Churches in Jiangsu and Guangzhou conducted activities to assist the elderly and impoverished families.
The Changzhou Chongshan Fund in Jiangsu, affiliated with the Amity Foundation, held a charity event at a local nursing home in the Xinbei District on July 15, said Changzhou Municipal CC&TSPM.
Volunteers presented summer heat relief packages, as well as daily necessities such as rice and cooking oil, to 150 elderly residents, with a total value of over 8,000 yuan. They also provided haircuts and assistance with bathing for more than 30 elderly individuals.
The next day, the charity foundation of Guangdong CC&TSPM, in collaboration with Lishui Church in Nanhai District, Foshan City, made donations in cash and kind that were worth more than 60,000 yuan. A total of 25 underprivileged families in the area received money and daily necessities, according to Guangdong CC&TSPM.
Elder Wu Yingyan, the director of the Lishui Church Council, stated that the church was engaged in social service activities in Lishui Town and has been supporting disadvantaged families in the community for 12 consecutive years.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
