Simple yet the happiest returns
2024-02-22
"Hello, we are coming for distributing bread. We put the bread on the table and you can take one piece when you off-duty, is it ok?" We kindly asked the cleaners. "That's good, thank you very much. We will help finish all of them!" The cleaners' sincere smiles and gratitude are the best returns to the volunteers.
Many people in society need food and you are the most important assistant, delivering food that would otherwise be wasted 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 eight districts, Tai Wai, Fo Tan, Tai Po, Fanling, Tseung Kwan O, To Kwa Wan, Hunghom and Causeway Bay. A total of 526 servings of bread and 44 meal boxes with a total weight of 101.74 kgs were collected. The number of beneficiaries was 354.
Here were the results of each district:
Tai Wai: on Friday, 23 servings of bread weighing 4.40 kgs were collected. All the bread was distributed to the cleaners and scavengers. The total number of beneficiaries was 23.
Fo Tan: On Saturday, 76 servings of bread 8.88 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 125 servings of bread weighing 13.46 kgs were collected. All the bread was given out to the cleaners and members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 98.
Tai Po: On Wednesday, the number of volunteers were insufficient and the action was cancelled; on Thursday, 21 servings of bread weighing 11.50 kgs were collected; on Friday, there was no leftover bread and the action was cancelled; on Saturday, the number of volunteers were insufficient and the action was cancelled; on Sunday, 99 servings of bread weighing 13.30 kgs were collected. All the bread was distributed to the cleaners, scavengers, homeless, members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 86.
Fanling: On Tuesday, 34 servings of bread weighing 3.03 kgs were collected; on Friday, 25 servings of bread weighing 1.40 kgs were collected. All the bread was given out to the cleaners, security guards, scavengers and the homeless. The total number of beneficiaries was 29.
Tseung Kwan O: On Saturday, 41 servings of bread weighing 3.50 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 29.
To Kwa Wan: On Wednesday, 24 sandwiches (included in the total bread weight) weighing 2.53 kgs were collected; on Sunday, 24 servings of bread weighing 1.95 kgs were collected. All the bread was given out to the cleaners, scavengers and members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 27.
Hung Hom: On Friday, 23 meal boxes weighing 22.43 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 23.
Causeway Bay: On Friday, 22 meal boxes weighting 12.32 kgs and 34 servings of bread weighting 3.13 kgs were collected. All the bread and meal boxes were given out to the scavengers, cleaners and members in the neighbourhood. The total number of beneficiaries was 39.
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