Charity expert 丨 74 -year -old Zang Li: "There is a kind of happiness called the old thing"

Tianshan.com reporter Yu Xi

"Didi, Didi ..." In the early morning of August 15th, after the alarm, Zang Li, 74, simply washed and picked up a message in multiple WeChat groups: "Volunteers, help others, Happy ourselves, remember to do self -protection when serving! "

"Received, Qiao Mom!" "That's right, listen!" "Rest assured, Qiao Mom worked hard!" ... Seeing the volunteers responding to herself one after another, Zang Li smiled comfortably. Zang Li is the head of the "Qiao Mom Hand" in the Red Cross of Urumqi City. Don't look at her old age, but she has clear thinking, flexible legs and feet, and optimistic attitude. "The secret of youngness is a word -there is a kind of happiness called the old!" Zang Li said.

After retiring, Zang Li had a lot of time, and she thought about it. One day, she accidentally saw a report from the newspapers raised for the family. She quickly disinfected and packed the new and old clothing accumulated in the family, and was sent to the person in need. "That volunteer activity made me first realize that I can also glow and heat up after retirement." Zang Li said that she was 57 years old and opened the road of public welfare volunteer service. Now, the volunteers of her team have been More than 300 people.

On August 7, 74 -year -old Zang Li was pouring flowers. Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Yu Xi Photo

When the volunteer service was initially carried out, Zang Li mainly followed the young people into the community and on the streets to carry out neighborhood dispute mediation, garbage classification publicity, and civilized traffic persuasion. Due to the special attention, every time I packed them neatly and beautiful, gradually, the volunteers of the public welfare circle of Wushi gave Zang Li a "Qiao Mom", and everyone was willing to carry out various public welfare activities centered on her.

Zang Li is enthusiastic and simple. In volunteer services, there are more and more elderly people in the community. These elderly people have fewer contact with the outside world, and their character becomes lonely. But every time they are similar to their age, they are particularly happy.

"Can we explore a volunteer service model for the elderly, let the elderly help older people?" Zang Li, who has the idea, believes that compared with volunteers of other ages, retirement elderly people have the advantages of time and experience, etc. It is more smooth to communicate with the elderly.

Just do it. Zang Li announced her thoughts in time in the WeChat group of "Qiao Mom Hand Hand". Unexpectedly, whether it is a retired volunteer, a volunteer who has been retired for a long time, or a young volunteer, everyone supports her ideas, and can provide life care, emergency assistance, psychological relief, psychological relief, psychological relief, psychological relief. Volunteer services such as medical treatment and housekeeping assistance.

80 -year -old Xiao Yuping is the object of volunteer service of Zang Li. Every time I go to visit each other, Zang Li helps her buy medicine, chat with her, and patience her to wash her. "Zang Lixin is also old, and often busy for my old lady. With her care, I am very happy every day." Xiao Yuping said.

Not only Xiao Yuping has been carefully taken care of by Zang Li. Since 2007, Wu City has launched the "silver age action" for the elderly volunteers to participate in social development, and encourages more elderly people to play residual heat after retirement to achieve personal value. Zang Li took this opportunity to take the team through the frequency of at least two public welfare activities a month, and traveled all the nursing homes in Urumqi to provide the elderly with humanized volunteer services such as hairdressers, massage, and chatting.

On August 7, 74 -year -old Zang Li (middle) and the team's elderly volunteers were together. Pomegranate cloud/Xinjiang Daily reporter Yu Xi Photo

In order to provide high -quality volunteer services, Zang Li also took the initiative to participate in the volunteer backbone training class organized by the Red Cross of Wushi. carefulness. At the same time, she also encouraged volunteers with literary skills to form a dance team. Whenever various volunteer activities were held, the dance team also sent literary programs.

"Some people don't understand the volunteers in the ancient years." Zang Li said, but no matter what others say, anyway, Lao Lao had something to make her feel happy and fulfilling, so she would persist.

Today, there are more and more Zang Li "fans" who have walked for 17 years. The old -age elderly people help older people who have become a unique scenery for her team and team volunteer service.

"The elderly participating in social services and construction will help cultivate a positive and optimistic mentality and make life happier in old age." Zang Li said emotionally, she expects that more elderly people have done what they do and enhance happiness.

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