Happy Canteen Full of laughter

General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that our promotion of economic and social development is, in the final analysis, to continuously meet the needs of the people for a better life. It is necessary to always keep the people's living and working in peace and contentment, safety, security, and warmth in mind, and use our hearts and feelings to solve practical problems such as employment, education, social security, medical care, housing, old-age care, food safety, and social order that the masses are concerned about, grasp the implementation one by one, and do it year after year, and strive to let the masses see the changes and get benefits.

During the Spring Festival, community canteens in many places do a good job in ensuring relevant protection work, providing affordable and thoughtful services for the elderly in the community (village), surrounding residents, local New Year personnel, etc., and sending melting warmth.

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Shanghai Putuo:

Non-stop business to facilitate you and me

"I won't go back this year, I'll just celebrate the New Year in Shanghai." In Caoyang Xincun Street, Putuo District, Shanghai, He Gaofeng, a city appearance management staff member, said with a smile that his hometown is in Henan, and he has chosen to stay in Shanghai for the New Year in the third year. At noon on January 31, Caoyang Xincun Street invited him and his colleagues, as well as community volunteers, sanitation workers, and the elderly living alone, to have a special reunion dinner together at the Happy Canteen in Caoyang Xincun Street.

Chen Baohua, the person in charge of the Happiness Canteen, has long prepared for this reunion dinner and offered the special dishes here. Chen Baohua said that during the Spring Festival, many nearby restaurants are closed, but in addition to the evening of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Happiness Canteen is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day, providing more choices for everyone to eat during the festival.

"That's pretty good." Street residents Zhou Yaoming and his wife are loyal diners here and are very happy about this. Zhou Yaoming said that there are few people in the family, and sometimes it takes several days to cook a dish, "wasteful, but also easy to get tired." It is better to go to the community canteen and eat new tricks every day, and the price is affordable. ”

Hearing the praise, Chen Baohua smiled and closed his mouth. "We also prepared a lot of cooked food and semi-finished products, and the residents bought them home and simply burned them to taste good." He introduced that the Chinese New Year's Eve meal set launched by the canteen contains 6 cold dishes and 8 hot dishes, and the sales are quite hot.

Sheng Jiani, director of the Party and Mass Office of Caoyang Xincun Street, said: "There are many elderly people in the street, and the operation of the community canteen has guaranteed the basic life of the elderly during the festival. ”

It is understood that in order to do a good job in the protection of personnel staying in Shanghai and the front-line staff stationed in the front line, caoyang xincun street has solidly carried out help and condolences, vigorously enriched the festival life, the community schools, libraries, gyms in the streets have opened, and also held intangible cultural heritage experiences, writing couplets, wrapping tangyuan and other activities, "let everyone live a lively New Year." ”

Qufu, Shandong:

Holiday protection service Deliver food into the house

On the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, the taste of the New Year is still strong, and the happy canteen in Xijiaogou Village, Shimenshan Town, Qufu City, Shandong Province, is once again lively. "Old Zhang, good New Year, good New Year, I haven't seen you in a few days!" Early in the morning, the old man Xu Guanghui sent his son to the village entrance, and then came to the happiness canteen and talked about the family with his old friends while eating. On this day, the children of the elderly in the village began to go out to work one after another, and the happy canteen in Xijiaogou Village was officially resumed operation.

"During the Spring Festival, although we have a week off, the service does not stop, ensuring that every elderly person can eat hot meals every day." Zhang Shuliang, secretary of the village party branch, said.

Record in detail the travel time of the elderly's children, formulate the menu of each meal during the holiday, record what the widows and widows want to eat, and determine the division of labor during the Spring Festival... After some meticulous research, Zhang Shuliang and the volunteers of the Happiness Canteen discussed a set of holiday service plans early: the holiday time of the canteen was consistent with the holidays of most of the children who returned to their hometowns for the New Year, and Chinese New Year's Eve it was clear that the two volunteers delivered meals to their homes every day during the holidays for 6 elderly people who were alone for the New Year; Chinese New Year's Eve rice was prepared with dumplings, fried chicken, stewed fish, and green vegetables...

"Hong Jian, you are at ease with yourselves, and the happy canteen in the village delivers food to my home every day during the New Year." Villager Ni Liyun and his son in Xinjiang gave a WeChat video to the happy canteen in the village.

In 2018, Qufu was selected as one of the first batch of pilot counties (cities, districts) for the construction of the New Era Civilization Practice Center in the country, raising funds through government support and social force donations, etc. The two committees of Xijiaogou Village used idle vacant land to build a happy canteen, and the eligible elderly can solve three meals a day in the canteen for 5 yuan a day. Qufu promotes the construction of happy canteens in accordance with the principle of "government-led, village-level management, villagers' voluntariness and non-profit", and has been completed and operated in 60 villages, benefiting more than 1,500 elderly people. In Shimenshan Town, there are 29 happy canteens like this, achieving full coverage of villages and villages.

Fuzhou, Fujian:

Carefully prepared dishes to warm the stomach and warm the heart

Lanterns hang on the top, the word "Fu" is pasted on the door, accompanied by a cheerful music rhythm, sun ling is leading the elderly to move their bodies. The first year of singing, the second year of gymnastics... During the Spring Festival, the activity room of the canteen of the Home Community Pension Service and Care Center in Antai Street, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, is very lively before lunch. Sun Ling, director of the Comprehensive Office of the Care Center, said: "This is a fixed part of the day. It is to let the old people eat a good meal and have a warm year. ”

During the Spring Festival, Grandma Lin, who lives nearby, came over at noon every day. After eating a bowl of noodles, Grandma Lin put down her chopsticks, touched her stomach and said, "Eat full and good." ”

Located in the bustling downtown area of Fuzhou, the Antai Street Community Canteen was built as a home community old-age service and care center. The canteen not only provides nutritious meals for the elderly in the care center, but also opens to the elderly around the community.

A week before the festival, Sun Ling asked the elderly one by one to stay during the Spring Festival, and according to statistics, 23 of the 26 elderly people did not go home for the New Year. In order to ensure that the elderly have a good Spring Festival, the staff coordinated the schedule: leaving 1 chef and 7 care center staff, washing and cutting vegetables, and everyone came together.

The recipes are also carefully customized. "Steamed fish, white-seared shrimp, oyster oyster omelette, fish soup... The old people love to eat, and everything cannot be less; Taiping Yan, Eight Treasure Rice and other Fuzhou special New Year flavors are also in the Tao. Chinese New Year's Eve meal prepared a perfect ten-course meal! Chef Lin Liangcheng contacted the dish supplier early, estimated the amount of dishes according to the number of people, and booked ingredients, "not only can not be wasted, but also as rich as possible." ”

"It's our job to warm the stomachs of the elderly and warm their hearts." Sun Ling said.

As of 2021, Fujian Province has built 588 canteens for the elderly (meal assistance). The canteen for the elderly not only helps to solve the problem of the elderly's three meals a day, but also effectively alleviates the living problems of the empty nest elderly through a variety of special heart-warming services. It is understood that from 2022, Fujian plans to spend another 3 years to build no less than 300 canteens for the elderly (meal assistance) in 1101 township streets in the province every year to achieve full coverage of township streets and better meet the needs of the elderly for nearby dining and leisure.

Coordinator of this issue: Anqi Hu

Typography: Wang Zheping