the volunteering spirit has spread among the chinese people in recent years, especially among young people.
volunteering is of tremendous benefits to both those in need and society. take the wenchuan earthquake as an example. hundreds of thousands of volunteers play an active role in wenchuan quake-hit areas. and they contribute daily necessaries, offer medical help and psychological help to the disaster relief work.
besides, volunteering would be beneficial to the volunteers themselves~ getting involved in volunteering, volunteers will be exposed to a new environment, and they can learn how to work well in a team, how to improve their interpersonal skills and organizational skills, all of which are critical for their professional growth.
as a college student, i sincerely hope that everyone would join the volunteering work. it is not only good to our society, but also a chance for us to grow and to learn.
a volunteer vera is a middle school student and also a volunteer in the sunshine club at school. she wants to do some things to help the people in her town.
i think she may help the kids in trouble do their homework. she can spend her sundays studying with these kids. she also plans to find a part-time job in the hospital. i think she can sing for the patients and read to them.
of course, it’s good for her to give away the old clothes to the poor. in fact, vera has a lot of things to do to help the people.
lu hao is a middle school student in guizhou, who joined the “1 helps 1” program of the youth volunteer community development project last year. every tuesday and friday he visits an old man who lives alone. “mr. zhao is weak and cannot do much for himself, so i give him some help. i help do some shopping, do some housework, or read the newspaper to him as his eyesight is not good.” he said.
meng yu is studying for her master’s degree in canada. she has a busy timetable, but still finds time for voluntary activities during the weekends. “last month i took part in an event to help hungry children in some of the less developed villages. twenty-two of us went without food for 30 hours! it was a challenge, but we could drink as much as we liked and we had a doctor there, so it was not dangerous. we wanted to improve awareness of hunger because every day children are dying of starvation. it was a great success. the local newspaper and tv reported it and we received many donations.”
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