Peninsula all-media reporter Xu Jie
In the beautiful spring light, practice the fine tradition of respecting the elderly. On April 22, this newspaper and Alibaba Daily Positive Energy launched the "I accompany my parents to see spring" public welfare activity, and the social response has been enthusiastic. In recent days, there has been an endless stream of public welfare teams and volunteers who have signed up for this activity. According to the activity arrangement, many teams have begun to look for pairs of elderly people living alone, and take the opportunity of this activity to plan in detail for the long-term help and care of these elderly people living alone. "The beautiful spring cannot be missed, and respect for the elderly cannot wait." Li Baofeng, head of the Chengyang Chunyu Love Association, said.
Chengyang No.2 Middle School student volunteers accompany the elderly living alone (file photo)
Exchange the "starlight" of love for the smile of the old man
Taking advantage of the gap between bus operations, I waited for you in the fourth branch of Laoshan Bus, Qiu Yan, head of the xinghui volunteer service team, hurriedly called and signed up to participate in the "I accompany my parents to see the spring" public welfare activity, "We are loyal readers of Peninsula Metropolis Daily, and we have been very concerned about the various public welfare activities you hold. Qiu Yan said that since the establishment of their volunteer service team in 2013, they have been focusing on the elderly living alone, and more than 20 members of the team have paired up to help 6 elderly people living alone, and every month everyone will visit the elderly once a month, help buy vegetables, clean up, chat with the elderly, etc., and have visited and accompanied these elderly people living alone more than 500 times.
Laoshan Bus Fourth Branch I wait for you, Xinghui volunteer service team paired up to help the elderly living alone (file photo)
"Especially when these elderly people have birthdays or new year's holidays, we treat them as big things, and we treat them as our own families." Qiu Yan introduced that at present, they have formed a long-term support mechanism for the elderly, not only registered the information of the elderly in detail, but also discussed and formed the detailed rules for the care of the elderly, and the team members also actively donated money to set up a love fund to solve problems in real life for the elderly. "Most of the team members are bus drivers, and they need to operate on weekdays, so we plan to start using our free time in the next few days to take the elderly to Zhongshan Park, the seaside and other beautiful places in batches, and exchange the love 'star glow' for the happy smile of the elderly and leave them with beautiful images of spring." Qiu Yan said that for the elderly who cannot go downstairs with inconvenient legs and feet, they will take more beautiful photos and go to the door to show the old man "cloud" spring.
Laoshan Bus Fourth Branch I wait for you, Xinghui volunteer service team paired up to help the elderly living alone (file photo)
Plan a long-term support mechanism, and accompany the love to continue to file
"The beautiful spring cannot be missed, respect for the elderly can not wait, the young students of our school signed up to participate." On April 25, Li Baofeng, a teacher at Chengyang No. 2 Middle School, called the public welfare hotline of this newspaper 0532-80889319 to register. The reporter learned that Li Baofeng is not only a people's teacher, but also a public welfare expert, over the years, he has established a number of student volunteer service clubs in Chengyang No. 2 Middle School, which has driven successive young students to devote themselves to social welfare and civilized practice. "Affected by the epidemic, students have not carried out volunteer services for a long time, I heard that the 'I accompany my parents to see the spring' public welfare activities, everyone is very active, at present, there are dozens of children and parents of the Chengyang Second Middle School Love Companion Association, the Warm Xin Family Service Group, and the Labor Education Practice Association." Li Baofeng said.
Chengyang No.2 Middle School student volunteers accompany the elderly living alone (file photo)
On the basis of ensuring that the epidemic prevention and control is done well, Li Baofeng and the students carefully planned the content of the activities. "We plan to accompany dozens of elderly people from the Huangbu Elderly Apartment in Chengyang zhongzhong during the 'May Day' holiday to enjoy the spring nearby." Li Baofeng introduced that due to the large number of students and parents participating in the activity, they plan to divide into two groups, one group accompanies the elderly to go out to enjoy the scenery, and the other group makes dumplings in the nursing home. After the end of the spring festival for the elderly, they can return to the nursing home to eat hot spring dumplings and receive gifts such as health gifts carefully prepared for them. In addition, the students also plan to hold the "May Day" Labor Day and "May Fourth" Youth Day oaths at the event, showing the youthful attitude of respecting the elderly and respecting the elderly, and planning to formulate mechanisms and rules for long-term help for the elderly.
Chengyang No.2 Middle School student volunteers accompany the elderly living alone (file photo)
Love in the spring, waiting for you to participate together
In order to allow more elderly people living alone to have the opportunity to appreciate the beautiful spring light and fill the lonely spiritual world, the registration for the "I accompany my parents to see spring" public welfare activity is still in progress. On the basis of doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, this newspaper recruits volunteers and public welfare teams to pair up to help the elderly living alone, take them to enjoy the spring light, taste spring feasts, plant spring trees, make spring wishes, send warm companionship, good-looking literary and artistic programs, intimate health packages, etc. to the elderly, and enrich the material and spiritual cultural life of the elderly living alone. In addition, this newspaper also calls on the public to take more time to accompany their parents to share the spring light, listen to the stories of their parents when they were young, practice the fine tradition of Chinese filial piety with practical actions, and collect touching family stories and warm companionship scenes to record and inherit family affection.
If you have an elderly person living alone, if you are willing to pair up to help the elderly living alone, if you have the idea of accompanying your parents to enjoy the spring light recently, or if you want to tell a touching family story, you can call the public welfare hotline of this newspaper 0532-80889319 or the Peninsula hotline 96663 to register on weekdays. At the same time, you can also send group photos, videos and other materials accompanying the elderly to enjoy the spring light to the mailbox [email protected], and leave your name and contact information. In this beautiful season of April, let us practice respect for the elderly with practical actions, and interpret love in spring and happiness in nature.