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5th Happy Neighborhood Festival opened
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 05 November 2013 14:54
On the morning of November 2, the 5th Happy Neighborhood Festival of Ningbo opened in Baiyunzhuang Neighborhood Community in Haishu District. The festival is jointly hosted by the Publicity Department of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, Ningbo Wenming Office, Ningbo Municipal Press and Publication Administration, Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs, Ningbo Administration of Sports and Ningbo Women's Federation.
In the opening ceremony, 6 young people were arranged to give regular help to 6 empty-nested old people in their daily lives. The 81890 Community Service Center presented a "phone for the old" to every old person in the community, with which an aged person can call for help in case of emergency.
After the opening ceremony, over 200 volunteers of the 81890 Service Center and the Community offered over 20 free services like blood pressure and blood sugar tests, household appliance repairs, and glasses cleaning.
The theme of the Happy Neighborhood is Mutual Help of Neighborhood. The festival will last for a month. And all the counties and districts of the city will organized activities for the festival.
