Cherishing food and helping others, killing two birds with one stone
2024-02-29
“Hello, granny! We’re here to give out unsold bread. Did you get some cardboards today?” Volunteers often saw her sitting and resting on the roadside and could not help but cared about her conditions. “Today I didn’t get much. I’ll take a break and work again. Thank you for the bread. I’ll eat it after work.” Through food sharing action can waste be reduced and can we care about the people around us. Why don’t we do it?
Every day, there is much food remaining after selling that would be wasted, and you are the most important assistant to deliver those eatable food to those in need. Every week, we collect leftover bread and meal boxes in various districts. Are you willing to spend a little time saving food and helping others?
We sincerely invite you to register as a volunteer. Only by contributing your own strength can our action carry on.
Last week, volunteers took part in bread and meal boxes collection and sharing action across seven districts, Tai Wai, Fo Tan, Tai Po, Tseung Kwan O, To Kwa Wan, Hunghom and Causeway Bay. A total of 637 servings of bread and 53 meal boxes with a total weight of 106.62 kgs were collected. The number of beneficiaries was 404.
Here were the results of each district:
Tai Wai: on Friday, 46 servings of bread weighing 4.70 kgs were collected. All the bread was distributed to the cleaners and scavengers. The total number of beneficiaries was 37.
Fo Tan: On Saturday,101 servings of bread weighing 8.00 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 59 servings of bread weighing 6.93 kgs were collected. All the bread was given out to the cleaners and members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 113.
Tai Po: On Wednesday, 66 servings of bread weighing 8.10kgs; were collected; on Thursday, there was no leftover bread and the action was cancelled; on Friday, 14 servings of bread weighing 2.15kgs were collected; on Saturday, 198 servings of bread weighing 20.50 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 43 servings of bread weighing 4.80 kgs were collected. All the bread was distributed to the cleaners, scavengers, homeless, members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 151.
Fanling: On Tuesday and Friday, there was no leftover bread and the action was cancelled.
Tseung Kwan O: On Saturday, 38 servings of bread weighing 3.85 kgs were collected. All the bread was given out to the elderly who lived alone, cleaners and security guards. The total number of beneficiaries was 18.
To Kwa Wan: On Wednesday, 19 sandwiches (included in the total bread weight) weighing 1.47 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 14 servings of bread weighing 1.12 kgs were collected. All the bread was given out to the cleaners, scavengers and members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 15.
Hung Hom: On Friday, 29 meal boxes weighing 28.28 kgs were collected. All the meal boxes were given out to the cleaners, scavengers and members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 29.
Causeway Bay: On Friday, 24 meal boxes weighting 13.44 kgs and 39 servings of bread weighting 3.28 kgs were collected. All the bread and meal boxes were given out to the street sleepers, cleaners and members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 39.
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