(PLO)- Many relatives on the way back to the Central region stopped by and burst into tears when they were treated better than family members.
Today is the 3rd day, the young people of Phan Thiet Charity Association and Binh Thuan Community College collaborated to implement the program "Powering the way home", giving gifts to people from Saigon, Binh Duong. Dong Nai rides a motorbike to the Central region on National Highway 1A.
Relay point at Nam Phan Thiet roundabout
Just a tarp stretched out on an iron frame on the roadside, but with a message of love and compatriotism, the gift-giving point at the Nam Phan Thiet roundabout has moved people on the long road back home.
Yesterday, July 29, gifts for people on the way home included 1 box of sticky rice, 1 bottle of ginseng juice, 1 bottle of lemongrass honey and lemonade, 1 bottle of bottled water, 1 box of milk, 1 bag of sandwiches and Of course, Binh Thuan's famous product is indispensable: 1 bag of fresh dragon fruit.
This is a warm and loving initiative of this group of young people and there were 400 such gifts sent to people who were on their way to their hometown to visit on July 29, and the day before it was about 200 gift bags.
A lot of people who have returned to their hometown have stopped by to receive gifts
Ms. Luu Nguyen Tu Thi, President of Phan Thiet Charity Association, said that looking at people returning home, many people still do not believe when they receive gifts and constantly say thank you, even the Binh Dinh-Quang Ngai group after receiving gifts. When he received the gift, he still cried and clasped his hands to thank him, looking very emotional.
Today's gift on July 30 is even more "luxurious" worth about 200,000 VND after the information about this relay point was known by many people and quietly brought gifts to contribute.
Gift on July 30, 2021
Lavite Co., Ltd. supports 1000 bottles of Hector Ginseng Cordyceps Water , a small gift, to contribute some energy and health to the people who have to drive home to avoid the epidemic.
Representative of Lavite Co., Ltd., Ms. Luong Tuong Vy donated 1000 bottles of Hector Ginseng to the program
Volunteers give gifts to passersby
In addition, today, in addition to gift bags, people on the way home wearing old honeycomb sandals, broken sandals, torn sandals to this relay point were even more surprised when they were given new shoes.
Ms. Dang Kim Oanh, former Deputy Director of Binh Thuan Radio and Television Station, said that on July 29, when she heard that there was a relay point, she came to see it to have a plan to join hands.
She stood there watching and shed tears when she saw many elderly people wearing torn sandals or many young people still wearing flip flops. "I used to go far by motorbike, so I know that without shoes, the wind blows very cold, especially at night, my feet will be numb, with a journey of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, I can't stand it", Ms. Oanh Tam the.
So there were more than 1,000 pairs of fashionable canvas shoes from a grandson in Europe who opened a shoe factory in Ho Chi Minh City, so she decided to bring a safe and nurturing point for her feet on the way home.
Gifts for relatives back home
Today, there have been 100 pairs of shoes of gratitude like that to follow in the footsteps of people to the Central region. Many relatives, when receiving gift bags, are encouraged to try on shoes but think it's a joke.
There was an elderly couple returning to Quang Ngai who both wore plastic slippers, and after trying on two pairs of plastic slippers in a plastic bag, complimented the beautiful shoes and felt very sorry. It was also a young person who came back to Nghe An to wear honeycomb sandals when trying on a pair that didn't fit, got in the car and was about to go, but was pulled in by a group of young people here to try another pair, and when he tried the second pair again, it fit, he cried.
And there are also many other young people who don't try on shoes, but only choose the size and then hold a shoe box in their hand and tiptoe to ask Ms. Oanh: "Auntie, we have been unemployed for a few months, we have nothing to return to our hometown, please give me a favor. Can these shoes be returned as a gift for my brother?" Oanh and those young people cried together. There was one female friend left, asking for both shoes to return to her two younger brothers in the countryside, naturally hugging 2 shoe boxes and crying happily…
People try on shoes
A middle-aged man driving his wife back to Hue when he stopped to receive gift bags said he was surprised when he arrived in Binh Thuan province. There is a relay point along National Highway 1A every few tens of kilometers.
Those are the gratitude lunch boxes of Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa's group at the COVID-19 Control Point bordering Dong Nai; Only a few dozen kilometers more is the point of free mineral water and bread in Thuan Nam and Ham Thuan Nam towns and less than 30 kilometers of rolling to this relay point.
The group of young people giving gifts here always informs passers-by that they know that leaving this relay point in Binh Thuan province, there are at least 2 other relay points, including "The restaurant with 0 dong relays people back home. Village". This is the relay point on Highway 1A in Binh Tan commune, Bac Binh serving all night.
The young man who returned to his hometown by bicycle stopped by to pick up a lunch box from Nguyen Thi Hoa's group
0 VND food stall in Bac Binh
A young woman who returned to Phu Yen by motorbike after going to the end of Binh Thuan province called Ms. Tu Thi to inform her and emotionally sent a thank you message to Binh Thuan people when she returned home by motorbike for the first time. The machine can pass by and directly witness the meaning of the people.
Goodbye, thank you Binh Thuan
This woman said that the section of National Highway 1A through Binh Thuan is the longest in the country, nearly 200 km, but it seems to be shorter and faster because of the warmth of humanity that cannot be found everywhere.
Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and the days that follow, this relay point on the way home will continue to operate; gratitude gift bags will still be given to relatives; the shoes of gratitude will still follow them home.
Source: Law Newspaper