Maggie's Milk Money

Wear white that's all I wanted. Come, lets get together have a glass of bubbles or two (coffee or tea for those who prefer) and maybe shop. If you want you can donate a box of milk. Simple invite yet so effective. Who knew that at a coffee morning held at my house would raise an earth shattering 40,000 baht ($1200 US) and enough boxes of milk to give over 2000 children a cup of milk. WOW!!  

I belong to a Women's Group called RLC (Rayong Ladies Club). Monthly we host a coffee morning (usually more bubbles are drunk then coffee), hosting is on a rotation basis and a local charity is our focus. We invite vendors to come and sell their wares and the ladies who attend chat, shop and maybe drink a few. Who hosts gets to pick the lucky charity. All expat women in our local area are invited and usually between 40 to 60 women attend. Everyone chips in by bringing a dish. Raffle prizes are a huge hit because the vendors donate to the drawings. A significant amount of money is raised each month for worthy charities. 

May is at my house for Maggie's Milk Money - wear white in honor of milk, bring a box of powered milk, drink some bubbles, chat with your friends, eat some lunch, shop and have some fun. Sounds like a good day for most women. For me it was the most amazing day. I'm deeply humbled by the amount of support I have received for something I feel so passionate about. 

Milk. Such a simple idea but one that many like myself take for granted. How many times have I thrown out almost a cup full of milk from my children's cereal bowl or the cup from dinner that they just didn't want to finish because they were FULL. 

Maggie's Milk Money started because of my trip to northern Thailand in Mae Sot. My sister and brother in law helped give me a foundation, now I'm just carrying it through.  I have grown Maggie's Milk Money because of so much support I have received. The CDTC school in Mae Sot will now have milk 3 times a week for a year. Seriously though could I just sit on my extra funds and not do more. Mae Sot is 9 hours away, I felt a strong urge to do something closer to home so I could really get more involved. Picking 2 organizations here in Pattaya I decided to step into uncharted waters and figure out a way to help more. I now support 2 additional places with my milk. 

Sanuk Day Care Center is a day care for non Thai children.  Google Sanuk Day scare Center in Pattaya and you will see an incredibly heartwarming but very sad story about a mom and her daughter filling a need here in Pattaya. These kids have nothing, no education and no possible future. The day care center provides these kids transportation, education, food, and some fun Monday through Friday from 8 to 3pm.  Some 30 - 50 kids call this place their second home. The center is solely dependent on donations. With this coffee morning I am able to donate to them 10000baht ($300 U.S.) and weekly milk for the next 6 months.

Haven Children's Home is my second cause. It is a home for disadvantaged children who need a safe haven. This is an orphanage who tries to find these children's families and bring them back together or find them a suitable family who will adopt them. This home houses between 30 to 40 children at a time. They are solely dependent on donations and I am able to help them the same as Sanuk. 

You can't imagine the feeing I have about the amount of money raised and the powered milk donated. 

What an amazing feeling to be able to provide something so simple as milk. These women who came to my house were extremely generous, forever I will be grateful. 

I'm humbled and thankful for this opportunity to do something worthy. 

A few fun pictures of this superb morning.  The milk mustaches were a huge hit!

A girlfriend made this change bucket for her house that she has been filling for me. Can you guess her nationality?  Lol

My famous group selfie

Maggie's Milk Money

Strong, Smart & Healthy

Milk, it goes a long way!

Cheers from the other side

😘 M

Can not resist

I am soooooo way over due in posting anything and everything. 

Today though I was sent a picture and was immediately reminded that I need to share more often these incredible experiences we have.

Walters job continues to mostly be in India. Okay who am I kidding it is all in India these days. This plant that is being built while mostly a thorn in his side is beginning to smooth out and start to resemble a real Kellogg plant. Today marked an important date because flakes were being produced. It has been a long road but today was a celebration. The Indians called it a Puja Ceremony. Walter was honored in this Puja ceremony. 

Puja is a prayer ritual performed by Hindus to host, honour and worship one or more deities, or to spiritually celebrate an event. It may honour or celebrate the presence of special guest.  The word pūjā comes from Sanskrit, and means reverence, honour, homage, adoration, and worship.

This is to bring him good luck in the future. 

The India Kellogg team

They were surprised Walter could sit like that. 

And this was his extra good luck on the way home. He would not get off the road. 

Cheers from the other side 

😘 M

You think you've seen it all then......

Seriously I have become so immune to living in Thailand that nothing can really shock me anymore and then life throws a curve ball and once again I'm put back in my place to let me know that Nope I really haven't seen it all. 

Today I bought meat from a man wearing only his undies. Yep you read that right. Seriously I have pictures to prove. Got to love an iPhone with no sound so you can snap away without people realizing your taking their picture. Im sure that I was breaking some sort of law somewhere by doing that but I could not pass up the opportunity to share this absolutely hysterical situation. 

I have eaten this mans sausages before. Even typing that doesn't seem right. Let me give you the back ground story. 

My Aussie girlfriend is married to a South African. He loves his Boerewors (sounds better than me calling it sausage when I've bought it from a almost naked man). Boerewors is what South Africans call sausage.  He cooks it on the braai (grill).

You find most good things here through word of mouth and this guy was recommended to her. At her house for a barbecue she served Boerewors and they were delicious. I had asked her when she went again I wanted to go and buy some myself. 

Today she and I were out and she said she had to go visit her sausage man and did I want to go. Always up for an adventure, Of course I wanted to go. Oh was I in for a treat. She warned me a little but when someone tells you he will be in his underware selling us the sausages you don't really think he will be in HIs Boxers with no shirt. Thank goodness they were not tighty whities. 

It took everything in me to not giggle the entire time I was in his shop. Could barely understand the man with his heavy South African accent. 

By the way he was a lovely man who of course after the meat transaction I gave him a big hug and a kiss on his cheek. Gotta a love a man selling meat in his undies. 

Excuse the finger in the pic. I was trying to be discrete. 

He's weighing our purchases 

Very very clean shop

My girlfriend giving him a quick cuddle before we leave. 

The street where he lived. Who would know a very successful meat distributor lived here who supplied Pattaya and Bangkok with South African meat. 

Let me tell you Steff and I had a huge laugh after we left. 

Cheers from the other side

😘 M

Feeling the Love

Overwhelmed by the amount of support I received in December for Maggie's Milk Money. I don't even know where to begin to thank those who "blindly" supported me. I don't have official numbers yet. Accounting needs to be updated but I know that I have surpassed my goal by huge numbers. How lucky for me to have people who trust my experience and are willing to donate their hard earned money for children who tugged at my heart. I will now be able to up my milk donation from 2 days a week to 3 days and for longer than a year. My goal was 90000 baht (baht is Thai dollars) roughly $2750 US dollars. Early indicators have put me at just in December alone roughly around $5000 US dollars / 164500 baht!!!

WOW!  I almost doubled my goal can you now understand my overwhelming gratitude. I wish I could personally thank all that donated. But hopefully people will pass along my blog so everyone can see how incredible you are for supporting me. My appreciation runs over. 

The women of Women With a Mission are dumbfounded. I just told them I had awesome people in my life. How lucky am I. 

Thanks to my parents who supported, donated and encouraged but also asked their friends to donate and thanks to my extended family who also donated. Thanks to All that wrote letters expressing encouragement. Never have I done anything like this before but wow how great it is to be supported and encouraged, the emotion I feel is overwhelming. 

The biggest Thanks goes to my sister Betsy and Matt without them this number would never have been so big. To be honest I have to give them all the credit. The amount of money that was raised really says nothing of me but of them. I feel completely honored that they trust and chose what I felt so passionate about to be the receipient of their fundraiser but it really shows their character and how much their community, neighborhood, friends and family feel about them. They are definitely loved and respected. Matt and Betsy hosted a "Got Milk?" Holiday Party before they came to Thailand. They had over 180 guests come to their home. Betsy and Matt provided appetizers and cocktails then asked their guest to make a donation in my honor. It was a smashing success with over $4000 US dollars raised in their very own home and I think a little fun was had by all. Wow now that is impressive. This was all presented to me at Christmas as a surprise. I was speechless and I do believe some happy tears were shed. I was needless to say a bit overwhelmed. 

As for now I am working on details on how all this money will be properly distributed. I'm closely working with WWM on making sure the funds and milk storage is secure. I will also take a little bit of the money and buy mugs so each child has one and no more drinking out of the silver dog bowls with spoons. I'm trying to find a weekend to go back up there but it's not easy with 3 kids in school plus activities and a husband who travels for work constantly.  Rosy from WWM will be heading up there in February and will give me an update plus take all the milk and cups I have bought here. 

Thanks again to all who supported. None of this could have been possible without your help. Hopefully one day when back in the states I will be able to personally give everyone a great BIG hug but for now remember you have a made this girl smile BIg!  

Maggie's Milk Money has been a SUCCESS!  Thanks for making that happen. 

         GOT MILK?  Yes I DO!

Much love

Cheers from the other side

😘 M

Funny stories

Here are a few funny stories I just have to share that have happened to us in the last week or so. Excuse the profanity but once you read you'll understand. 

Walter is spending most of his time in India these days. He stays at a Marriott and has a 2 hour drive one way to the plant where he is building. Most nights he gets back to the hotel late and either has a dinner to attend to or he eats on his own in the hotel. This particular day he got back early to his hotel because he had a meeting. Having a few hours to himself after the meeting he decides to workout. 

Walking into the workout room the attendant stops him and tells him he can't bring his phone into the gym. After a civil exchange Walter explains that he won't be talking on it that he uses it for music for his head phones and keeping track of his run. No problem the attendant leaves him be. 

While working out a man walks into the room. He is blabbing on the phone rather loudly and also tagging along he has his 2 year old. No one stops him, no one questions him about the young child and there is a large sign on the door that says no children allowed under 15. After 10 minutes of this guy continuing to talk loudly on the phone and the attendant saying nothing Walter decides to say something to the gym attendant. 

The attendant is extremely hesitant to say anything to this guy. Walter is the only foreignor in the gym and this guy is Indian. The class system is highly regarded in this culture. Walter again has a word with the attendant and how rude it is that Walter was questioned about his phone when he wasn't even on it and this guy has continued to talk rather loudly for the last 15 minutes. The attendant succumbs to Walters wishes and approaches the guy extremely hesitantly and quietly speaks to the man. The man gets up and leaves taking his 2 year old with him. Walter feels a bit triumphant and continues his workout. The attendant walks over to Walter and proceeds to explain that the guy was his boss the GM of the Marriott and he just had to tell him to stop talking on his phone and take his kid out of the gym.  Oops! Walter just had the GM of Marriott thrown out of his own hotel gym. 

Needless to say the GM returned about 10 minutes later with no phone or kid and a very sheepish grin on his face.

I feel a tripadivsor.com review coming on.  Lol. 

Walter is on the phone for a work meeting. He is talking to one of the construction managers. Typically I don't listen nor understand his work conversations but this particular end of the conversation caught my attention. Walter says to the other guy "listen when you talk to "d..k sh.t" please tell him to call about the machines being received". Something was said to Walter then Walter responds "no seriously "d..k sh.t" needs to understand that this needs to get done".  Something is said in response and Walter says " okay well tell d..ksh.t I said to do this" 

The conversation ends and Walter gets off the phone and I am dumbfounded and giggling.  Walter is usually extremely professional when on business calls so I have to say something. I am completely curious. 

Umm  - Walter,  you must be really comfortable with this guy you were talking with on the phone to refer to another person using such strong language

He looks at me like I have completely lost it. What are you talking about??

I just have never heard you refer to another person who you work with using profanity. This guy must be a real idiot. What??  He is looking at me like I'm nuts. 

On the phone you called another guy "d..k sh.t". He burst into laughter. No I didn't that is the guy's name, Dikshit. What??  Seriously who would name their kid that. Well it turns out that this guys mother did. He is the owner of one of the construction companies Walter uses in India. He has to be the boss with that kind of name. Who would take him seriously. Walter shows me his profile picture and sure enough his name is Dikshit. Walter then proceeds to tell me that a guy here at the Thailand Big K's plant is named Tongshit. 

I am now realizing that the English profanity language is not taken into account when people from India or Thailand name their kids. 😜.   We both had a good laugh. 

I could write a book titled The Life with a Driver. So many funny stories with KB. 

I get out of the car one afternoon and tell (what I think I said) KB that we will leave in 1 hour / 3:30 for school. Jack has a basketball game. I go inside get some stuff done and walk out the door at 3:30. KB is gone. Hmm that's weird. He usually never leaves when we only have an hour. I wait a few minutes and decide to call hmm. Here is our exchange on the phone. 

Me - KB where are you?  

KB - I at school madam. You said school at 3:30. I here madam. 

Me - no KB I said we will leave the house at 3:30 for school with me in the car.  

KB - oh madam want to go with me.  I left madam?   Tsk tsking to himself in Thai

Me - yes KB (sounding a bit irritated). 

KB - madam I come get you?  

Me - (more irritated in my head but keeping calm) yes KB Jack has a basketball game and I want to watch

KB - now?  I come get you now?  

Me - yes now ( sarcastic voice is being suppressed)

KB - oh madam want to watch Jack. Jack be upset with momma if you not here. 

Me - (seriously I want to scream- but don't). yes I want to watch Jacks game. Can you please drive home and get me 

KB - oh ok I drive home get you and we go back to school

(Now I can't decide whether to laugh or reach through the phone, grab him and shake him saying just get the hell home.)

Me - yes please come home and get me. Leo Leo (that's very fast in Thai).

KB - oh Leo Leo ok madam   

Me - goodbye KB (get off the phone and drive I want to scream). 

KB - you want me to drive home Now?  

Me - (that crazy manic laugh is stirring inside me) yes NOW

KB - oh ok I come now (then he proceeds to go through his 10 words of Thai goodbye before he hangs up) 

Really?  There are some days I wonder why I have a driver.  

KB shows up - oh I so sorry madam. Shaking his head as he waddles around the car tsk tsking himself in Thai.  

Mai pen rai KB I say. ( no worries). 

Needless to say I made it to Jacks game right before halftime. It was a great game. Jacks team won and it was their first win of the season. 

Needless to say now KB and I have a running joke. With madam or not with madam he asks me

Jacks basketball team after their first win. Jack is the one with the Beiber hair to the right of the guy holding the ball. (Needless to say he does not like that nickname). 

Cheers from the other side

😘 M

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has to be my absolute favorite holiday.  So much to be thankful for. Sometimes I get caught up in the negative side of life and Thanksgiving always brings things back to perspective and what's really important in life. 

Living in Thailand Thanksgiving has no meaning so as a family we have to come together and bring what we think Thanksgiving is all about. No extended family around we decided to invite friends, 22 people in all and only 6 being Americans (the 5 of us and  Erin's girlfriend came, she's from Idaho). 4 Aussie families and none of them had ever been part of a Thanksgiving so all were excited. 

With work and school I was left to cook on my own, thankful my girlfriends were very willing to be part of the cooking process and joined me for some morning bubbles then down to some serious cooking. With a very tiny oven I had to be quite creative with how and where I was going to cook everything. 

Turkey cooked on the grill ( I would highly recommend this. Wow!! Got many compliments) 2 turkey breasts cooked in the slow cooker (no room for 2 turkeys so had to compromise with the breast because we needed more meat) but found that Aussies like their dark meat. Next year will have to make 2 turkeys. Walter rigged the oven so I had 2 racks so was able to cook 2 pies at a time and all the stuffing. Everything else was cooked normal. 

1 turkey, 2 turkey breasts, heaps of mashed potatoes, stuffing, roasted green beans, cranberries, and popovers (they tasted good but failed in the popping part purely because I only had one popover pan and they need to be served right away. Next year no popovers for 22 people. No one noticed because they didn't know what a popover was and like I said they tasted good) and 4 pies with whip cream and ice cream. 

The pies were an interesting thing. Aussies don't eat pumpkin pie. Pumpkins are not used as a sweet only a vegetable. They don't know what pumpkin in a can looks like. Pumpkins in Thailand are used as a vegetable to and they look very different than US pumpkins.

Luckily with Walter being in the US in October he brought me back cranberries and canned pumpkin. Both run between $7 and $8 US dollars here. Ouch!  He also brought back little pumpkins, gourds, and pine cones. My mother in law also helped out with some really cool lights and silk leaves. All put together and my tables looked great. 

2 extra things I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving

#1 The Amari - extra beneficial being friends with the GM who very graciously lent us 2 tables plus chairs for 22 and the linens for the chairs and tables. Delivery, set up and take away is all part of the process. Love my Amari perks. Who knew that staying with them when we moved here would lead to this. Our Amari friends couldn't be any kinder or generous, guess it also helps when they are on the guest list. 

#2. Khun Biayoon and his wife Khun Bic - sometimes living in another country sucks but sometimes it has its major bonuses. Those 2 are one of the major bonuses. Kitchen cleaned up and everything put away. I wish I could have that for every Thanksgiving. 

Yep everyone had to write down what they were Thankful for then stand up and share.  We also had Thanksgiving trivia. Had to teach those Aussies a little American history. 

Before the grill

Pumpkin pies

Of course had an old Cowboys game playing in the background. We chose a game where they actually won. Lol

Also Charlie Browns thanksgiving was also played earlier for the little ones. 

Table topics after dinner most kids had cleared out so it became a mostly adult table. 

This Thanksgiving was a memorable one.

Grateful to have made some wonderful friends who appreciate our differences and can celebrate them.

Grateful that my sister, Katy, took Ryan in and entertained him all weekend.   Always missing him but nice to know we have family who will take care of him. 

Grateful for my awesome hubby and fab kids. 

Missing all of our family and friends and hope very soon to spend a holiday with you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers from the other side 

😘 M

Maggie's Milk Money

I am way behind in posting this blog as I am gently reminded often but here is something I wanted to share that is near and dear to my heart. 

Back in the beginning of October I was offered a chance to travel with some of my favorite women who run a charity in northeastern Thailand. In my typical fashion I never really gave the trip much thought knowing that I just really wanted to go. I just knew I wanted to go and see what Women With a Mission and their boarding and school house was all about.  The night before departure Jack asked me where I was going for the weekend my answer was Mae Sot. He asks Why?  Hmmm I wasn't sure how to answer. 

The trip is called an Exposure trip - what does that mean?  What will I see? Where are we going? What am I being exposed to? 

Women With a Mission was started by three courageous, strong, vivacious, incredibly determined and a little bit crazy women, Bronwyn, Rosy and Kylie.  These women are trying to make a difference in the lives of children. It started 10 years ago with the strong desire to help when the tsunami hit southern Thailand in 2004. These women were expats living in Thailand needing something to do with their time while their husbands worked. When the tsunami hit they knew what was needed. Over the course of 10 years the need has changed into now helping the refuge children living on the Thailand/Myanmar border.  They support a boarding house with over 200 children, the school attached, various older children with scholarships to tech schools to learn a trade or particular skill or to continue their higher education so they have a future, and Heavenly Home which is an orphanage for smaller children/babies some as young as a day or 2 old

We left on Thursday morning. Putting my stuff into the car Walter asks how long is the trip, Bron replies 8 hours. Hmm maybe that is something I should of asked first before agreeing. Lol. The drive is beautiful. Three of us in the car. Turns out I'm the only "guest". With a car full of hygiene supplies Bron, Rosy and I set off on our journey. 

Driving in the car really gives you first hand exposure on how beautiful Thailand is. The vast rice fields, the random temples and the side road markets selling their wares from the villages that are tucked inside the land.  

After several hours of driving we stop for fuel, lunch and a bathroom break. Oh look some shops with one named Exports. Bron wants to go in so of course we do. Old Navy, H&M, Kohls, JCPennys, North Face just to name a few brands are all represented in this store. So strange I'm sure it's either second hand brands coming out of Cambodia or Vietnam or stolen merchandise but it looked legit. We shop and purchase. How can you pass up an Old Navy t-shirt for 150 baht ($5)?

After about 8.5 hours we arrive in Mae Sot. Mae Sot is a busy little quaint town on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, a very remote part. It is a very active town with restaurants, coffee shops, gift shops, gem shops, hardware shops and really anything you could want. Little stands line the road side with fresh fruit, vegetables, and food trucks. We find our guest house check in and drop our stuff. Bron and Rosy come to Mae Sot almost every other month. It is to late to go to the boarding house and school so we make way on foot to find food. They want to take me to a particular Burmese gift shop. We walk around and go to Borderline Cafe Shop and Gallery. Lovely place selling traditional items sewn and created by Burmese women. 80% of the proceeds goes directly to supporting the women's group. We shop and have the most delicious lime and basil drink, wish I had 2. We are fortunate that it is also a special art exhibit display from a local artist so we check that out too. A sampling of their food is presented to us and we cannot pass it up and decide to have dinner here as well. Traditional Burmese food all vegetarian. Wow!

Heading home a man and his cart catches my attention. His cart is all lit up, he is selling wine probably the yuckiest grape juice I've ever tasted but so much fun buying from him and trying it. 

Getting up early for our first day visiting the boarding house and school little did I know that I was going to be exposed to love, caring, dedication, determination and a lot of hard work by 3 women who tirelessly keep fighting and raising money for some forgotten kids. With me being a special guest that night the kids are treated to a special dinner, they slaughter one of the pigs. Lucky for me my love of pork -NOT- I was not expected to eat. These kids ate with gusto not a drop was left. All the dogs, cats, and chickens waiting around trying to get just one scrap, nothing.  Earlier in the day there was a discussion of ice cream I just casually asked how often the kids got it. Boy did I have a lot to learn. Ice cream was a delicacy and all I could do was picture Jack eating ice cream almost every night. Do they get it - rarely unless some generous visitor buys it which is like once a year. Guess what they got that night - Ice cream!   I couldn't wait to see their faces. Probably one of the best gifts I could buy 200 kids. Their faces priceless. I have never experienced this kind of giving before and actually see the rewards. 

All waiting in line so patiently for ice cream

Over the next few days I was in awe of these amazing women. I had no idea the impact they have on these kids. We were cooked for twice by two families who help run the schools. I was invited into people's homes who have absolutely nothing not even a working fridge (they used a broken one for storage) and given a traditional meal. We ate dinner while sitting on the floor of the head masters house passing around beer and eating incredible food. We drove an hour and a half away to check on one of the students who lives in a Karen Village on the border. We were invited into the headmasters home to talk about Mo Di Shi, the student, while he chewed on a beetle nut (I found this fascinating, this is very common among the people of Karen tribes, most of their teeth are red and worn down and it is known to suppress hunger which is helpful when food is scarce). We went into a Karen tribe to see where Mo Di Shi lives and teach her how to make food. She is 17, lives by herself and has not seen her parents in over 5 years. Wow!  No water, no fridge, no stove, no bed, 1 chair, 1 bulb for light and no bathroom in her house. She squats in a house not owned by her and has no idea who owns it. How lucky and fortunate my kids are. The entrance into the tribe is guarded by Thai military. No one is allowed to enter unless accompanied by a villager and the village people may not leave unless they have special papers. The tribal people live there on borrowed property from Thailand.  Interesting and amazing to say the least. 

This is in Mo Di Shi's house after we went and bought her food, water, charcoal and just neccessary supplies and taught her how to cook soup. 

The entrance into the tribal village. Very nice officers. 

The boarding house at Mo Di Shi's school. Way better accommodations then at the house WWM support. This school has way more funding. 

At Heavenly Home with all the little ones. They couldn't get enough of me and I the same. They climbed all over me. It was so much fun. 

All of us having dinner. 4 languages were spoken that night. We all communicated but didn't all speak the same language. 

Where the boarding house cooks food. 

Girls boarding house and where they sleep. No beds just flat mats that are rolled up and stored on shelves. 

The pig that was cooked in my honor. 

As you can see this trip had quite an affect on me. I took so many pictures and only have shared a handful but there was one experience that really got me. Back in the summer when my sister Betsy visited she met Bronwyn who is one of the Women With a Mission. They chatted about what Bronwyn does and Betsy was impressed. When leaving the US Betsy gave me a check to give to Bronwyn for WWM. I matched Betsys donation and gave to Bron. Bron said that the little ones at the boarding house were getting sick and really needed to add milk to their diet so the money I gave her would go to buying them milk. The money we gave provided them with milk for the children 10 years and younger twice a week for 2 months. Not everyday - I was dumb founded. While there I was fortunate to experience a milk day. All the little kids about 100 of them sit at the tables and wait until each and everyone is served. They stand say prayer then drink, slurp, suck down their milk as fast as one can drink hot milk. (Why hot they have to boil the water before mixing in the milk powder)  I have never seen kids so happy about milk. As soon as their finished they may have a second helping until all the milk is done. Chaos ensues and they scramble to get their share. 

Waiting patiently to drink their milk. 

Completely dumbfounded by the reaction of these kids to the milk an idea came to mind to expand on the milk need. How could I help? What kind of difference could I make?

 Maggie's Milk Money was created that day. My goal is to raise enough money to supply milk twice a week for the year, basically 208 boxes of milk or roughly 90000baht ($2700). Two boxes feed 100+ children for one day. So far after only starting since October I have raised 20000baht ($609)

Maybe your someone who has everything or maybe your looking for a worthy charity without worrying about the tax exemption but if you would like to make a donation I will take anything or everything. 

1 box is 428baht or $15. Christmas is around the corner, sometimes the best gifts aren't wrapped!  

Interested??  send me an email meee1984@aol.com and I'll tell you how you can send me a check. 

Thanks

Cheers from the other side

😘. M