Recently, Comrade Lin Yuhong was awarded the honorary title of "National Lei Feng Advanced Individual and Youth Glory Medal" by the China Lei Feng Engineering Committee, China Lei Feng Newspaper, the National Lei Feng Office, the China Lei Feng Newspaper Aesthetic Education Research Center, and the China Lei Feng China Collective Lei Feng Review Committee, which is an affirmation and recognition of Comrade Lin Yuhong's dedication and selfless dedication to the cause of enthusiastic public welfare and active participation in social volunteer service.
Comrade Lin Yuhong said that Lei Feng is a model of wholeheartedly serving the people, a firm believer in communist ideals, and a great communist fighter, who is hailed as a monument to morality because of his noble character, lofty thoughts, and great spirit. Today, the glorious name of Lei Feng, like a bright star, hangs high above the canopy of the modern history of the Chinese nation and is admired by hundreds of millions of people, and the spirit of Lei Feng is an ordinary and great communist spirit, the essence of which is to serve the people.
A thousand miles of lions begin with acts of kindness
This lion brother is not his brother. Lion Brother is the unified name of all male members of the Lions club team, and female members are collectively called Lion Sister. It has nothing to do with age, no matter how high or low the position is, and it has nothing to do with the morning or evening of joining. However, this "lion brother" is Lin Yuhong's favorite to hear. That means he's still contributing his part to the good.
Lion Road Journey: Out of heart
Before joining lions, Lin Yuhong was already a senior figure in Zhuhai's public welfare circle. He has been doing public welfare for more than 20 years. Lin Yuhong has personally visited the earthquake-stricken areas many times to help the victims and donated money and materials, such as Wenchuan, Gansu mudslides, Yushu and Ya'an earthquake-stricken areas, and has also personally visited vulnerable groups. Lin Yuhong is always busy in public welfare undertakings. People seem to have gradually forgotten his identity as an entrepreneur. It should be known that he himself is not only the chairman of several companies, but also serves as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the vice chairman of the Zhuhai Youth Federation, and the vice president of the Zhuhai Volunteer Union.
Friends are very confused, as an entrepreneur, where does he have so much time and energy to engage in public welfare? Lin Yuhong only replied lightly, time can always be squeezed out. Yes, Lin Yuhong always uses time and energy outside of work to do public welfare. Friends admired his long-term dedication and persistence in charity and public welfare. But he did not know that the source of all this power came from his fiery red love.
"Old Lin is here again" This is the first sentence of a 91-year-old widow Huang Yuhong every time he sees Lin Yuhong, seven or eight years as a day, to help Uncle Huang build toilets and kitchens, provide various materials and help, Lin Yuhong every three to five to visit Uncle Huang who lives an hour away from the city. Uncle is a lonely old man living alone, because Uncle is old, every time he goes to see Uncle Huang, he is very nervous, afraid of not seeing him, fortunately, he can see the healthy and happy Uncle Huang every time. Lin Yuhong, who is "old and old", takes this as the principle of human behavior, and he feels that we must not only remember these traditional virtues, but also put them into action and carry them forward.
As early as When Lin Yuhong was in his 20s, as long as there was a friend around him who needed help, he had to save money and use it to help, and sometimes his personal ability was limited, so he first borrowed money from his family, and then repaid it in full after he earned money. Fortunately, his fathers and grandfathers were all great benevolent people in the village, and they all strongly supported Lin Yuhong's behavior. They also often go to help poor neighbors.
In 2006, Lin Yuhong initiated the establishment and served as the head of the first largest non-governmental public welfare social organization in Zhuhai. The lions' name has long been famous for him. He travels to and from Hong Kong and Macau in business, only to know that Lions is an international charity organization, and it takes a high threshold to join — at least the recommendation of a Justice of the Peace. However, when he learned more about Lions, he jumped from his former charitable organization to Lions. Where the lion is sacred, it has attracted the heroes of the four sides to be impressed!
The English name for Lions is "LIONS", where "L" stands for Liberty (freedom), "I" stands for Intelligence (wisdom), "O" stands for Our (us), "N" stands for Nation's (national), and "S" stands for Safey (security). These letters are joined together to become "LIONS", which means exactly "lion" in English, so everyone calls the organization "Lions Club". Founded in 1917 by Melvin Jones, it is the world's largest nonprofit service organization. It has 46,000 clubs and 1.4 million members. Members are distributed in 211 regions and countries of the world.
Becoming a member of the Lions Club was not as easy as Lin Yuhong imagined. Unlike ordinary charitable organizations that give money to join, it requires a member's referral and participation in several charity events before they can apply to join. That's not all, and then you have to get the approval of the Lions members before you actually join. All of this tests whether you are really doing public welfare charity! Lin Yuhong will join the Lions Club after passing three levels and slashing six, and finally won the title of Lin Lion Brother.
Lion Fighting Rabbit: Contribute
Lion brother Lin Yuhong began his own lion road journey. On August 24, 2012, Lin Yuhong began to prepare for the construction of the Guangdong Lions Club Jiuzhou Service Team. On November 17 of the same year, the Jiuzhou Service Team of guangdong Lions Club was officially registered as a service team in the China Lions Club and Guangdong Lions Club, and raised more than 1 million yuan at the charity evening. The service team was also the lions' first in Zhuhai. On February 23, 2014, with the efforts of Lion Brother Lin Yuhong, the Jiuzhou Service Team successfully formed an alliance with the Indonesian D307-A02 Medan Sky Lions Club, strengthening the public welfare cultural exchange between the two countries, and this alliance is also the first service team of the China Lions Association to form an alliance with the Indonesian Lions Club.
Lin Yuhong's efforts for the Lions service team can be described as exhausting. No secretariat and no meeting rooms for meetings! Line, open up a room for your own company as a service team secretariat and conference room. As a new force in the field of public welfare in Zhuhai, the Lions Club Jiuzhou Service Team has gone from serving the vast number of vulnerable groups in Zhuhai to the needy groups in the surrounding areas step by step. Whether they are helping the disabled, helping the poor, or helping students, they do not stick to the rules, and after getting the list provided by the government or the street office, they will visit the site one by one. After verifying the situation, daily necessities and school supplies are distributed according to the needs of the students. Every once in a while, the team members are arranged to conduct return visits. Good beginnings and good ends are their slogans, and they respect the wishes of their students to help. He believed that dignity was priceless and that no amount of material help could make up for it if the dignity of the recipient was harmed. True charity is to give the poor and weak more self-confidence and respect at the same time as material help.
In the nearly ten years of lions clubs, Lin Yuhong can't remember how much work he did with the service team Lions to help students, help the disabled, help the poor, and provide disaster relief. He only remembers the sleepless nights when Lions would turn into "nightclubs" (meeting at night) to discuss charity projects. People who don't understand Lions just think it's a bunch of idiots. In the eyes of some people, is this necessary? After work, there is no rest at night, but also for a public welfare activity project discussion, let the president and captain decide not to do it?
Lion brother Lin Yuhong and his Lions team don't see it that way. Lions are serious about doing good. In Lions, anyone can make a proposal, and anyone can make their own opinion on the proposal, or even reject it. Everyone sits together, starting with the person who made the proposal, and everyone in the meeting has to talk about their opinions, then raise their hands and vote, and finally decide whether to do it or not, and how to do it? From finding demand, to screening decisions, to raising money, to organizing implementation, to acceptance visits, Lions adhere to the principles of openness, fairness, and democracy. Because of this, Lions clubs have become a century-old charitable organization, and the management system determines fairness and efficiency.
Speaking of this, Lin Yuhong felt a lot of emotions. Lions changed his understanding of traditional philanthropy. He said Lions are advocating for more people to participate in charity, not just with money, but more importantly, with service actions. Therefore, Lions have four requirements for members: to contribute, to contribute, to contribute, and to attend. Just donating more money can become president, which doesn't work at Lions clubs. Lions value contributions and attendance more than money.
On August 23, 2017, the once-in-a-century typhoon "Tiange" landed in Zhuhai, causing serious damage to Zhuhai, and Brother Lin Yuhong led more than 1,000 Lions to fight in the streets and alleys of Zhuhai for a week that evening, cleaning up roadblocks such as hospitals, schools, and communities, providing more convenience for the masses to solve their worries and difficulties.
Lions members have to be assessed every year, and lions will not accept lions who only pay the membership fee and do not participate in the meeting and lion services, and if the board members do not attend the organizational meeting or public welfare activities more than three times, they will be kicked out. They believe that attendance represents the basic attitude of membership obligations, and it is more important to do public welfare and do it yourself than anything else. The evaluation of excellent members is not only based on who donates more money, but also has time to serve and who pays more.
Strict rules and regulations did not stop people who really do public welfare, but relied on such service-oriented charity activities, zhuhai lions under the leadership of Lin Yuhong, from more than 20 people at the beginning of Jiuzhou service team, to Zhuhai has more than 200 people in Jiuzhou, Pearl, Ronghong, Rongda and Flying Five Service Teams.
Lion King Ambition: Paying for it
Some people will certainly say that the charity team of just over two hundred people has nothing to be proud of. Relative to the number of Lions, the following numbers can be a startling. Led by Lion Brother Lin Yuhong, lions from 2012 to the present, lions have invested more than 5 million yuan in service funds for Zhuhai and other regions in the spirit of Lions' "we serve". There is also a frequency, nearly 10,000 hours of service, almost an average of one public welfare activity every week.
Lin Yuhong said that the amount of 5 million is not huge, not as big as some rich people once donated, but every penny here is really used on the blade of public welfare. Unlike other charitable organizations, Lions' dues are paid uniformly, all over the world. Lions manage service expenses separately from administrative expenses, with all donations used for charitable purposes, while administrative expenses are all settled by members on a AA basis for membership fees and participants, and are never accrued from donations. Lions club membership fees also have to pay their own wallets.
Regardless of the membership fee, all the money for donations and donations is not hung under the accounts of the Lions Club Jiuzhou Team, and all the funds are managed by the Guangdong Lions Club account. In order to better manage every penny, Guangdong Lions completed the financial audit through a third party and put all the accounts on the official website for everyone to inquire.
Lin Yuhong is very much in favor of this approach. He believes that this is the real public good. At present, some charitable public welfare organizations and activities have become a cornucopia in the eyes of some people, using the name of charity to make sheep's heads and actually eating profitable dog meat: intercepting the management costs of charitable funds, earning advertising fees for charitable activities, paying huge membership fees to obtain the honorary of the president... In response to these chaos, the state and the government have issued a charity law to supervise with laws!
Many people think that public welfare is money, and rich people do public welfare, but no one at Lions clubs thinks so. Even if you donate more money and don't do it yourself, you will never feel happy. Psychologists have found that the reason "helpers are happy" is that the brain secretes endormorphine at work, a chemical that makes people excited, feel happy, calm, and satisfied. Regardless of the scientific conclusions, the truth is that more and more people are finding the drive for joy and long-term happiness and the ultimate meaning of life in volunteer charitable activities.
Lin Yuhong talked about this, he did not think that he was helping others, but others gave him this opportunity to serve others, serve the society, harvest touch and growth, and make his life happier and more exciting. Public welfare undertakings are a happy undertaking to alleviate poverty and please the soul, and public welfare activities can increase happiness for both benefits and beneficiaries. It is this sense of happiness that makes Lin Yuhong and the Lions Club's public welfare road go farther and farther, longer and longer.
Lion Brother Legend: Attend
There are as many ways of love as there are ways of public welfare. As many ways as there are public welfare methods, there are as many Lions members who are working on it. As the world's largest, oldest and most widely served NGO organization, participation and dissemination are the basic characteristics of this organization, participation in charity, and love. It is a charity that everyone can participate in. Lin Yuhong's acts of kindness touched his relatives and friends around him. At first, his family did not understand him so enthusiastically for public welfare. Therefore, he took his family to participate in the various activities of the Lions Club, and slowly his family understood him and became his most solid backing.
The WeChat circle of friends has become a weapon for him to promote Lions club activities. He often advised some friends to give money from a drink to charity. Friends can't help but sigh that Lin Yuhong is inseparable from the Lions. Someone once asked Lin Yuhong: You have given time, energy, and money to the Lions Club, so what have you gained? He said: I have gained growth and emotion that money cannot replace!
When asked by the reporter why, he replied that after every public welfare activity, he was very happy. Because after each charity service event, lions do not immediately disband, but all the participants sit together to share their feelings and learn lessons. Through the relay of love and public welfare publicity again and again, Lin Yuhong shared more and more touching, and his heart to do public welfare became more and more firm.
Some people have said that the credibility of an NGO is nothing more than whether the donor will donate the donation to the organization with confidence, whether the recipient can accept help with peace of mind, whether the people trust the impact of the organization on social development, whether the volunteers are willing to join the organization, and so on.
He said that the "participatory charity" practiced by Lions clubs can improve the credibility of the organization itself: the needs are discovered by the members and met by the members, which is the guarantee of the efficient operation of the project; the donations are donated or raised by the members, and the members are also invested in the project, which is a guarantee of high financial transparency; the service activities are planned by the members and participated by the members, which is the guarantee of high participation of the members.
To receive is a satisfaction, to give is to be happy. Public welfare is not big or small, but it depends on how much love you have awakened and how many people have been awakened to participate in social welfare. Lin Yuhong has the most simple idea: "As a member of society, we must have a sense of social responsibility", for more than 20 years, whether it is an enterprise or Lin Yuhong himself, he has never stopped donating and supporting social welfare undertakings, public welfare undertakings and individuals. In addition to being based in Zhuhai and the Pearl River Delta, Lin Yuhong's philanthropic journey includes eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong, northern Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Southeast Asia Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, etc. Over the years, he has also participated in public welfare activities such as UNICEF, Guangdong Youth Foundation, Tencent Charity, etc., and has won the honors of Outstanding Member of Lions Clubs International, Outstanding Member of Lions Federation of China, Contribution Award of CppcC Precision Poverty Alleviation, Outstanding Contribution Award of Youth Cause of Youth Of Youth Federation of the Communist Youth League, Advanced Enterprise of Social Service of Civil Construction, Advanced Individual for Helping the Disabled and Disabled, outstanding member of all-China Youth Federation - Public Welfare Star and other honors.
"You can only go further if you start doing something for those in need in the world". For the original intention, do good deeds, public welfare on the road, always have you. We believe that the legend of Lion Brother Lin Yuhong will continue, and he will never be absent on the road of public welfare in the future!