A Charity Event Held for the Electric-kids of This University in Consecutive Four Years

On March 5th, a charity event was held on the Lin’gang campus of this university to promote the spirit of Comrade Lei Feng, in which about 200 teachers and students got involved. In the meantime it marked the formal beginning of the serial volunteering activities to call on the Electric-kids of this university to put into practice the spirit of Comrade Lei Feng.

    Right on this day 56 years ago, Chairman Mao left us an inscription “Learn from Lei Feng” and appealed to the whole nation to carry on the spirit of Comrade Lei Feng as a communist. Today is also the 22nd China Youth Volunteer Service Day. At this special moment, the Electric-kids joined the charity event to run for the promotion of the Spirit of Comrade Lei Feng throughout the university and took real actions to welcome the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. The charity event tried to encourage the participants to donate the steps they haved walked and enhance the volunteering spirit of “devotion, fraternity, mutual help and progress” via some platforms. It called on the faculty and students to run, to donate, and to take Lei Feng as their role model to help others selflessly, work strenuously, and get ready to devote themselves. While running, the Electric-kids weaved a pattern like the number 70 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the university. Before the event some interactive activities on and off the line had been conducted with some prizes and donation certificates as souvenirs. A good number of teachers and students participated in the event whole-heartedly and eventually they have run as long as 4 kilometers. More than 200 teachers and students donated nearly 3 million steps in total. 

    Up till now this charity event has been launched four consecutive years. The university made an active response to the call from President Xi Jinping that we should boost up their confidence with the wise as the first choice before we help the poor. With the focus and a big picture in mind, the university combined the activities to promote the Spirit of Comrade Lei Feng with the precise strategies to alleviate poverty. Once the university team worked with Ningxia Volunteer Association, one of the Top 9 national exemplary units in emulating Comrade Lei Feng, to launch some charity events to alleviate poverty via intelligence, promote the Spirit of Comrade Lei Feng and show respect for him by having the participants run in the name of charity. The steps recorded by a third platform will be converted into books donated to the children in the mountainous areas. The event has attracted a wide attention from the teachers and students.  

    Liu Xingyu, a student from the College of Electronics and Information Engineering who took part in the charity event in 2019, said, “It is of great significance to have the Electric-kids run for charity. All the participants have been greatly appreciated for their active involvement in the event and their deep love devoted to the children in the mountainous areas. While the event was yet to begin, it started to rain, but all the participants stood in a long line and the volunteers offered them some raincoats very thoughtfully. When I was conferred the donation certificate I had a great sense of achievement. I hope that I can do something to help the children in the backward mountainous areas. We are always on the road for charity and expect more people to join us.”  

    According to Chen Yiwen, a student from the College of Economics and Management who took part in the activity this year, the charity event is very significant, be it individually or collectively. This kind of activities encourage people to take active part in various volunteering services, help those in need with deep love and welcome the centennial anniversary of the Communist Party of China and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of our university with real actions. Thanks to the platform offered by the university, all the participants have more chances to get themselves involved in the charity events. Despite the rain, all the participants did their best to show their true colors through the event. Everyone was excited and elated when conferred the donation certificates in the end. We sincerely hope that more people will join our efforts to launch the charity events. We will spare no pains to promote the Spirit of Comrade Lei Feng and strengthen the revolutionary cause of the Party over 100 years. 

    On the other hand, the Youth League Committee of the university has been trying to normalize the volunteering services among the youth and introduce the theme activities to the whole campus by promoting the Spirit of Comrade Lei Feng. Under the leadership of the Youth League Committee of each college, various volunteering services have been conducted inside and outside the campus, including trash classification and waste recycling etc. Each Youth League Committee took measures to hold some colorful events in different forms, including a theme speech contest to promote and carry on the Spirit of Comrade Lei Feng.