说说美国的社区服务---Beach Sweeps

【RAISING BOYS FIT TO CHANGE THE WORLD】
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孩子慢慢大了,一直打算什么时候带他们去参见参见美国的社区服务,例如,拜访老人院,给Food Bank捐献或者到公园拣垃圾。说老实话,咱到美国也7年了,可这些活动一次也没参见过,而且在教会也混了多年,说起来令人惭愧。如果只有咱一个,那惭愧惭愧也就算了,可有孩子啊,孩子得在这生活啊,这些事还是越早了解越好。不是大家都认为要培养孩子愿意“给”吗,这些活动不能不说是一个好的开端。

没做之前总觉得很难,可一打听,这做义工的机会可真多,毕竟是免费的吗。鱼龙混杂,咱选了一个正规的,叫Clean Ocen Action,说是全国性的组织,每年举办若干次清理Park和Beach的活动,10月18这次由好几个大公司赞助。在网上报了名,其实个人不用报名,咱是以教会名义注册的,所以...

早上起来拽起孩子,开车到clean site,还没到,就看见beach边上已经有人开始干了,搞得我直埋怨老婆孩子起床太晚。到了约定的Parking Lot,阵势挺庞大的,一边有人指挥帕车,一边setup了若干桌子,banner旗帜飘扬,还有3,4辆school bus。这我就不明白了,拣垃圾咱去就行了,要school bus干吗?老婆说,这可能是哪个学校组织学生来的。到桌子跟前,先给你一表格,说要详细列出拣到的垃圾,再让你拿两个垃圾袋,一recycle一non recycle。我一看,还有手套什么的,唉,早知道我也不用到home depot去买了。

这school bus还真是拉人去拣垃圾的,说是shuttle。车上有两个Teenage,大咧咧地介绍了注意事项,我们就到了。下来一看,小小一片地方已经有很多人了,年轻人居多,老美居多,中国人只有4个(两大人两小孩)。美国人干什么这设备还是很齐全的,垃圾桶一字排开,很多人不仅带手套,而且手持长夹子。再一看,好像没什么垃圾啊,和想象的不一样,看来这拣垃圾还得先努力找垃圾。我家老二还是学得快,看见有人喊bottle cap,他就拣那了。老大倒是四处乱跑,结果一位老者警告他小心旁边的poision ivy,不过末了还是赞扬他小小年纪就bla...bla...bla...

大约一个小时吧,大家开始撤了。我顺便看了一下那一字排开的垃圾桶,里面的内容并不多。看看那些等车的teenage,套着活动的T恤衫,兴高采烈。到了开始出发的地方,又一批孩子在玩Baseball。临走,还给我两小子每人一袋Snack。

初步印象:有点走排场,完全不想我想象中的样子。不知道是不是所有的义公都这样?

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