6 Places to Donate Your Extra CNY Cookies That You Can’t Finish

2022-02-09 , 10:54 am

Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment:

Most of the time, we buy way too much Chinese New Year goodies, with the expectation that we will have enough guests over to finish it (even though most of us are too shy to do so), or we think we can finish it by ourselves in one week before the expiry date—

Actually, don’t do that, we don’t need a trip to the A&E, with the nurses speaking to each other in hushed whispers as they push a heaving and blue-faced patient down the aisle: “The patient tried to swallow too many pineapple tarts in one-go, and is facing indigestion from too many heart letters!”

Yeah, let’s agree that being blue or red-faced is not a good look on anyone.

Therefore, if you have any unopened and unexpired Chinese New Year goodies, here are a few places you can donate them to, and perhaps make someone’s day by sharing the festive cheer.

The Food Bank Singapore

Food Bank Singapore was established by a pair of siblings who were appalled by the food wastage produced by the food industry; hence, they created this organisation with the intention to lessen food waste and end food insecurity in Singapore.

Presently, they have more than 80 donation boxes scattered on the island-state, which makes it convenient for the public to drop off their excess food.

You can locate the nearest donation box to you here, or drop off the excess goodies at selected Shell Petrol station.

A word of reminder: For the purposes of food hygiene and safety, half-eaten or expired snacks will not be accepted, and that includes already opened boxes.

ItsRainingRaincoats

Compared to the Food Bank Singapore, ItsRainingRaincoats has a more specific demographic that they desire to help: the migrant workers of Singapore, who toil tirelessly in the infrastructure and building industry.

This non-profit organisation touts a figure dressed in a helmet and raincoat as their logo; a symbol for fending the migrant workers from coming storms, even if it’s just from simple small gestures.

If you wish to give the snacks to this organisation, you can leave them at the drop-off points listed here.

Majulah Belanja

The project Majulah Belanja translates to “Onwards, to treat”, and it similarly targets the migrant workers of Singapore.

The initiative is a collaboration between multiple Non-Profit Organisations (NG0) like Citizen Adventures, ItsRainingRaincoats, Migrant x Me, and Singapore Migrant Friends.

It was created during the Circuit Break two years ago, with the generous aim of helping migrant workers that were being badly affected by the COVID-19 Restrictions.

While the donation process for this initiative is a little more formal, it’s nothing complex:

The Google Form requires you to state roughly how many people you intend to help (anywhere from 20 to 200), how much you are donating, and how the delivery will be conducted.

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Food Rescue Singapore

Similar to The Food Bank Singapore, Food Rescue Singapore’s motto is to create awareness of food wastage through education and outreach.

It was founded in 2017, and they offer additional services like redistributing food to the needy.

If you would like to donate to them, you can contact them via Facebook.

Unmanned Free Food Pantry

Unmanned Free Food Pantry is a little more eccentric—in a good way—since it functions like a pop-up stall which intends to help the low-income neighbourhood.

The founders of the Unmanned Free Food Pantry, the Yeo Family, had been inspired by the free food pantries overseas and thought they could carry out the charitable initiative on their own too.

While it’s smaller scale, their cause is undoubtedly as meaningful as the rest.

To donate to their cause, you can leave them a message on Facebook to arrange a delivery time and date.

Olio

Last but not the least, Olio is a phone application created for food sharing, where people can donate or receive food or functional, second-hand goods for free.

Very much like Carousell or E-Bay, all you need to do is snap a photo of the goodies you wish to donate and key in your preferred pick-up location.

If someone is interested in your product, you’ll receive a message notification from them.

It’s just that easy.

And just like most person-to-person transactional applications, Oglio has a star rating system which you can check to guarantee that the individual that you’re meeting with is legitimate.

You can download the app on Google Play or the App Store.

If you’re really sitting on a pile of snacks, do consider donating some and sharing the joy!

Small gestures and sweet treats go a long way to make someone’s day~