"So far, the number of volunteers in our team has grown from three six years ago to more than 360 now, and the number of service projects continues to increase......”
On January 31, the "Fang Ze'an**" Volunteer Service Center in Huaiyin District held a special "annual meeting", where volunteers gathered together to review the team's gains along the way, share the happiness of volunteer service, and convey the power of civilization with warm stories. During the period, 13 outstanding volunteers wore saffron on their chests and walked onto the stage to receive applause and encouragement from their peers.
It is reported that as a volunteer service team spontaneously organized by the citizens of Huaiyin District, since its establishment in October 2017, the "Fang Ze'an**" Volunteer Service Center has been silently dedicated, has gone through more than 2,200 days and nights, and has held more than 500 volunteer service activities, and the service content has extended from the initial neighborhood conflict mediation to various volunteer service ...... such as free haircuts, massages, and clothing repairIn 2023, the "Fang Ze'an**" Volunteer Service Center officially moved to the Big Acacia Square Park adjacent to Jinan West Railway Station, and in the same year, the Party Branch of the Service Center was formally established, which is also the first Party branch in the volunteer service team in Jinan City, and the members of the branch are all old party members with more than 30 years of party experience. As Xin An, the head of the Jinan Citizen Visiting Group, said, with the spirit of "not discouraged in distress" and "positive", the "Fang Ze'an**" Volunteer Service Center has come to this day step by step.
The team is growing, and so is every volunteer.
Liu Hanxi is the oldest in the team and the longest cumulative service time, he said that he is always idle on weekdays, helping to clean up and maintain order together, serving others and reaping happiness; Wang Jianmei, who is in her 70s, is known as the "big housekeeper", she said that the keys to seven or eight families of the mutual aid group are placed in her home, and everyone takes care of each other to help when something happens. Liu Lei shared his deeds of carrying out public welfare massage services, since joining the volunteer team, he has provided more than 30 public welfare massage services, "Every time I hear a simple 'thank you' from everyone, I feel that it is worth ...... more than anything else."Liu Lei said.
We are organizing such an event today to share their experiences with these outstanding volunteers, so as to inspire more people to participate in volunteer service and pass on the volunteer spirit of 'dedication, friendship, mutual assistance and progress'. Fang Ze'an, the person in charge of the volunteer service center, said, "In the new year, we will continue to innovate public welfare volunteer service methods, create more distinctive and intimate service activities, and continue to tell the story of Huaiyin volunteer service." ”
The volunteers of "Fang Ze'an**" are enthusiastic about public welfare and serving the masses, which is a microcosm of the volunteers in Huaiyin District. In recent years, Huaiyin District has focused on the goal and task of "uniting the masses, guiding the masses, and cultivating people and customs", practicing the spirit of Huaiyin with volunteer service and highlighting the style of Huaiyin with civilized practice. In particular, the grand release of the "Zhixing Huaiyin" volunteer service brand in Huaiyin District has given a more resounding name to more than 100,000 volunteers and thousands of volunteer service teams in Huaiyin. Under the guidance of the brand of "Zhixing Huaiyin", all departments at all levels and the vast number of volunteer teams in the region have carried out volunteer service activities in various forms, rich in content and with remarkable results, interpreting the spirit of volunteer service with fiery practice and writing a chapter of civilized practice.