2012/08/25

Giving Bread

I really like bread.  A lot.  And today, I found an international store (whose name, it so happens, is International).  They had organic whole wheat flour...and it's cheaper than at Wal-Mart in the States.  I was  happily shocked, as my mind raced forward to the glorious times of bread-baking that I hope become part of my life in Hong Kong.

Now, I just need an oven.

Earlier this week, I walked by another grocery store, and saw a staff member throwing out expired food...including a grocery bag full of perfectly good bread.  Again, I really like bread.  So much, in fact, that whenever I'm walking home from the metro, I often walk into that particular store, just to look for sales on their bread.  (A bit obsessive, possibly, but hey--they have really good bread!)

That trash bag of bread in the dumpster bothered me.  And I started thinking of the homeless in Hong Kong.  Shouldn't they have--if nothing else--at least this bread?

On Wednesday, a friend told me about Giving Bread.  Giving Bread is an organization that is, currently, giving bread.  I appreciate their work (not to mention their pithily titled mission), and I look forward to volunteering with them.

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