Source Title: More than 9,000 Volunteers Serve the Beijing Winter Paralympics, Passing on Warm Power and Blooming Youthful Demeanor
From Beijing to Zhangjiakou, from the main media center to the competition venues, volunteers are busy everywhere in the Beijing Winter Paralympics. In sports competitions, venue management, language services, news operations and other business fields, more than 9,000 volunteers provide high-quality volunteer services, each with bright smiling faces, forming beautiful scenery one after another, adding to the Beijing Winter Paralympics. bright colors.
“We feel a sense of belonging here”
“When Beijing and Zhangjiakou successfully won the Winter Olympics bid, I was still in junior high school. At that time, I thought that I should be a junior in 2022. Where will I be then? Will I be a volunteer?” Beijing Foreign Studies University Ye Wenxiaoyu, a student, feels that he has a lot of fate with the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics.
Today, Ye Wenxiaoyu has become a volunteer for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. As a language service volunteer, Ye Wenxiaoyu feels that she has also gained a lot from volunteering: “Once, I helped two Italian international simultaneous interpreters solve the problem of transportation routes, and they gave me a small Badge as a gift. It’s an affirmation for me and I’m deeply moved.”
What also moved Ye Wenxiaoyu was the Volunteer House located in the main media center. On March 8, the Volunteer Home prepared a gift package for female volunteers, and also organized activities such as making felt dolls, stacking stars to send blessings, and painting flowers to record moments. “Here, we feel a sense of belonging, and we have made many friends.” Ye Wen said with a smile.
In the National Biathlon Center, volunteer Xie Zishuo also found a sense of belonging in the volunteer work of the Beijing Winter Paralympics. Xie Zishuo, a student at Yanshan University, often works outdoors as a photography assistant at the National Biathlon Center. Although it is hard work, the greatest feeling of volunteer work is warmth and fulfillment. “I am very excited to be able to get close contact with ice and snow sports and feel the charm of ice and snow sports. I am honored to be a volunteer and witness Beijing The holding of the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics.”
“The happiest thing is helping others”
“Welcome to the National Gymnasium”, “Do you need any help”, “Please pay attention to your feet when you leave the seat”, “Please take your belongings with you”… These are the most repeated words by Wang Zibo, a volunteer of the National Gymnasium. His meticulous guidance and sincere smile warmed the audience.
22-year-old Wang Zibo is a student at Beijing Jiaotong University and one of 12 disabled volunteers at the Beijing Winter Paralympics. He hoped to contribute to the Beijing Winter Paralympics, so he signed up to participate in the selection of volunteers for the competition, and finally became the event service assistant of the National Gymnasium. With the help of hearing aids, Wang Zibo enthusiastically communicated with the audience and provided volunteer services.
In Wang Zibo’s view, “the happiest thing is to help others”. Before a Paralympic ice hockey game, a foreign spectator could not find a seat. Wang Zibo took the initiative to guide him to take a seat quickly. The spectator thanked him and took out his mobile phone to take a photo with Wang Zibo.
Yang Xu, a 44-year-old disabled volunteer from Qinhuangdao, Hebei, volunteers at the National Biathlon Center. “My lover is also disabled. She is very supportive of my choice. I volunteer with the dream of two people.” Yang Xu said.
During the Beijing Winter Paralympics, Yang Xu was in charge of the verification of the access authority of the personnel of the National Biathlon Center. He was always on duty at the point on time. In addition to his own job, Yang Xu also “overweights” himself and becomes an “experience officer” of the barrier-free environment of the venue. From the wheelchair ramp to the elevator button, whenever a problem is found, he will take a photo and file it and put forward suggestions for improvement. In addition, Yang Xu, an English teacher, gave full play to his language expertise, recorded English prompts for the venue, and wrote Chinese and English notices. He said: “It is a great sense of achievement to be able to contribute to the Beijing Winter Paralympics. I also hope to inspire more disabled people to go out of their homes and realize their value in life.”
“I would be more than happy to contribute to this exchange”
At the National Alpine Ski Center, a foreign volunteer always welcomes the audience with a smile on his face. He is Sendi, an Equatorial Guinea student from Beihang University.
As an event service volunteer, Sendi is mainly responsible for spectator guidance and service. Because of the clear understanding of the flow of the field, prepared plans and drills for various situations, coupled with his excellent communication skills, Sendi is very happy to work. He said: “The game went well and the spectators were very satisfied. This is what our volunteers are most happy to see.”
“Being able to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics is a cherished opportunity in my life. Volunteering has tempered my will and my ability. I am grateful to Beijing, grateful to China, and grateful to the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics. “Sendee, who came to China in 2016, has regarded China as his second home. “The Beijing Winter Paralympics is a grand event for the exchange of Paralympic athletes from all over the world, and I am very happy to contribute to this kind of exchange. strength”.
Since the opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, volunteers in their respective fields of work have devoted their efforts to the smooth holding of the Games with full enthusiasm and thoughtful service, allowing the youthful demeanor to bloom in every scene, and also rubbing the “smiling business card” more and more. brighter.(Reporters Li Yanfei, Li Yang, Yan Yiqiao, Zhang Bolan, Yang Xiaoyu)