2019-03-16
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The Director of the Social Affairs Bureau, Li Yun-Chieh said there are seven levels to recognize volunteers according to their service hours: 60 hours for Level 1, 100 hours for Level 2, 140 hours for Level 3, 180 hours for Level 4, 220 hours for Level 5, 260 hours for Level 6, 300 hours for Level 7, the highest. Each level was awarded with a pin in different colors.
Director Li also pointed out that from the opening of the Flora Expo at the beginning of last November to the end of February this year, 1,552 volunteers served more than 60 hours and 68 even served more than 300 hours. The Bureau thanks the passionate devotion of each volunteer that enabled visitors to the Flora Expo to receive high quality services and visiting experiences.
At present, Yen Li-Chuan, a volunteer from the Transport Group, came to the top by serving 918 hours. Yen was originally an owner of a factory and after retiring, she served at the Flora Expo almost every day. She became tanned after providing voluntary services outdoors and she said with a smile, “It is very rewarding and fun to do voluntary service work at the Flora Expo.” I ate well and slept well. I even gained some weight.
At the second spot for the voluntary hours was Hsu Wan-Ting who served 875 hours; Hsu is the first female President of the Taichung Gentlemen Association and she called for the participation of her members to do voluntary services at the Flora Expo. She said in her Association, there are 99 voluntary workers for the Flora Expo who served for more than 9,400 hours. Chen Hsin-Liang from the Transport Group came third, working for 868 hours and he received the champion award of Real-time Recognition last December. Chen actually gave service opportunities to other volunteers in order to have a wider participation. Tsao Mei-Li, a volunteer of Health Group, was the 4th who served for 789 hours.
The 5th was Yeh Pao-Kuei from the Hakka Group who lives in Houli and served for 749 hours. Although Yeh had a moderately severe disability, she worked very hard to overcome physical barriers to sincerely serve visitors in the nearby forest and horse parks. Lin Chen-De working for both Customer Services and Guided Tour Groups came from far Chunan to Taichung and served 700 hours, ranking the 6th.
Additionally, Team Leaders, Li Shu-Chen and her husband from the Shenggang Branch Association of the Red Cross, brought their son and daughter to serve at the Flora Expo and they together served 736 hours. The family also attended to receive the award celebrating the honorable moment together.
unit:綜合企劃科
