Car wash earns millions, helps poor students go to school

08/20/2024 | 13:19

TPO - The special car wash of "blue shirt" volunteers in Da Nang has attracted the support of many people, contributing to helping disadvantaged students go to school.

The special car wash is located on Nguyen Van Cu Street (Hoa Hiep Bac Ward, Lien Chieu District, Da Nang) with a lot of traffic. The banner "Car wash to raise funds" is hung high, attracting the attention of passersby. Photo: Giang Thanh

This special fundraising car wash is only open for 2 days, serving people who need to wash their motorbikes and cars. The car washers are volunteers from Hoa Hiep Bac Ward Youth Union. Although they are not professional, their warm and enthusiastic attitude makes a good impression on passersby.

To organize this fundraising car wash, the Ward Youth Union borrowed the premises and equipment from a local auto repair shop. Volunteers contributed to organizing the car wash.

A donation box was placed on the sidewalk in front of the car wash area so that people could contribute to help disadvantaged students in the area go to school.

Not only washing cars to support volunteers, many people, youth union members, civil servants, public employees... also contribute a small part of the cost to raise funds to help disadvantaged students go to school.

The car wash is crowded with customers from morning to afternoon, the "blue shirt" car washers have to work non-stop. Even though there are busy times, people still wait patiently because of the special meaning of this car wash.

Passing by the car wash area, seeing the meaningful work, Ms. Huynh Thi Phuong (55 years old, Hoa Hiep Bac ward) stopped to support. "I find this activity very good and practical, washing a motorbike can contribute a little to support disadvantaged students, the amount of money for washing a car is not much, anyone can participate," she said.

This is a meaningful activity to create a fund for "Supporting children to go to school" before the new school year 2024 - 2025. After only 2 days of implementation, Hoa Hiep Bac Ward Youth Union has collected a fund of more than 6 million VND to support children in difficult circumstances.

"Over the years, the model has received consensus and enthusiastic response not only from union members and youth but also from a large number of local people, officials, civil servants and public employees through car washes and financial contributions," said Ms. Le.

Immediately after that, the Ward Youth Union and the residential area Youth Unions implemented the award of scholarships to nearly 30 disadvantaged students who have overcome difficulties to study well in the ward. In the coming time, the Ward Youth Union will expand the model, implementing it twice a year in the summer and on the occasion of Lunar New Year. "We hope that this model will continue to be implemented and expanded in residential areas so that more and more disadvantaged children can be supported, contributingto education and spreading a sense of responsibility to the community," said Ms. Le.

Jiang Qing

Source: https://tienphong.vn/tiem-rua-xe-thu-duoc-tien-trieu-tiep-suc-tro-ngheo-den-truong-post1665115.tpo