We were at the 1 room & 2 rooms rented HDB flats in Tampines distribution food to the resident this afternoon. It was a fortnightly affair on the first and third Saturday of the month. The food changes week from week. Today, the vegetables - cauliflower, cabbage, Kai Lan, etc, Oranges, rice, beehoon, and many more varieties.
Our cell help up once a month by inviting the residents to come down and collect the food. On some days, there were many helpers and so our helps were not needed. Today, many helpers did not turn up and we did both the job of inviting the residents to come down and also help to sort up the food and distribute them.
Not many of the residents did turn up though. Maybe the timing wasn't convenient for them. Or maybe they just do not want the food.
But it is quite encouraging to see them come and be blessed with such fresh food that can meet their daily meals.
The distribution took only less than 30 minutes. We helped to clean up the void deck. There were some left-over. I took a papaya, 2 package of beehoon and 3 package of vegetables.
The food were purchased or supplied by RiverLife members who were in this groceries business. This project of helping the poor is under the RiverLife Community Service (RCS).
It is good to see church helping and reaching out the needy community without any agenda.
Blessings
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