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…
K Anju generously donated another 5000 baht for this Rice Run. Miron and I met at Makro and continued to Klong Toei market to collect all the ingredients. Shannon and the rest of volunteers came at 4pm to distribute 56 …
Miron was kind enough to come help with shopping for Rice and Milk Run supplies and we were on fire! We finished everything in a bit over an hour!! In the afternoon, Sophie, Claire, Janna and Irza came and delivered …
Miron came to help again with the shopping part of today’s Rice Run. We meet at Makro, loaded up Sister Joann’s 19 year old truck with Rice and Milk Run items and drive to Klong Toei market where we bought …
Miron came to join us for the first time. He and I went shopping at Makro and the Klong Toei market, packed the car with 57 sets of rice, cooking oil, fish sauce and dried pork and let it parked …
I was alone in this Friday for the shopping part of the day. At 4pm, Servane, Sophie and others gathered in Rong Moo and delivered supplies to all 57 of our newly registered seniors. Sophie took these wonderful photos! ❤️
Sister Cecilia joined us on this Saturday asking with Claire, Adri and Adri’s friend from Indonesia. As every year, we asked every person applying for food assistance to bring copies of their house registration along with their ID card and …
Sister Cecilia came to Bangkok to join us for both the shopping and distribution parts of this Rice Run. After our shopping at Makro was complete, we stopped by the Sacred Heart Convent and had a great cup of coffee. …
This was an unusual Rice Run as we had to use my truck while Sister Joan’s car was away for service. This meant that we had to adjust our schedules because my truck’s loading area can not be locked (we …
This Rice Run was a first in at least 11 years – we were seriously understaffed! Many of our volunteers were out of Bangkok for the School Winter Break and many have moved away from Thailand over the course of …
And here we are – the last event of another busy year. As usual (except briefly for the Summer of 2021), we didn’t skip a week, delivering food every 2nd Friday to senior citizens of Klong Toei and milk formula …