On July 25, Ran Hongguo, a 62-year-old worker in Ningbo, took the "love meal" delivered by volunteers at Jinjiacao Primary School. He was very happy about the food and said, "The fried rice is really good!"
As Typhoon In-Fa hit Ningbo, the Jinjiacao Primary School in Yinzhou District was made an emergency evacuation center for more than 100 people, including residents at Changfeng Village and workers from nearby construction sites.
The reporter learned that this love meal initiative was championed by Pan Huanjun, head of the Yinzhou District Federation of Internet Organizations, an umbrella association of charity in the region.
Pan Huanjun and his volunteers went busy every day from 2 PM on. Together with five chefs, they began washing vegetables, preparing ingredients, and steaming rice—should be steamed and cooled before frying to make egg fried rice.
To keep the meal warm, they also prepared large buckets: 20L each. After two hours' preparation and four hours' cooking, 2 buckets of egg fried rice and hundreds of brown sugar buns were ready.
In Yinzhou, Pan is no stranger to many. He has been a volunteer for more than 7 years.
During last year's COVID response, he made dinner for the frontline staff on duty every night, including fried rice, steamed buns, yuanxiao, and more, for more than 40 days.
Pan still remembers what happened when he delivered fried rice to a highway intersection last year. A staff member, who had been on duty for 10 hours, said to him, "This egg fried rice is really delicious! Thank you!"
Pan Huanjun was deeply touched by those words, which became one of the reasons why he continues to make love meals this year.
"We are doing our best to bring happiness for the people in the disaster shelter. Next, maybe I am thinking of cooking more diverse dishes," Pan Huanjun said. He also commits that as long as the evacuation center remains open, the love supper delivery will not stop.
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