Our newspaper news (reported by Wei Mingyan): Yesterday, during the 30th anniversary commemorative event of China's first public welfare foundation - the China Children and Teenagers' Foundation, the "China Children Charity Award" was jointly presented by the All-China Women's Federation and the China Children and Youth Foundation. The award recognized the contributions of 129 organizations and 121 individuals who have contributed to the cause of children's charity in China over the past 30 years.
Among the 85 individuals honored with the "Outstanding Contribution Award," there were celebrities like Jackie Chan and Yang Lan, and tennis player Li Na also received this honor. Due to the continuous donations from soldiers over 17 years for the "Spring Bud Program" implemented by the China Children and Youth Foundation, accumulating a total donation of 42.85 million yuan and sponsoring more than 14,800 underprivileged girls to complete their education, the People's Liberation Army Air Force was awarded the China Children Charity Award - Outstanding Contribution Award yesterday. Among the awardees, female soldiers from a long-distance station of a certain unit of the General Staff Department persisted in collecting waste for 8 years, donating a total of 27,600 yuan to the "Spring Bud Program" and sponsoring 23 impoverished girls to attend school.
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The Flowing Soldiers, Persistent Love
For 8 years, all 15 members of a certain long-distance station of the General Staff Department were female soldiers. Current first-class non-commissioned officer Yin Ruiwen said that in 2003, while reading a newspaper, they saw a pair of eyes longing for schooling which touched the hearts of the female soldiers. "Let's donate money to her." However, after donating for some time, the enthusiasm of the female soldiers cooled down, "with low wages and little pocket money," so they decided to collect waste to raise funds.
At the military sports meeting, the female soldiers waited at the entrance for empty beverage bottles. During a spring outing at Fragrant Hills, the female soldiers collected waste along the way and returned fully loaded; when the army discarded computer packaging, the female soldiers cherished it as if it were a treasure. In addition to donations, each person sent books and stationery to the sponsored girls. Yin Ruiwen said that in the 8 years since the long-distance station was established, more than 40 people have been retired, but the tradition of collecting waste to sponsor the "Spring Bud Program" has continued.
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