Happy families are similar to each other, and unhappy families are different. Wang Linglong, a little girl from Wanggang Village, Xueji Town, Laohekou City, Hubei Province, has no father or mother since she was a child. But no one expected that when she was 16 years old, she received help from a local tobacco company, and the ambiguous help opened a window of happiness for her.
The matter can be traced back to the 2022 "Grassroots Investigation of the People's Situation, Solving the People's Worries and Warming the People's Hearts" activity, the staff of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau of Laohekou City, Hubei Province learned during the visit that Wang Linglong's father died of illness when she was very young, and her mother could not bear the pressure of life and left the country. After learning about this situation, at the initiative of Comrade Lei Xiaoming, the main person in charge of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, Xiao Linglong was identified as a long-term assistance object, and she was subsidized with 500 yuan per month for living expenses until she succeeded in her studies.
In the past two years, the volunteers of the Tobacco Monopoly Bureau have been fulfilling their obligations to help Xiao Linglong in life and study, and every month they have been sending subsidies to Xiao Linglong on time, and sending clothes, school supplies and other necessities. Every important holiday and other important holidays, the staff do not forget to visit Xiao Linglong's home, and have donated nearly 10,000 yuan to Xiao Linglong. On the basis of material assistance, volunteers pay great attention to the relief of Xiao Linglong's mental health, help and warmth, talk heart-to-heart, and jointly use the power of love to help and change Xiao Linglong.
Every time she saw Xiao Linglong, the volunteers encouraged her to actively participate in more group activities with her classmates. While communicating with her family and friends, let them usually care more about Xiao Linglong, communicate with her more verbally, and listen to her thoughts and emotions, so that she can truly touch the attention and love of relatives and friends for her, so as to guide her to grow up confidently.
After everyone's joint efforts, Xiao Linglong in everyone's peaceful and positive care, she did not have the kind of loneliness and timidity when she first came into contact, the smile returned to the little girl's immature cheeks little by little, from her to feel an optimistic, fresh and natural atmosphere, but also from the initial silent and timid to today's lively and cheerful, Xiao Linglong's change made her regain her smile and self-confidence, and also gained friendship, from her mouth I learned that she is now very popular with her classmates in school.
During the holidays, Xiao Linglong often goes out with her neighbors to play, go out, and play, and her joy is beyond words.
Feeling the small Linglong changes, the volunteers are also overjoyed, to be able to help people in need, a small donation, a volunteer service, may be able to change a person's fate, let them feel the care and warmth of the society, but also reflect the concept of wanting to practice as a volunteer.
The picture shows Lei Xiaoming (middle), the head of the Tobacco Bureau, talking with Wang Linglong's grandmother.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, the volunteers came to Xiao Linglong's home again to visit and condole, and sent holiday blessings to Xiao Linglong. For this strong love, as the guardian of Xiao Linglong's grandmother, she was moved beyond words, and this simple rural old man repeated emotionally every time: "Thanks to your help, Xiao Linglong has grown up today, thank you!" ”。Now 18-year-old Wang Linglong is already a slim girl, always with a smile on her face, looking down-to-earth and generous, "Thank you uncles and uncles for your care and help, I will not disappoint your care, study hard, and become a useful person to the country and society in the future", she said.
Volunteering comes from the heart, and giving love lies in action. In the future, the bureau will continue to start from the issues that the masses are most concerned about, focus on the most realistic life problems that the masses are most concerned about, and actively carry out various forms of assistance and care activities, so as to do practical things for the masses, solve problems, and transmit positive social energy. (Gong Chao).