Bag Packing

We were promoting Destiny Angels, a helpline support community service organised by the church. Its purpose is to help people in crisis with 'no strings attached' whatsoever. The target are more people in isolation with no other source of help.

When my coordinator told me that we are going bag packing, I heard it as backpacking and thus was surprised initially. It's actually one of the ways for fund raising here, something to do with supermarket checkout counter, where you help pack people's grocery shopping. The purpose is to give out a leaflet for every bag that we pack so that to create people's awareness of the helpline. Also there's donation bucket if people want to donate for the cause.

The response was pretty good actually. People are more willing to take the flyers compared to if they were distributed in the streets. Also it strikes me as people are really open to give for charity here. Well, at least most of them do, with some even saying sorry when they don't have small change.