More Than Money
It’s easy enough to write a check, but you can also make a big difference by donating your time, talents and, er… body parts. Start the new year on the right foot with a few karma-enhancing ideas from Kate Springer and Andrea Lo.
Volunteer Your Food
A stalwart food bank and relief center for the homeless, the People’s Food Bank has been in operation since 1997. Since then, it has branched out into obtaining leftovers from hotels with the help of Food Link, delivering hot meals to the elderly, and creating a milk-powder sponsorship scheme for young children. You can help by volunteering your time—there is a need for everything from logistics to research to translation—or simply by dropping off a food donation, such as canned soups, biscuits, meats, oats, milk powder or beans.
Shop 1-3, G/F, Fortune Court, 10 Sai On Lane, Sai Ying Pun, 2975-8777, foodbank.sjs.org.hk.
Cook for a Cause
Whether you’re an all-star athlete or simply know your way around Hong Kong, you can help out the city’s impoverished by volunteering as a “Bread Angel” for Food Angel. A food rescue and waste reduction nonprofit that started in 2011, Food Angel distributes 2,000 warm meals a day and also works with local bakeries, such as Maxim’s, to collect any unsold products at closing time. That’s where you come in—you can help by picking up the goods or you can volunteer in the kitchen to prepare food and pack warm meals, which are then distributed around the city. The organization is also looking for food donations, such as rice, nonperishables, cooked foods, oils, seasonings and frozen foods.
Room 509, Honour Industrial Centre, 6 Sun Yip St., Chai Wan, 2898-2931, www.foodangel.org.hk.
The Lunchbox has Landed
