Tzu Chi volunteers with one of the recipients.
A scene during the donation.
BELVEDERE–The St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation helped to make the just-ended holidays happier for a number of seniors and residents in Belvedere in December, when it delivered 24 packages to the Red Cross Senior Citizens Home in Belvedere on December 23.
Each resident received a 10-kilogram (22-pound) bag of Love Rice donated by Tzu Chi’s head office in Taiwan as well as packages containing a pair of sandals, colouring book, crayons, juice, cookies, sweets, toothbrush and playing cards, amongst other items.
The senior citizens were very happy to receive the packages and indicated that they oftentimes feel left out, as no one goes to visit them. They were happy that the St. Maarten Tzu Chi Foundation remembered them.
One senior in particular recalled Tzu Chi taking bread for them after Hurricanes Irma and Maria said he appreciated that the foundation continues to focus on helping them, this time making their holidays a bit brighter.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/84302-tzu-chi-donates-24-packages-to-seniors-in-red-cross-home
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