Meal box sharing for old woman
2023-07-25
Food Commons Foundation volunteers shared bread, sandwiches and meal boxes in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories. Last week, a food wiser who booked two meal boxes through Facebook was late for some reason and the volunteer had to find another recipient. After asking and declined by two scavengers and a member in the neighbourhood, the volunteer asked a granny who was sitting on a long bench in an open resting space if she had eaten already. She came from Kowloon Bay to To Kwa Wan to visit relatives and did not eat anything and had nothing to eat. In the end, the meal box was given out to the granny. She was so grateful and surprised that she could have a free meal. She held the hands of the volunteer when saying thank you.
Last week, volunteers took part in the collection and distribution of bread and meal box sharing action in five districts, namely Fo Tan, Tai Po, Fanling, To Kwa Wan and Hung Hom. A total of 294 servings of bread and 27 meal boxes were collected weighing 86.38 kgs in total and 294 people benefited.
Sometimes food sharing action is cancelled due to insufficient volunteers. We still need more volunteers to cherish food and help others. Welcome to join us!
Fo Tan: On Saturday, 95 servings of bread weighing 8.9 kgs were collected; On Sundy, 61 servings of bread weighing 9.25 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were distributed to the cleaners and members of the neighbourhood totalling 99 people.
Tai Po: On Saturday, 130 servings of bread weighing 18.34 kgs were collected; On Sundy, 155 servings of bread weighing 18.22 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were distributed to the cleaners, scavengers, the homeless and members of the neighbourhood totalling 114 people.
Fanling: On Friday, 51 servings of bread weighing 6.5 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were distributed to the cleaners, grannies scavenging paper, security guards and the homeless totalling 34 people.
To Kwa Wan: On Wednesday, 56 servings of sandwiches (included in the total bread weight) weighing 7.93 kgs were collected; On Sundy, 25 servings of bread weighing 2.12 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were distributed to the cleaners and the homeless totalling 20 people.
Hung Hom: On Friday, 27 meal boxes weighing 15.12 kgs were collected. All of them were distributed to the cleaners and scavengers of the To Kwa Wan neighbourhood.
Causeway Bay: On Friday, the action was cancelled due to insufficient volunteers.
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