People's Daily looks at Jilin: Volunteer service team care sent home

Jilin Changchun Xiemin Second Community——

Volunteer Service Team Care delivered to home (Spring Festival grassroots)

Reporter Liu Yiqing, People's Daily (February 10, 2022, 06th edition)

At 12:00 noon, the smell of rice wafted from the corridor. In the Jiusheng ancestral temple community of Nanguan District, Changchun City, Jilin Province, volunteer Yan Ying took a toolbox, knocked on the door of Liu Yaping, a 71-year-old man living alone, put on a shoe cover and went straight to the kitchen...

There is a drawer of colorful steamed buns on the stove, faintly steaming. "The steamed buns were only put on the pot for a few minutes before the fire was extinguished, so you can show it!" Seeing Yan Ying, Liu Yaping said anxiously.

Putting on her glasses, Yan Ying leaned over to check the gas stove. Gently remove the air port, pull out a thin wire to remove the oil stain, put it back a little, take a breath, and the flames burn... Carrying the steamer to the gas stove, Yan Ying said, "Big sister, your gas pipes are yellow!" In two days, I'll give you a new one. ”

"Don't look at our community is an old community, what is broken in the family, there are people to manage." Liu Yaping said.

Since 2018, the Party Committee of the Nine Holy Ancestral Halls has taken the lead in integrating resources such as housing construction, sanitation, and volunteers to form 7 service teams, which are responsible for life assistance, community cleaning, and after-school tutoring for students.

"The 'big job' of pipeline maintenance is done by the government, and the 'small thing' of repairing faucets is managed by our volunteers." Zhao Yue, secretary of the community party committee, said.

"In the past, I had nothing to do and help everyone fix things, but after forming a team, it was more formal and more fulfilling." Yan Ying served as the captain of the "Smart Blue Collar" service team, responsible for repairing water, electricity, heat, etc. At the end of 2021, Liu Yaping also put on a red armband and became a community cleaning volunteer, "When the steamed buns are steamed, we will go out to sweep the corridors!" Liu Yaping said.