Meals delivered to doorstep
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One of the strongest concerns for quarantined people is a stable supply of food. Amid community lockdowns, many people have turned to online grocery platforms to access food, but it’s not easy to make an order due to the surging demand. Jing’an has, however, stepped up to send food to people’s doorsteps.
In the Pengpu Xincun Subdistrict, the Sanquan Jiayuan neighborhood has helped local residents to order fresh vegetables. When the parcels arrive, local volunteers rally, literally, to send vegetables to every home’s doorstep.
They were well organized. Some were delegated to unload the parcels, and the rest lined in queues to send the goods to the designated site. Then, they drove cars or rode tricycles to take the vegetables to every apartment building.
It was so efficient that it only took three hours to finish distributing 1,383 parcels.
One volunteer who drove his own car to deliver parcels said: “It’s not a big deal to mess up the car because it was meant to carry things. Instead, I think it’s very meaningful.”
Zhijiang Road W. Subdistrict is delivering food in a more targeted way. It is sending meals to the doorsteps of local senior citizens. Amid the lockdown, it provides meals to 230 elders.
There are only two deliverymen. To follow prevention measures, they don’t enter the compounds, giving the meal boxes instead to guards at the gate. Then, volunteers in the compounds take the meals to the elders.
Liu Hongxia, who’s preparing meals for them, said: “I’ve been working here for nearly five years. I’m familiar with most of the elders. They are like my family. I wouldn’t feel comfortable if they couldn’t get their meals.”
Xinwang Meishilin restaurant in Linfen Road Subdistrict has been providing free meals for years to local elderly residents who live alone. It also answered the call this time. Moreover, it cooks for local front-line workers, including medical staff.
Merry Hotel Shanghai was designated to provide accommodation for a medical team of nine people from Ma’anshan, Anhui Province. The hotel’s restaurant has cooked meals to suit special dietary requirements.
“They may like spicy food. So we prepare dishes such as fried meat with pepper, and we reduce the use of sugar when cooking dishes,” said executive chef Zhou Binhua. “Also, we prepare night snacks and fruits for them.”
Medical worker Li Zhizhen said: “We are very satisfied with the arrangement. Every time we ask for help, the hotel tries its best to solve problems for us.”
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