SUCCESSFUL SOS RICE
This project has been going on ever since a small group of foreigners for more than 20 years ago met with the legendary Father Raymond Brennan, a Catholic priest who started the Pattaya Orphanage and many other institutions for under privileged people. The foreigners wanted to help the priest and asked him what he needed the most. Father Ray answered “My children need rice”. Later the Thai community got involved in the project and it mushroomed into what it is today. During the month of December every year collection points are set up around Pattaya at many retail store like 7-11, Tops Marked, Big C, Big C Extra, Foodland, Friendship Supermarked, Villa Marked, Central Festival Shopping Mall, Makro, Tesco Lotus, Central Marina and other places. People can buy rice and present it to the collection points. The Father Ray Foundation is taking care of 850 orphans and people with disabilities. In one year the foundation cooks 75 tons of rice. On Tuesday 27. November a press conference took place at the foundation with VIP guests attending nd each explaining the significance of this worthwhile project that this year yielded more than3 tons of rice and one million baht in cash as well as a lot of other food products.