CHINESE NEW YEAR BLESSING BAGS 2022

DISTRIBUTION DURING MCO

Hi team, on Monday onwards, we will place a small white table in front of our distribution point in order to cut down the close contact with the recipients. So this is how we are going to do:

1. Check their card and bags entitled - have them leave it on a small tray.

2. Place it on the white table, at the same time telling them "This is for you, you may have this / you may take".

3. Recipients to get their bags from the table.

4. Say thank you and Bye Bye with SMILE. 😁

Terima kasih banyak banyak.

2021 LOW & BB DISTRIBUTION LIST

Recipients from Chinese Service

1. Lee Lee & Pui Mun - Contacted. Came & collected.

2. Lin - Contacted Came & collected.

3. Khim - Coming @10/2/2021. Collected.

4. Hei - Coming at 1pm @8/2/2021. Collected.

5. Koon Wu - Taken

6. Paw Ching - Coming. Came & collected.

7. Apple - Taken.

8. Kam Po Po - To be confirmed a non-FSF recipient. Came & collected.

🧧 Chinese New Year Blessing Bags

From Yin Hui:

Dear all, thank you for all the hard works of packing and unloading the rice last Friday. 👏🏻Time flies! Tomorrow onwards we wil start distributing our CNY Blessing bags! 🥰

In order to boost up the CNY atmosphere, kindly wear red or any CNY related colors, such as red, yellow, purple, orange etc. Thank you @Paul‘s help to set up the speaker to play CNY songs throughout the distribution.

For those who wil be helping in Hospitality room, few things to take note:

Each recipient to receive:

1. A bag of 5kg rice (with LOW sticker)

2. One blessing bag (to add 2 tangerines and a bag Lap Cheong into each bag)

3. An angpow

4. Children’s angpow (refer to the list, only for those names are highlighted)

➡️ Lap Cheong (Chinese sausage) is only for Chinese recipient, because we have found out that Indian don't really like it.

➡️ Every bag will have 1 angpow. For example if the recipient is entitled to 2 bags will have 2 angpows and it wil pass hand to hand; Children’s angpow are to put into the bag.

Only Tracy, Yue Shan and Yin Hui are authorized to hold the angpow.

Thank you. See you guys tmr! 🤗

From Samuel:

Everyone except the teachers, gather at 9.45am for a short orientation. Meanwhile I understand that these are the things to get ready in the morning:

- Load up the bags to trolley, call list and set up table. Half an hour should be enough.

- Paul is to set up the speaker to play CNY songs (mentioned above). Rebekah will assist Yue Shan.

Chinese New Year Blessing Bags (Initial Plan):

1. Blessing Bags: Oil, tooth brush (1 set with 4 pcs) & tooth paste... and other groceries / supplies.

2. Replace Love on Wheels items - about RM15 with CNY special items.

3. CNY special items: Lap cheong (to get InTouch to sponsor), tangerine, CNY biscuits / cookies, peanuts, lychee can and chrysanthemum drink (1L).

4. Ang pows - To get from sponsors.

5. Distribution, give out as Christmas Blessing Bags.

6. 445 in total + 30 from Chi Service + 25 FSF staff & Soup Kitchen workers.

7. Decorate the place @Hospitality Room.

Samuel's Email to Auntie Clarine:

Dear Auntie Clarine,

Understand from Yin Hui that we need to have a fallback plan for the Chinese New Year Blessing Bags, in case Nobel is not open up.

I am thinking of getting InTouch to pledge for the CNY Blessing Bags as in the past - RM25 per bag, RM100 will be for 4 bags. Our aim is 500 bags. Then, Nobel's monthly contribution for Blessing Bags (RM7,500) we can put it aside as standby.

Meanwhile, every year, Nobel will contribute 5kg rice (1,000 bags) for Love on Wheels (which costs RM10K). Is it ok if we write to Nobel for 500 bags of 5kg rice this year, to be given with the Blessing Bags. And the balance of the money, we pack a RM10 angpow every recipient.

As for the angpows, we can always contact our previous angpow givers to Soup Kitchen and Dialysis Center, instead of just approaching Nobel.

Kindly advice if this is possible.

As for the NewKidz and Squad 7, I am still thinking shall we find a way to give them an angpow, just wanting to get connected with them and deliver happiness to them.

God bless,

Samuel

🎄Christmas Blessing Bags (Refer to "Love on Wheels" also) - Led by Tracy

Addtional Info:

• To setup Christmas tree(s) at the distribution point(s).

• Staff to put on a Christmas hat and wear a Christmas colour (red, green etc).

Distribution Info:

• 14/12 Group 1

• 16/12 Group 2

• 21/12 Group 3

• 23/12 Group 4

*To be distributed at Hospitality Room & Dialysis Center

Recipients:

• Blessing Bags Recipients (following the dates stated above) - Max 2 bags for each family.

• Dialysis Patients (on 14/12)

The Blessing Bags:

• Tie Christmas ribbon (suggested RED) to make the bag (suggested GREEN) special / print a tag to tie to the bag.

• Blessing Bags Recipients: Christmas Blessing Bags* with 2 pieces of chicken

- Dialysis Patients: Christmas Blessing Bags* with a loaf of cake (make sure suitable for dialysis patients)

- To bring a Christmas Carol team along!

*Refer to "Blessing Bags for the items in the Christmas Blessing Bags.

Blessing Bags @Alor Setar

• Yin Hui is to guide Phoebe on the things to do and to take note for this launching of Blessing Bags.

• Show Phoebe the Blessing Bag Catalogues as a reference.

How many?

• Start with 100 bags, to be given out in 4 weeks (25 bags per week).

Family, Single or Children?

• First is to come out with the list of recipients, in order to get the estimated figure for the bags to prepare.

Where do the items come from?

• From RM2.10 ECO Shop.

• Each bag's worth is RM20.

• Claim from Nobel through Yin Hui.

BLESSING BAGS FAQ

1. What do we do with the Blessing Bag sample items that are not being chosen?
   Put into Food Provision Bag / "Giveaway" Shelving Unit.

2. When the Heart-to-Heart Interviews for the Blessing Bags recipients are completed, how do we go about the giving of the bags?
   Find out are the things given useful to them? Let them know the items are specially selected for them, they were in our mind when we get the items.

THE COLORS OF BLESSING BAG

Blue - Families

Green - Singles

Orange - Children

GROUPING (updated on 2/12/2020 by Samuel)

Here are the groups assigned to distribute the Blessings Bags at Hospitality Room:

Group 1: Anusuia, Prema, Poh Ling

Group 2: Tracy, Persis, Zhi Xin, Soon Yuen

Group 3: Yin Hui, Yue Shan, Paul

Group 4: Rebekah, Lam, Priscilla, Lee Na

*There must be one person from each group to be stationed in the Room, especially in the morning when all teachers are not available.

TIMING

The distribution starts from 10am. There will be 4 time slots and the recipients are to be informed to come in stipulated time.

• 10am to 11am

• 11am to 12pm

• 12pm to 1pm

• 3pm to 4pm

*There will be no one coming in at 1-2pm because we only have 1 person taking care of Hospitality Room, couldn't handle too much crowd & 2-3pm is our devotion time.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. The recipients will have been given their Foundation ID Cards.

2. As we will be giving the bags monthly, let them know:

• They must present the card upon every collection.

• Their next collection date & the same timing.

*For the balance of bread / buns, we will bless the Preschool children by Friday.

BLESSING BAGS CATALOGUE

STATISTICS OF BLESSING BAGS

24/10/20

Total of Households and Individuals receiving our Blessing Bags: 201 bags / month

Total of Blessing Bags Given-out: 226 bags / month

BLESSING BAGS EXPENSES

2020

Sept - RM9,520

Oct - RM4,924

Mid Nov - RM4,116