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…
Carmen came to help with this food assistance distribution after leaving Bangkok several years ago. It was so good to have her positive energy and compassion add to this fortnight effort. I did the shopping trip and had enough time …
Miron and Soe came to help this time and we were like a well oiled machine – finished loading the car in the record time. Audrey led the effort in the afternoon and Sister Cecilia came to help as well. …
Another Rice Run Friday… Miron, Soe and I went shopping and preparing the truck for the afternoon delivery. Later, Audrey and her volunteers delivered 61 packages of rice, fish sauce, cooking oil and dried pork to our registered Thai seniors.
Soe came to join Miron and me on this Rice and Milk Run products shopping trip. We completed everything but 12 noon and Miron went back to Rong Moo at 4 pm to help with delivery. 60 of our registered …
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…