To ensure students in the sub-district a comfortable and safe summer vacation, neighborhood committees in Tilanqiao Sub-district of Hongkou District launched activities of fun and creativity.
Beiwaitan Neighborhood Committee offered classes of paper folding to enhance students’ hand skills and offer them the fun of creation and the charm of the special art.
The neighborhood committees of Huaxing, Hongxing and Changzhi organized students to help clean up the neighborhoods to cultivate their good habit of protecting the environment.
Daer Neighborhood Committee invited volunteer teachers from Beihong Senior High School to give a psychology lesson to students in the neighborhood, hoping they would learn to be tough when faced with frustrations.
The neighborhood committees of Xicun, Dongcun, Huimin, Minghuafang, Zhoushan and Chunjiang co-launched a chess contest to create a platform for students in these neighborhoods to exchange their experience in playing chess.
Fengyuan Neighborhood Committee invited community doctors to teach students how to care for their teeth, thus helping them form hygienic habits.
Jingxing Neighborhood Committee co-operated an activity to celebrate the Special Olympics with Sunshine House, an organization for the mentally handicapped.
Yuanfu Neighborhood Committee gave speeches about drug control to elaborate the varieties and damages of synthetic drugs and conventional drugs, hoping the youths could avoid taking drugs.
Qianjin Neighborhood Committee organized a reading club for summer vacation to arouse students’ interest in reading.
Sanlian Neighborhood Committee involved students and parents in designing landscapes from succulent plants.
The neighborhood committees of Yeguang, Tangshan and Zhaoqing promoted the activity of “writing your family instruction and sharing your family tradition”, aimed at enhancing the creation of family culture.
Tanghan Neighborhood Committee organized a beading activity so that students learned how to make handiworks.
Xiangyu and Hanyang neighborhood committees co-held a speech to remind youths to avoid swindle by inviting lawyers to explain the ways of tackling frauds and presenting students with basic anti-fraud skills by demonstration and Q&A.
Zhoushan Neighborhood Committee organized students to listen to the personal experience of retired soldiers who took part in the Landmine Warfare during the Anti-Japanese War, recalling the unforgettable history of China.