At noon, Aunt Lu, who lives on Medical College Road, walked into the charity supermarket on the first floor of the Zhaoqing Party and Mass Service Center in Xietu Street, Xuhui District, took out an empty bottle from the bag, asked the staff to copy a bottle of laundry detergent, and took a bag of salt and a bag of monosodium glutamate from the shelf, and then took out a wallet to pay for the bill. "When I cook lunch, the salt and MSG jars at home are bottoming out, this supermarket is close to home, and firewood, rice, oil and salt are sold, and they are cheaper than those sold in the outside store. By the way, take a bottle of laundry detergent home, which is economical and not too convenient! Aunt Lu told reporters.
This charity supermarket is not only a "rice bag" and "vegetable basket" for community residents, but also an important platform for the development of charity in Xuhui District. It adheres to the concept of "practicing charity around us", and conveys love and warmth to community residents by providing charity material assistance and warm-hearted convenience services.
Walking into the charity supermarket of the Zhaoqing Party and Mass Service Center, the first thing that catches your eye is all kinds of goods on the shelves. Seasonings, rice, flour, eggs, milk and other foods, as well as daily necessities such as dish soap and paper towels. Ruan Yixuan, deputy director of the Xietu Sub-district Office, said: "Our charity supermarket cooperates with agriculture and industry and commerce, and the products selected are all necessities for the people's daily life, and the price is basically about 20% off the market price, and it is sold at a public welfare price. Part of the daily turnover of the charity supermarket will be donated to the community foundation for public welfare projects in the community. ”
In addition to daily necessities, on the other side of the shelf, the reporter saw the health food counter. According to reports, the charity supermarket combined with the construction of the national nutrition support community in the street, on the basis of the public welfare sales of residents' daily necessities, combined with the needs of chronic diseases and health management of the elderly in the community, launched a low-glycemic food area, and actively integrated social charity and public welfare resources, and presented relevant nutritional products to some of the elderly in need in the community. At the same time, as the only community practice base in the city of Zhongshan Hospital's health management center, Zhongshan Hospital regularly sends medical staff to the site to provide health services, and some of the nutritious food purchased by patients living nearby in Zhongshan Hospital can also be bought in the charity supermarket.
In addition, this charity supermarket is also a sales point for "100 counties and 100 products for poverty alleviation", and the shelves are full of products from Yunnan, Xinjiang and other counterpart poverty alleviation areas in Shanghai. On the wall of the supermarket, there are many products donated by time-honored enterprises in Shanghai, as well as some handicrafts of Sunshine House.
As a hub for the integration of various resources and a resource center for the provision of various services, the charity supermarket plays an important role in promoting the development of community philanthropy. In order to attract more young people to participate in charity, charity supermarkets often carry out activities for younger people such as charity markets. These activities not only attracted the participation of many young "fans", but also raised funds through charity sales and other means to support public welfare projects in the community. Shanghai Soap, Guangming Group, Qiaojiazha and other time-honored brands as charity partners of the charity supermarket also actively participate in it, combined with the Shanghai Charity Foundation's "filial piety and respect for the elderly" charity project and other activities, twice a month to the scene to hold "charity flash shopping" convenience promotions, to provide citizens with high-quality, low-priced, rich products at their doorstep.
Next to the charity supermarket at the Zhaoqing Party and Mass Service Center, there is a tea café that provides free vocational training for the disabled, retired soldiers, and people waiting to be employed, so that they can come here to learn how to make coffee. Subsequently, it will also link to the coffee association in the Yangtze River Delta, and will also introduce employment resources and recommend jobs for them.
Coincidentally, the Xujiahui Street Charity Supermarket, located in the "Life Box" of the Tushan Bay Area, adheres to the service tenet of "beneficial and loving", and forms a charity service platform at the doorstep that integrates charity sales, convenient services, and assistance to the needy. Open up the "Yibei Coffee" public welfare space, build an employment platform for the disabled and other difficult groups, and provide public welfare positions; Set up a charity bazaar area and a "love corner" to gather donated materials, deepen the assistance to the needy people in the community, and improve people's livelihood and well-being; Carry out community volunteer service, build a community volunteer service practice base, promote the spirit of charity, and convey the power of love.
It is reported that Xuhui District will continue to deepen the construction and development of charity supermarkets - by finding out the needs of the public, creating a good service carrier for the people, and integrating the charitable resources of all parties, the district will benefit the needy groups in a timely and accurate manner. At the same time, based on the actual situation of the region, expand charity channels, innovate charity methods, and promote the integration of benevolence and kindness into the daily life of citizens and become a way of life, so that the good trend of upward and benevolent is everywhere.
Reporter: Wang Jiemin
Editor: Ye Fangfang
Proofreading: Geng Jieyu
Reviewer: Wei Li