In Wuhan in March, cherry blossoms gradually opened. In previous years, the scene of pedestrians weaving failed to appear, and the streets seemed a little deserted. The hot scene has shifted to the online — — In the WeChat group of various communities, the news of purchasing materials is constantly screened. After receiving the news, community workers and volunteers go out to purchase materials and distribute them to the owners. These "red vests" walking through the silent streets are adding countless warmth to Wuhan.
With a vibrating arm, the responders gathered.
Purchasing daily necessities, which is usually a piece of cake, is not simple for Wuhan people today. The community needs to count the needs of one household in advance, and then send the purchase list to the supplier. The goods have arrived, and in order to prevent people from gathering, they have to be distributed in groups. Heavy work requires a lot of people to go smoothly.
On February 23rd, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the Central Civilization Office launched the "Volunteer Service and Care Action" in Wuhan, and recruited volunteers throughout the city. More than 70,000 people signed up in one week.
Liu Fang, a resident of Tongqingge Community, Stadium Street, Jiang ‘an District, Wuhan City, was very happy when he saw the news that his application was approved on the platform on the 26th. "It is very practical to be able to do something at this critical time".
She is one of more than a dozen people who are busy at the gate of Tongqingge community these days. She and her companions are busy distributing the purchased living materials to the residents of the community. Dozens of large plastic bags filled with materials were piled up at the door. For the convenience of statistics, volunteers wrote numbers on the bags, and one number was a household.
"Solitaire" in the group has become a "homework" that Wuhan residents must do every day recently. Residents should add their own needs to the last message summarizing their needs, and then forward it to facilitate statistics.
Turn on volunteer Cai Fei’s mobile phone. The theme of this day is "Seasoning", steamed meat powder, fermented bean curd, soy sauce, and Laoganma, which every household must order. Volunteers have compiled 188 lists.
"These young volunteers are really good," resident He Xuexian said. "Thousands of messages, I think they are busy every day." He often sees volunteers discussing the omissions of the day’s work in the group in the early hours of the morning, and then starting to arrange work at 7: 00 the next morning. "I wonder where they are resting."
When the ordered materials arrive, the volunteers inform the owners to come down and pick them up. Six households are a group, and the next group will be notified after one group has picked them up. They will stay from 2: 30 pm to 8: 00 pm.
Some community residents didn’t sign up for volunteers. Seeing the busy figure of this group of people, they also volunteered to help.
Taofen saw that the staff in the community were very busy and offered to help, but she was rejected. But she didn’t leave, but has been waiting by. When the volunteers saw this, they gave her the task of checking the list. "Because there are many varieties of dishes today and there are many households involved, we will feel at ease if we can share a little with volunteers."
He Xuexian, a photography enthusiast, calls himself a volunteer supernumerary. When he is free, he takes some photos for the volunteers as a souvenir. "Neighborhoods encourage each other and have more positive things for each other."
Cai Fei said: "Although it is said to be free, we can’t let everyone complain about us after we finish it. Since we do it, we will do it well and make our neighbors satisfied. " Volunteers were welcomed in the community, and the owners spontaneously donated masks for their protection.
Unite, cooperate and help each other
According to Xiong Huijuan, secretary of the Party Committee of Qiaokou Public Opinion Community, after a community cadre was diagnosed with COVID-19, the community workers were "isolated and sick". In the most difficult time, only three people here could come to work. Send patients, register, and their phones keep ringing.
After the recruitment order of "Volunteer Service Care Action" was issued, more than 30 volunteers joined immediately, which greatly eased the pressure on community cadres.
Qiu Xiong, a 27-year-old tenant of the public opinion community, was going to return to his hometown Huanggang for the New Year on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, but he stayed because the passage from Han was closed.
Previously, Qiu Xiong learned from the WeChat group that Wuhan had to urgently build two hospitals, Vulcan Mountain and Raytheon Mountain. He took several friends from the dormitory to Vulcan Mountain. "We didn’t even take clothes, just put on a dress, swept a few bicycles downstairs and left." Qiu Xiong said with a smile that they all felt exhausted after riding for more than four hours to reach their destination.
Qiu Xiong and several friends worked in Vulcan Mountain and Raytheon Mountain for two weeks, day and night, and didn’t rest for days and nights during the busiest time. He said: "The most tiring time is that I can fall asleep in the bathroom, but when I get to the construction site, I don’t feel sleepy at all."
After returning to the community from the construction site of Raytheon Mountain and resting at home for two days, he saw that the community was recruiting volunteers, and he signed up for the community again.
"I grew up in Wuhan, and many people from Wuhan helped me when I was young. Besides, I’m from Hubei. This matter was originally from our side. If I can do my part, I will do my part," Qiu Xiong thought for a moment and added, "I won’t lose a piece of meat and come back after eating a bowl of noodles."
A family took their children from other places to see a doctor in Wuhan, but they were stranded in Wuhan due to the need of epidemic prevention and control. After staying in a small hotel outside for a few days, they ran out of money and had to stay at a friend’s house. Zhang Zhang led the team members to send them materials donated by the owners and caring people. The hostess was surprised and moved when bags of materials were delivered. Zhang Zhang took out 1,000 yuan and said to her, "We just sterilized this money with alcohol, so take it first for a rainy day." The hostess’s eyes were red, and she sobbed and said, "I am really grateful to the people in this community. The neighbors know that our children are out of rice paste, so they sent them to us, as well as the children’s clothes."
Zhang Zhang said: "The things in the community are all trivial things for ordinary people, but they add up to great things. As long as the residents are satisfied, I think our work has been done."
Volunteer service after online classes
Zhang Anxin is the youngest volunteer in the main street community of caidian district. She is only 16 years old and is in the second year of senior high school. Every working day, Zhang Anxin finishes the online class in the morning and goes to the community to participate in volunteer service at noon.
Her mother, Zhang Xingrong, is a grid worker in the community. Since the outbreak, community work has doubled and she often works overtime until late at night. Zhang Anxin saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart. She told her family that she wanted to help and reduce the workload of the community.
Although young, I have a lot of work. Zhang Anxin is more agile than adults in making registration forms and checking the number of group purchases.
Yu Hanming, a volunteer from Yudai Huijingyuan, Zhongshan Community, Qiaokou District, is a 2018 student at the School of Flight, Beihang University. He is just 20 years old this year.
Early in the morning, Yu Hanming’s mobile phone became a hotline. Since community residents have never seen Yu Hanming, they only know that he is a volunteer who can help buy food. Therefore, after 00, "Xiao Yu" became the "Master Yu" in the residents’ mouths.
For Yu Hanming, who has never cooked, it is still a difficult problem to identify the varieties of vegetables. In order to complete the task of buying food, he prepared a small notebook, and he recorded the needs of every household to buy food.
Yu Hanming said that volunteering not only enriched his life, but also gained a full sense of accomplishment and made him grow. "I may not have paid special attention to the things around me, but now I will take the initiative to ask people around me if they have any needs and what I can do to help others. I can be more patient and careful in the face of the problem than before, and solve it instead of escaping as before."
The energy of volunteers is gathering into a warm spring in the ordinary world. What they do may be just ordinary or trivial things, but it is a major event in life for community residents, and it is also a practical matter to maintain the normal operation of Wuhan. As a volunteer said: COVID-19 is ruthless, Wu Hanyou loves; Great love is boundless, and small love warms the heart. (Text/Kan Chunyu)
