[Xiaokang China] Xuchang, Henan: "Pick up cigarette butts for eggs" changed the beauty of "10,000 communities"
[Commentary] In Xuchang, Henan, residents of Xu Ji community can "pick cigarette butts for eggs" starting in 2019. At present, more than 600 eggs have been replaced by residents, which not only changed the community, but also improved the quality of the residents and made the neighborhood more harmonious.
[Commentary] "There is a cigarette butt. It's clean." On the morning of June 12, in the Xu Ji community of Xuchang, Henan, the gray-haired Ms. Wang took her granddaughter and stooped to pick up the cigarette butts on the ground and put them in a bag.
[Same period] (Ms. Wang, a resident of the community) It's okay to coax the child, see the cigarette butts are picked up, start from oneself, start from the education of children, there is a better improvement to our environment, there are fewer smokers here, see When we pick up cigarette butts, we will consciously stop smoking, or throw them in the trash.
[Commentary] Xu Ji Community, known as the "Ten Thousand Community", was established in 2002. The reporter found in the community interview that many residents often stooped to pick up cigarette butts when walking. How did this conscious behavior of residents form? Zheng Guoming said that since last year, the community launched a campaign to pick up cigarette butts for eggs.
[Same period] (Community resident Zheng Guoming) I won a championship. (Last year) I changed eggs for more than 35 and 30 cigarette butts for 1 egg. After participating, I felt happy and exercised.
[Commentary] At noon, residents smiled and came to the community service center to exchange eggs with "trophy".
[Same period] (Xu Ji Community Secretary Fan Xuezheng) In the cigarette butt picking activity, many children also participated in the activity. We thought of a way (child picking cigarette butts) to send lollipops or biscuits, environmental hygiene to control cigarettes, starting from the baby. Our community environment is getting better and better, and people's quality is getting higher and higher. Since the launch of the event, more than 80 kilograms of eggs have been bought, and more than 600 are now in the hands of residents.
[Commentary] According to reports, Xu Ji Community is a community-based community built on the basis of local enterprises. In recent years, the community has explored a "party construction + community construction + civilization creation" work model to achieve community, social organization, and social work personnel "Three cooperatives", and set up 38 professional volunteer service teams, implement grid management, by building community health service centers, cultural and sports activities centers, day care centers and other places. Without leaving the community, residents can achieve dancing, swimming in bookstores, playing musical instruments, fitness activities, and friendly and harmonious neighborhoods.
[Same period] (Community resident Zheng Guoming) After the activity of picking cigarette butts for eggs, some people said to each other, how can there be cigarette butts to pick up? Let's go together! If you have nothing to do, come out and take a walk around to take a look. You are also active and picking up cigarette butts for hygiene. Everyone can laugh and laugh, this is something to do, there is a spiritual support, this is good.
Reporter Li Chaoqing Li Guigang Henan
Editor in charge: [Wang Yu]