Rice Run May 31, 2024
Sapee and I did the shopping for rice and milk in the morning and in the afternoon David led the volunteers in delivering rice, oil, fish sauce and dried pork to all 63 of our registered Thai seniors.
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 May 17, 2024
I was alone on this shopping trip to Makro and Klong Toei market. In the afternoon, Claire and the team delivered good assistance to all of our 63 registered Thai seniors.
Happy 93rd Sister Joan!! Rice Run May 3, 2024
Sister Joan was born on May 3rd, 1931 in Perth, Western Australia. She’s back home now, spending her days in great care of an excellent elderly home facility. We spent this Friday in Bangkok thinking of her while taking a …
Rice Run Apr 19, 2024
Sapee and I printed and delivered a new Rice Run attendence form to our volunteers deliver food packages faster… … and after shopping and a visit to the storage room, we left the truck loaded and ready in Rong Moo. …
Rice Run annual registration Apr 6, 2024
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 …
Rice Run Apr 5, 2024
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…
Rice Run Mar 22, 2024
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 …
Rice Run Mar 8, 2024
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 …
Rice Run Feb 23, 2024
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 …
Rice Run Feb 9, 2024
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 …