Source: People's Daily - Hebei Channel Original draft
People's Daily Baoding, October 14 - Misty drizzle in late autumn, pieces of deep respect for the sun. On October 14, the day of Chongyang Festival, under the call of the New Era Civilization Practice Center in Gaoyang County, Hebei Province, a number of social organizations in the county carried out the volunteer service activity of "Loving and Respecting the Elderly and Warming Chongyang".
Volunteers cut hair for the elderly. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Gaoyang County CPC Committee
Relying on the love stations of several new era civilization practice centers in the county, the Gaoyang County Public Welfare Culture Research Association provided more than 50 elderly people with free blood pressure measurement, haircuts, massages, nail cuttings, voluntary cleaning and other volunteer services, chatted with the elderly cordially, learned more about the physical condition and living conditions of the elderly, and accompanied the elderly to spend a warm and happy Chongyang Festival.
Volunteers wash the hair of the elderly. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Gaoyang County CPC Committee
On the same day, in Xingjia South Town, Gaoyang County, the volunteers of the Gaoyang County Love Association entered the village and sent holiday blessings and rice, noodles, oil, blood pressure meters, rice cookers and other materials to 87 elderly people to meet the different needs of the elderly and accompany them with love to make the elderly not alone in Chongyang Festival. (Zhang Jihang, Yang Yan)
Volunteers cut nails for the elderly. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of the Gaoyang County CPC Committee