shopping and Shannon led the distribution in the afternoon. All 61 packs of rice, oil, fish sauce and dried pork were delivered to our registered Thai seniors of Rong Moo and Suan Ooy communities. …
Another great Rice Run, we delivered all 61 food packages to our registered Thai seniors. This time, Miron & I did the shopping, pausing only to take a pic… In the afternoon, our volunteers did all the work…
This was the last Rice Run of the first quarter of the century. When Sister Joan started the Rice Run in 2002, I doubt she could imagine it going so long… Like clockwork, we delivered all 61 food packages to …