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Shao Xinguang, a 70-year-old man who was also a diner at the earliest, did not expect to become a volunteer who insisted on staying for 5 years. Every day at 5 a.m., he went to the porridge house to help stir-fry and cook, for fear of delaying the eaters. Stir-frying is a manual job, and considering his age, he wants to let him rest, but he is unwilling. As many as dozens of people like Shao Xinguang, the elderly Shao Xinguang, have become volunteers from diners..." Wang Xinhui, head of the Porridge House, said on February 16.
The reporter saw on the spot that the love porridge house attaches great importance to the prevention and control of the epidemic. Zhang Kefa, a 77-year-old volunteer, is responsible for measuring the temperature and registering each diner. Wang Xinhui, the person in charge, sat on the spot to supervise the catering people at a certain distance, and kept a distance when eating.
Speaking of the old man Zhang Kefa, Wang Xinhui introduced: "Old Man Zhang Kefa was busy with this wave and began to maintain order and eat. There were two tables of older and disabled people, so he served the meals to them. When they were almost finished eating, he began to eat, and when it was late, he immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand to serve the diners first, and every day was the last to leave the porridge house. When you see that the pot is not brushed, you brush the pot, and the ground is not cleaned. 'Ordinary see the spirit, silently seek dedication' is reflected in the elderly. ”
"The title of 'volunteer', in their words, how did not expect to be used on themselves, old can still wear this 'red vest', before the hard days have been experienced, although usually also enthusiastic about helping others, but let every day to people younger than their own age to serve food, specifically to serve others, at first the heart still feel 'with what?'" With these years of participation, their thinking has also changed, and they feel the joy of giving to others in their hearts. Zhang Ruoman, a post-90s girl who initiated the love porridge house, commented when talking about the public welfare activities of the love porridge house.
It is reported that the love porridge house located in Zhongyuan West Road, Zhaocheng County was founded in February 2017. In the past five years since its establishment, every early morning except during the epidemic prevention and control period has opened its doors on time, mainly providing free breakfast for vulnerable groups such as sanitation workers, widows and widows, empty nesters, the disabled, and left-behind children. Zhang Ruoman introduced: "Most of the elderly and sanitation workers who eat in the porridge house have been eating in the porridge house for several years, and they also regard the porridge house as their own home, both diners and volunteers, in this big family with love, they are willing to take the initiative to do it." ”
"One day in the summer of 2021, the rain was very heavy, the road in front of the porridge house was full of water, there was an old lady riding an electric car trapped in the middle of the water, the car could not move, the old man Shao Xinguang, who was just busy with the porridge house, saw it, and immediately braved the heavy rain to wad through the knee-deep water and helped push the car out of the deep water." Zhang Ruoman said that there are many good people and good things like this that have emerged in the volunteers of the porridge house.
Sanitation worker Shao Liangming, who lives near the porridge house, carries buckets and carries water has become his daily routine. Every time he finished eating, he took his big broom to clean the door of the porridge house, and was very supportive of the public welfare at the door. There are many people like Shao Mingliang who have changed from diners to loving volunteers, Zhang Aixiu, Zhang Yuzhen, Fang Guangchang, Yang Junfu... every day insist on going to the porridge house early to help cut vegetables, boil porridge, and cook rice.
In the interview, the sanitation workers who were eating the meal praised while eating breakfast: "This porridge is better than boiling at home, and it can't be boiled at home." The dish is not salty or light, and my teeth are chewed. "In the past, when we cleaned up in the morning, we ate without a mouthful, and if there was no love porridge house, we could eat this delicious breakfast."
Wang Xinhui said: "From the praise of sanitation workers, from diners to volunteers, from not understanding volunteer service to going deep into it, even they themselves do not know when to start, the porridge house has become a 'concern' that cannot be abandoned in their hearts." ”
The reporter talked about the love donation of the porridge house, and Wang Xinhui introduced that it was mainly collected through the "daily donation" of the WeChat platform. Love Porridge House has a WeChat group, which started with dozens of people, then grew to hundreds of people, and then developed from one group to two groups. "I have to stare at my mobile phone often, and when new people come in, welcome them and issue the next group rules; if there is a red packet, collect it in time; for those who have been mistakenly received, I also have to recover; every night, I have to check the number of donations and the amount of the donation, and then publish it to the group." Li Caizhi, the accountant and red envelope administrator of the porridge house, then told reporters on the topic.
It is precisely because of the clear accounting and clear income and expenditure that some people have doubted the accounting of the love porridge house, so that the porridge house is getting better and better, and gradually growing into a love brand in Zhecheng County. According to statistics, as of February 16, the Love Porridge House has provided free meals 136299 people and 9978 volunteer services. In addition, the Love Porridge House has also actively donated materials to flood-stricken areas, rescued the families of children in special poverty, and insisted on holding love activities such as college entrance examination assistance and winter solstice dumplings.
"Pass on love, warmth in the world, and sincerity when there is love." Wang Xinhui said: "But in the big family of our society, we must not only have love, but also pass on love." ”