On March 20, dozens of students from Xingxiang College of Xiangtan University, organized by the Youth League Committee and the Student Union, braved the fine spring rain to carry out social practice activities to clean up garbage by the Xiangjiang River, the mother river. In the early morning of this day, with the fresh morning breeze, after assembling in front of the school's Mao Zedong Statue Square, the students and volunteers of the Volunteer Service Department set off from Guanxiangmen and began a garbage cleaning activity along the banks of the Xiangjiang River.
In the morning, the students gathered in front of the bronze statue of Mao Zedong
The riverside after the rain is somewhat slippery and muddy, and volunteers must be careful when cleaning up. Bowing your head, bending down, reaching out, and then picking up garbage from the mud, a simple series of actions, not simple repetition, all convey the love of volunteers to protect the mother River Xiangjiang.
The students pick up the garbage together
"Volunteer of Xingxiang College of Xiangtan University." A pedestrian walker reads the prints on the volunteers' clothes while taking pictures of them with his mobile phone. The volunteers felt the approval of the eyes and smiled shyly. A slap, a smile, the power to protect the Xiang River is transmitted in this way.
The rubbish in the woods is not spared
After hours of detachment cleanup, the students took more than a dozen bags filled with discarded plastic bags, mineral water bottles, old clothes and other "booty" out of the Xiangjiang River. The volunteers took a group photo in front of the Guanxiang Gate and returned to Xiangda with joy.
The grass should also be cleaned up
The garbage collected was taken out of the Xiang River
Students took a group photo at GuanxiangMen
"Public welfare activities warm people's hearts, and the beautiful Xiangjiang River works together!" After returning to school, one of the volunteers posted on social platforms. In recent years, Xiangtan City has continued to make efforts to protect and manage the Xiangjiang River, and in this Lei Feng month, the students of Xingxiang College have also expressed their responsibilities with practical actions and shouldered the social responsibilities of young people. The midday sun slowly rises, the scenery on both sides of the Xiang River in early spring is charming, the wind is gentle, the water is free, and the land of Huxiang is full of vitality. (Correspondent Zhang Ran, Yang Meizhen)