■ Tingting gave the "Immortal Flower" made by hand to The Elder President of Wang Songtang. The pictures in this edition are provided by the correspondent
■ At the scene of the charity auction, caring people frequently raised their cards.
■ At the scene of the event, the Orphans' Aid Association renewed its cooperation agreement with Yangcheng Evening News and New Express Newspaper respectively.
Since 2012, the Guangdong Public Welfare Pension orphans' education promotion association has sent hope for survival to 2960 seriously ill children
"Lot 0: Immortal Flower." Zero dollars from the auction, five thousand ... Twenty thousand...... Fifty thousand! Fifty thousand times, sixty thousand!" a hammer, a colorful handmade work "Auspicious Flower", was auctioned by Mr. Huang at the second highest price of 60,000 yuan. On November 28, more than 400 caring people gathered in Guangzhou Venture Capital Town, frequently raised signs to "grab the empty" of 40 lots, and raised 3.9786 million yuan for the organizer Guangdong Public Welfare Pension and Orphan Assistance Promotion Association's 2021 "Severe Poor Children Assistance" project. According to statistics, from 2012 to November 20, 2020, the Orphans' Assistance Association launched the severe poor child assistance project, and issued a total of 43.4361 million yuan, bringing hope for survival to 2960 seriously ill children.
At the scene of the event, the Guangdong Public Welfare Pension orphans' education association signed a contract with Yangcheng Evening News, New Express Newspaper and other cooperative units, Yangcheng Evening News Group Party Committee Member, Deputy Director of the Management Committee, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Yangcheng Evening News Agency Sun Xuan, and Feng Shusheng, Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of New Express Newspaper, attended the signing ceremony.
"Immortal Flower" auctioned for 60,000 yuan
Li Ruiting, the "headband girl" who was once rescued by the Orphans' Assistance Association, finally completed the last orthopedic surgery for congenital scoliosis in August this year and ushered in a new life. In the past six years, with the help of the Orphans' Aid Association and all walks of life, Tingting has been able to sit in a wheelchair and cannot walk outside, to being able to stand up, to learning to ride a bicycle and exercise in physical education classes, behind her every progress, there is a condensation of the love of countless people.
This year, Tingting and her mother once again made a special trip from Guangxi to Guangzhou to present her newly completed immortal flower work "Auspicious Flower" to the Orphans' Aid Association and her most cherished Grandfather Wang Songtang. At this auction, this immortal flower work full of love and gratitude was once again auctioned as a "Lot 0", and after several rounds of bidding, it was finally sold for 60,000 yuan, setting a new record for the highest in the calendar year. When the auctioneer made up his mind, the audience burst into warm applause.
It is reported that from 2015 to the present, this special "Lot 0" has been auctioned away by well-wishers at the charity auction for 6 consecutive times, raising a total of 171,000 yuan and helping 6 sick children like Tingting who need help and herself. "Just like blossoming and bearing fruit, I am the trunk of the tree, and then like a branch that blooms and bears fruit, that's it, I use my own strength to help children like me, I hope they can go back to school like me and live a normal life." 」 Tingting believes that this immortal flower, which has been in full bloom for six years, will continue to bloom in the future.
40 lots were successfully auctioned
Despite the strict control of the epidemic and the difficult situation, more than 200 benevolent people and caring enterprises did not change their original intentions to go to the annual love covenant, and 40 works of art and collections from celebrities were successfully auctioned on the spot.
Ms. Huang Peixia, founder of Jiangmen Xinhui District Citrus Manyuan Food Company and vice president of Guangdong Xinhui Tangerine Peel Association, who donated Xinhui old orange peel for three consecutive years, donated a 118-gram precious old orange peel that has been aged for 32 years this year, which was enthusiastically auctioned by all the caring people, and finally won the highest price of 70,000 yuan. The reporter learned that last year and the year before, at the charity auction of the Orphans' Aid Association, Huang Peixia donated 118,000 yuan and 138,000 yuan respectively.
Another piece of "Haha Luohan", which conveys warmth, was auctioned by Yingyuan Craft for 32,000 yuan last year, and this year, they donated the treasure again and successfully auctioned it, sending endless love for seriously ill poor children.
It is reported that the charity sale of this charity fair was basically sold out by volunteers and a group of young volunteers aged 3 to 10, as well as their parents. "I'm excited to participate in this activity, get exercise myself, and help sick children get new life." A small volunteer told reporters that every time an item is sold, everyone will high-five and celebrate, "especially with a sense of accomplishment!"
A small volunteer parent who helped nearby was also busy sweating, saying that she and her children had signed up for the charity sale a month ago, "first, to exercise the children's communication skills and practical skills, and second, to teach them to learn to be grateful, know how to contribute, establish good values, and return to the motherland in the future." ”
Nearly 4 million yuan of relief funds were raised
According to statistics, a total of 1.0324 million yuan was raised in this year's charity auction, plus Guangzhou Guerlain Beauty Cosmetics Chain Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Haodi Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Baodi Technology Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Channel Expansion Information Technology Co., Ltd. donated 1 million, 400,000, 300,000 and 100,000 yuan respectively, as well as online and daily donations, the Orphans' Aid Association has raised 3.9786 million yuan for next year's "Severe Poor Children Relief" project.
"The 325 sick children who have been rescued this year have a cure rate of more than 99%." Veteran President Wang Songtang revealed that the Orphans' Aid Will increase the investment in the assistance project for severely ill poor children, with a budget of 6.5 million yuan in 2021, but due to the difficulty of fundraising due to the epidemic, there is still a big gap, and it is necessary to work hard to raise funds through other means to strive to rescue more seriously ill poor children. The social love relay, in addition to bringing the possibility of physical recovery to sick children, also injects warmth and hope into their hearts, so that they can face the disease more bravely in the process of rehabilitation and treatment.
The reporter learned that as of November 20 this year, the Severe Poor Children Assistance Project of the Orphans' Assistance Association has allocated 43.4361 million yuan to send hope for 2960 children who are poor and sick. In the past eight years, the "Tie The Good Fortune to Save Sick Children" Charity Auction Charity Fair has raised a total of 19.948 million yuan, accounting for 46% of the expenditure of the severe poor child assistance project.
The covenant of love continues indefinitely
According to reports, there are two sources of severe poor children's assistance cases of the Orphans' Assistance Association, one is through the recommendation of cooperative hospitals, and the other is the recommendation of media reports.
At the charity auction ceremony, the Orphans' Aid Association signed a cooperation agreement with the General Hospital of the Southern Theater, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Pearl River Hospital of Southern Medical University, the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, and the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University to rescue sick children in 2021. It is worth mentioning that Guangzhou Venture Capital Town, which provides free venues and related support for the Charity Auction Charity Fair every year, will continue to support and sign the contract again when the first 3-year cooperation agreement of this year is about to expire.
The reporter learned that as an important partner of the Orphans' Education Association, in 2014, Yangcheng Evening News Group signed a "Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement on Public Welfare Undertakings" with the Association, and in 2016, the New Express Newspaper cooperated with the Orphans' Aid Association to set up the "Daily Public Welfare Special Fund", so far, 754 sick children reported by Yangcheng Evening News and New Express have been rescued by the Orphans' Education Association, accounting for 61% of the total number of media reports. Last year, the Orphans' Aid Association also joined hands with the New Express Daily Public Welfare to raise 2.57 million yuan for li Junyi, a burn-injured and sick child. At the scene of the event, the Orphans' Education Association renewed its cooperation agreement with Yangcheng Evening News Group and New Express Newspaper respectively, and extended the love agreement indefinitely.
"I hope that every child who is as unfortunate as sick as me can be as lucky as I am." Tingting told reporters that next year, she will come back to the charity auction charity fair to express her gratitude to all caring people and blessings to all seriously ill poor children with "immortal flowers".
■ This edition is written by Pan Zhizhen, a reporter of the New Express, and Guo Haotong, a correspondent