As autumn was gradually setting in, in this comfortable weather, volunteers brought their own shopping bags to collect unsold bread and distribute it to members in the neighbourhood, workers and people in need one by one. Though everyone did not collect much food, they did not mind. “It doesn’t matter whether there is leftover food or not. The most important thing is that no food will be wasted!”.

Cherishing food and helping others are our most important goal. We very much need your help and welcome you to join us as volunteers. With the selfless contributions of volunteers are we able to carry on with the action across districts.  

Last week, volunteers joined bread and meal box collection and sharing action in eight districts, namely, Tai Wai, Fo Tan, Tai Po, Fanling, Tseung Kwan O, To Kwa Wan, Hung Hom and Causeway Bay. A total of 473 servings of bread and 41 meal boxes weighing 90.84 kgs in total were collected. The number of beneficiaries was 311.  

Here were the results of each district: 

Tai Wai: On Friday, 20 servings of bread weighing 2.34 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were distributed to the cleaners and scavengers in the district. The number of beneficiaries was 15.  

Fo Tan: On Saturday, 51 servings of bread weighing 7.77 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 32 servings of bread weighing 3.49 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were distributed to the cleaners and the homeless in the district. The number of beneficiaries was 75. 

Tai Po: On Wednesday, there was no leftover bread and the action was cancelled; on Friday, 15 servings of bread weighing 1.38 kgs were collected; on Saturday, 113 servings of bread weighing 9.99 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 36 servings of bread weighing 8.52 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were given out to the cleaners, scavengers, the homeless and members in the neighbourhood. The number of beneficiaries was 82. 

Fanling: On Tuesday, 36 servings of bread weighing 3.92 kgs were collected; on Friday, 22 servings of bread weighing 3.10 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were given out to the cleaners, security guards, scavengers and the homeless in the district. The number of beneficiaries was 24. 

Sheung Shui: On Friday, there was no leftover bread and the action was cancelled.  

Tseung Kwan O: On Saturday, 74 servings of bread weighing 6.49 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were given out to the elderly who lived alone and night guards in the district. The number of beneficiaries was 44. 

To Kwa Wan: On Wednesday, 41 sandwiches (included in the total bread weight) weighing 8.60 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 15 servings of bread weighing 1.15 kgs were collected. All servings of bread were given out to the cleaners, the homeless and members in the neighbourhood. The number of beneficiaries was 22. 

Hung Hom: On Friday, 22 meal boxes weighing 21.45 kgs were collected; 18 servings of bread weighing 2.00 kgs were collected. All meal boxes and bread were distributed to the cleaners, scavengers and members in the To Kwa Wan neighbourhood. The number of beneficiaries was 30.

Causeway Bay: On Friday, 19 meal boxes weighing 10.64 kgs were collected. All meal boxes were given out to the homeless and members in Victoria Park and Tin Hau neighbourhood. The number of beneficiaries was 19.