(BEIJING, Feb. 25) -- As part of the "Smiling Beijing" campaign, local
volunteers will work on weekends to encourage residents to take care of the city
environment.
The Beijing Olympic Volunteer Work Coordination Group, in partnership with
the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and the
Beijing Volunteers Association, is calling for more efforts from the citizenry,
especially young people and social workers, to create a green city environment.
Organizers insist the activity will not end with the closing of the Games.
As an early-stage try-out and rehearsal of the Games-time city volunteer
work, over 2,000 volunteers at 50 voluntary service stands offered 2,500-hour
information and translation services and first aid for the public during the
Chinese Spring Festival. Meanwhile, more volunteers provided services at the
local community and counties.
The Beijing Olympic Volunteer Program includes six working projects and a
theme campaign -- "Smiling Beijing". The projects are: the "towards the
Olympics" Voluntary Service Project, the BOCOG Pre-Games Volunteer Project, the Games-time
Volunteer Project, the City Volunteer Project, the Social Volunteer Project and
the Olympic Volunteer Work Legacy Transformation Project.
During the Olympic and Paralympic Games, over 400,000 city volunteers will
offer their services in the city, in addition to the 100,000 Games-time
volunteers who work directly for the Games. They will be assigned to 2,000 city
voluntary service stands at major traffic hubs, commercial networks, scenic
spots, hospitals, hotels, and cultural centers. The number of social
volunteers in the communities is expected to exceed one million, while that of
the participants in the "Smiling Beijing" campaign will be tenfold as much.
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