2011 Tzu Chi End-of-Year Sprinkling of Love Thanksgiving Party (Photo)

2011 Tzu Chi End-of-Year Sprinkling of Love and Gratitude Party (Photo) (Alberta Times Clear Treasure) On December 3, the Tzu Chi Phoenix Liaison Office held its annual end-of-year Thanksgiving Party...

2011 Tzu Chi End-of-Year Sprinkling of Love Thanksgiving Party (Photo) (Alberta Times Clear Treasure) On December 3, Tzu Chi Phoenix Liaison Office held its annual year-end thanksgiving party. On that day, 138 grateful households and more than 200 people came to Tzu Chi to pray together and receive New Year gifts. At 9 o'clock in the morning, many grateful families came to Tzu Chi with their whole families. A Mexican father brought his two cold and hungry children to the Jing Si Hall. They didn’t seem to know what activities were going on. They just heard from friends that they could get food here. When the brothers and sisters saw this family of three, they quickly wrapped them in blankets to keep them warm, and gave each of the two little girls a big toy and a red envelope. After a while, a smile broke out on the face of the cold and hungry child, and he started playing with the children of the same age around him. The thanksgiving party officially started at 10 o'clock. Sister Yulian, the person in charge of Tzu Chi, introduced the connection between the thanksgiving party and the traditional Chinese Spring Festival and the significance of red envelopes in traditional Chinese festivals. There is lucky money in the red envelope. If the children take it, they can have peace and good luck in the new year. As soon as the traditional Chinese story was told, the children quickly took out their red envelopes from their pockets and happily posed, which allowed the participants to understand the traditional Chinese nation and made the atmosphere of the entire venue warm and festive. The senior brother introduced Tzu Chi’s four major missions: providing food, medical care, education and culture. They also used short stories to introduce Tzu Chi’s services, what time of the week you can come to receive food, who the hot food will be given to, who is the founder of Buddhism, etc. After watching the interesting introduction video, the senior brothers and sisters came to the scene pushing boxes of notebooks and other school supplies. The host started to ask, who is the founder of Christianity? Who is the founder of Buddhism? When was it founded? etc. Whoever can answer the questions just introduced will win a wonderful prize. This can ignite the enthusiasm of the scene. Everyone who raised their hands to answer every question was very enthusiastic, and some children even felt depressed because they were not called to answer the question. There were many prizes on the day, and in the end, those adults and children who wanted to get gifts got their wish. Master Cheng Yen, the founder of Tzu Chi, used a video to introduce the natural disasters that have occurred around the world over the past year, as well as the efforts made by Tzu Chi people when disasters struck. He told grateful households that we should be grateful for the life we ​​have now. Compared with many people, we are much happier, and we should use warm hands to help others. The brothers and sisters of Tzu Chi sang "Love and Care" in sign language together, and all the guests in the audience echoed the song. The grateful households stood in pairs and followed the event organizer to receive a whole box of New Year gifts, which included New Year cakes, daily necessities, and gift certificates worth $20. The grateful households held the hands of Tzu Chi brothers and sisters to express their gratitude for their care and help over the past year, and wished everyone a Happy New Year. Tzu Chi brothers and sisters prayed for the New Year and presided over the ceremony. The brothers distributed Christmas gift boxes to grateful families.