Wednesday lunch days at Fengshou community provide mutual help and protection

Located in Chiayi’s Minxiong Township, the community center of Fengshou provides free lunches to local residents each Wednesday afternoon. But with more than 100 meals to provide at each serving, the long-term outlay for ingredients is quite considerable. Currently, funds are dependent on private donations, but the community is looking for other channels to stabilize a source of funding into the future. Caring for local elderly residents through the provision of lunches not only builds community cohesion but also creates space and time for mutual interaction, which may be why Wednesday meal times have become an indispensable part of life for the residents.

Wednesday lunch days at Fengshou community provide mutual help and protection 

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(以下是中文對照)

豐收社區守望相助 週三便當日

位於嘉義縣民雄鄉的豐收社區，每周三都有社區志工準備愛心午餐，為行動不便的長者送便當，在活動中心也有上百人份的餐點供居民自行使用。一百多人份的食材花費長期下來相當可觀，目前經費均仰賴各方捐款，但期望未來能透過其他管道穩定經費來源。這樣的送餐活動除了關懷老人，更凝聚了社區居民，讓大家有交流互動的空間和時間，每週三的用餐時間成了居民們不可或缺的日常。