The Giving Tree to spread love
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GIVING Tree? What is that? Never heard of it? It’s a charity, formed for the purposes of giving and spreading love. That sounds like a pretty cliché origin to me, however, such mild ideas can bring changes to a child’s life to an extent that you can’t possibly imagine. Giving Tree — It’s simple, common, but it’s unparalleled.
On November 15, student and parent volunteers entered an unfamiliar place, the Xunan Village. As they got off the bus, children with Chinese snare drums ran out of the school gate at Morning Light Primary. They warmly welcomed the volunteers from WISS with excitement written on their faces. After greeting the students from Morning Light, the volunteers started to transfer Giving Tree bags from the bus into the quad of Morning Light Primary. There were so many of them, 200 to be exact. All of them are packed with toys, books and stationaries that the kids had desired for a long, long time.
Accompanied by the tinny tone of the creaky radio, all of the students came down to the quad. The entire student population of Morning Light Primary isn’t large. There are five grades, about 20 students per grade. Every grade stood in organized straight lines, waiting for the ceremony to begin. The principal of Morning Light Primary and a representative from Giving Tree gave a simple speech together, then the 5th grade students gave an impressive short performance with their Chinese snare drums. They also recited several classical Chinese poems that rhapsodized on spreading love. Finally, the volunteers and the students joined together and sang the Giving Tree song. After the opening ceremony, I had a chance to interview the principal.
“I am really grateful of WISS and Giving Tree for the wonderful gifts to our students. These Giving Tree bags spread a lot of love to our school, but even before Giving Tree contacted us, spreading love among students was always our aim. Morning Light Primary was founded 10 years ago, from that time we teach the students to be caring, we ask the teachers to be caring, and we treat everyone in our community with love,” said the principal.
Volunteers from WISS carried all the bags into the classrooms. It was like an early Christmas. As every child received their bags, they all wore the facial of surprise and excitement. The hallway was filled with laughter and happy voices. Every child was immersed in happiness, some were fumbling with their new toys, others were comparing their gifts with friends.
I also talked with a student whose dream job is a chef.
“I’ve been studying in this school since first grade. I love this school, it’s happy here. There are reading activities every week, sometimes college students come visit us. Thank you, Giving Tree, for these wonderful presents,” the student said.
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