"It was a difficult time, but I never regretted my choice. The party and the people have not forgotten us and have been taking care of us all the time. Ding Lao, a 96-year-old retired veteran, said emotionally. He sincerely felt the sincere care from the Shanghai Foundation for Supporting the Army, and also felt the broad-mindedness of Shanghai, a city with a glorious history.
On October 11, the "Respect for Soldiers, Salute to Heroes" Chongyang Festival Reverence Public Welfare Volunteer Service Activity was held in a military rest house in Shanghai Garrison District. This pragmatic and heart-warming reverence for public welfare volunteer service activity was organized by the Shanghai Respect Volunteer Service Corps of the Shanghai Foundation for Supporting the Army and Giving Preferential Families.
"In this respectful Chung Yeung Festival, we use our actions to convey social warmth, protect the health of the elderly with professionalism, inherit the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly, loving the elderly and helping the elderly with love, and consolidate and develop the unity between the military and the government and the army and the people." More than 40 high-spirited retired military cadres and the widows of veteran cadres gathered together to welcome the volunteers from the Municipal Foundation for Supporting the Army and a number of medical and corporate units with warm applause.
At the event site, full of warmth and respect. "Honoring Soldiers and Paying Tribute to Heroes" was the theme of the event, and a reverence volunteer service activity integrating theatrical performances, medical treatment, household appliance cleaning and other services was in full swing in this quiet military rest house.
The members of the Reverence Public Welfare Volunteer Service Alliance, East China Hospital, Huashan Hospital and Shanghai Daidi Elderly Health Industry Development Promotion Center, as well as the housekeeping service team of the Volunteer Service Corps formed by the Municipal Home Association, were welcomed by the old cadres as always, and the doctors of East China Hospital and Huashan Hospital consulted at the event site, explained in detail the prevention, diagnosis and treatment methods of common and frequent diseases for these retired veterans and preferential care objects, and answered some difficult questions. So that these veteran comrades who have made important contributions to the country can enjoy face-to-face, one-on-one "expert-level" health and medical consulting services at their own doorstep.
"Seeing these veteran comrades is like seeing my grandfather, and I feel very honored to be able to serve these veterans who have contributed to the country." Shi Kailei, director of the cardiovascular department of East China Hospital, who is a descendant of martyrs, told reporters that she was very happy to participate in the activities of the Municipal Foundation for Supporting the Army and Preferential Families, and was pleased to be able to provide knowledge, consultation and answers that are not easy and inconvenient to understand for the elderly.
"As a demobilized soldier, I am determined to devote myself to the ranks of volunteer service, and offer my care and warmth to those retired veterans who have galloped on the battlefield and are now entering the age of Sangyu, so that they can feel the respect and protection from the younger generations in the afterglow of the years." Han Hongtao, a retired military volunteer and president of the dental nanny dental hospital, used intelligent equipment to provide advanced oral examination and dental restoration consulting services for elderly patients. It is worth mentioning that in order to solve the problem of inconvenience for the elderly to go out, President Han also specially drove an oral mobile treatment vehicle, which brought convenience to these revolutionary old-timers for on-site treatment.
"These door-to-door housekeepers not only solve our daily life problems, but also bring us warmth and care." A 97-year-old retired veteran sighed. Considering that the average age of the veterans in the military rest center is over 94 years old, and their legs and feet are inconvenient on weekdays, the volunteers took the door-to-door cleaning and maintenance service to deeply disassemble and clean the air conditioners and range hoods for the veterans to ensure that the problems are solved in place.
"We need to continue to promote the socialization of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to family members on the new journey in the spirit of integrity and innovation, so as to make the military a profession respected by the whole society, let the preferential care objects become a respected group, and gather more social forces for the high-quality development of the work of supporting the army and giving preferential treatment to family members in the new era." On behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Foundation for Supporting the Army, the person in charge of the Volunteer Service Corps of the Shanghai Foundation for Supporting the Army and Giving Preferential Families paid high tribute to the veteran cadres, and said that they would resolutely inherit and carry forward the spirit of reverence and strive to continue to push forward the cause of socialization and support for the army and their families. The Municipal Foundation for Supporting the Army and Preferential Families said that it would focus on "reverence and care", and become a "responder" when the preferential care recipients face difficulties, a "coordinator" of social resources for supporting the army and preferential families, and a "builder" of the public service ecology.
It is reported that in recent years, the Municipal Foundation has actively mobilized all sectors of society to participate in the public welfare volunteer service. At present, the total number of volunteers of the Shanghai Foundation for Supporting the Army and Preferential Families has reached more than 2,000 people, and it has become an important social force in Shanghai's volunteer service.
Every year during the Chung Yeung Festival, the Municipal Foundation for Supporting the Army and Preferential Families will unite all walks of life to carry out public welfare volunteer service activities of respecting soldiers, caring for veterans, and supporting the military and their families. On this year's Chung Yeung Festival, the cultural team of the Municipal Yongjun Preferential Subordinate Foundation Revered Volunteer Service Corps brought these veteran comrades a theatrical performance, a heartfelt Chongyang cake, and a medical housekeeping ...... This series of colorful activities has the same heart of "reverence". In the work of double support in the new era, highlighting "reverence" reflects the transformation of socialized support for the army and preferential families from filling vacancies and helping the poor to newer and higher needs.
It is a project to respect the recipients of preferential treatment, carry out various forms of activities to support the army and give preferential treatment to their families, create a strong atmosphere of patriotism, support for the army, and respect for military personnel, and make military personnel a profession respected by the whole society. Shanghai Foundation for Supporting the Army and Preferential Families insists on gathering social forces to participate in the cause of supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to their families and reverence for volunteer services, and has carried out a series of volunteer services close to the needs of the respected objects, so as to adhere to the purpose of the foundation of "serving national defense, serving the army, and serving the preferential care objects", showing the sense of responsibility of "respecting soldiers, paying tribute to veterans, and caring for the elderly", revealing a strong sense of military and civilian water.
Text: Chen Zidan, Li Wei, Rui Xipei
Photo: Shen Satellite
Editor: Zhou Jieyu