Beginning in 1997, Sun Maofang led her family to establish the "Family Poverty Alleviation Fund". The family spent 250 yuan every month to support the disabled and extremely poor students. Sun Maofang and her lover have both retired, and their family income has significantly decreased, but the family poverty relief fund still continues. Sometimes there are too many people receiving assistance and the poverty relief fund is not enough, so they have to spend it from daily expenses. Sun Maofang's family has donated more than 50,000 yuan in poverty relief funds and social donations.
Sun Maofang has successively funded 14 lonely elderly people, disabled people and 32 extremely poor students, with the total amount of funding reaching more than 40,000 yuan. He took good care of five elderly people for more than 10 years and died for them. Among them, the 90-year-old Mrs. Wang Yan was the one who had been under his care for the longest time, for 17 years. Aunt Wang was very grateful to Sun Maofang. Before her death, she made a will to donate 10 houses in a courtyard inherited from her ancestors to Sun Maofang, but he firmly refused. Sun Maofang said: "I am a member of the Communist Party. How can I do something good in return? Help others gain happiness, and one happiness can become two; share pain with others, and one pain will only be half at most."< /p>
Those who received help from Sun Maofang were not only the elderly and needy people near his residence, but also the patients of his hospital.
Ding Cuiping, a middle-aged woman in Gongjiang Hutong, Beijing, is blind. Her husband has been laid off, and her family is in trouble. She can't even pay her son's school fees. In the spring of 1997, after Sun Maofang heard about it, she took the initiative to visit her door and gave her 100 yuan. From now on, Sun Maofang would subsidize them 100 yuan every month after their wages were paid. In June 2001, Sun Maofang met Wei Lina, a 13-year-old girl who was hospitalized in the General Hospital and was in critical condition. Wei Lina suffered from diabetes and her family was in difficulty. In order to treat the disease, the family sold everything they could. Her father, who stayed with her, spent the night making a bed on the cement floor. Sun Maofang was very distressed after seeing this, and immediately spent 300 yuan to buy medicine for her child, boiled eggs from home and sent them to the ward, and arranged accommodation for the child's father. The old farmer held Sun Maofang's hand, tears streaming down his face.
A few days later, Sun Maofang was invited to give a report at China University of Political Science and Law. When the situation of Wei Lina was mentioned, all the teachers and students in the school became anxious and voluntarily launched a donation campaign, and soon 6,280 yuan was donated. Donations were sent to the hospital. The college students said to Sun Maofang emotionally: "The reason why we are so active in donating money is that your spirit has deeply moved us."
"The good deeds done by Sun are like the stars in the sky. Look at them." You see, there are countless people!" The soldiers and civilians in the capital who knew Sun Maofang said this about this Lei Feng-style public servant. Lao Sun studied and acted as Lei Feng, and was also very enthusiastic about spreading Lei Feng's spirit
In the Spring Festival of 2001, a special scene appeared at the temple fair in Ditan Park in Beijing: In a corner of the park, there were There are 20 exhibition boards with "Lei Feng's Spirit Shines". An old soldier wearing a red ribbon with the words "Serve the People" on his shoulders enthusiastically explains "Lei Feng's Spirit" to tourists and answers questions raised by them, attracting many tourists. This old soldier is Sun Maofang.
Everyone who is familiar with Sun Maofang knows that Sun learned from Lei Feng, acted as Lei Feng, and was also very enthusiastic about spreading Lei Feng's spirit. Sun Maofang often said: "One person who learns from Lei Feng can only exert the effectiveness of a drop of water; only by mobilizing the whole society to learn from Lei Feng can we promote the change of social atmosphere." On March 4, 2000, Sun Maofang and Lei Feng's comrades Qiao Anshan and Lei Feng tutored Sun Guiqin, a former student, was invited to deliver Lei Feng’s report to people from all walks of life in Zhangjiakou City, which aroused strong repercussions in the local area. This is the "Lei Feng Spirit Thousand Miles Journey" activity planned by Sun Maofang after his retirement to continue to promote Lei Feng's spirit. He plans to travel across the country, contact local models who learn from Lei Feng, study and promote Lei Feng's spirit through lectures, symposiums and other forms, and push the Lei Feng learning activities to a new height.
Sun Maofang’s activity plan has received strong support from the General Political Department of the People’s Liberation Army, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Ministry of Health and his army. As a result, his footprints appeared all over the country along with the "Lei Feng Spirit".
At Renmin University of China in Beijing, Sun Maofang had a dialogue with more than 100 doctoral and master's students studying Lei Feng. At the venue, there were questions, answers, and exchanges. The conversation lasted for more than three hours and was interrupted by applause many times. Many students were impressed by Sun Maofang's charisma and asked to join the ranks of volunteers organized by Sun Maofang to learn from Lei Feng.
In Inner Mongolia, Sun Maofang contacted the "model leader" Li Guoan, the "little sister of the grassland hero" Yu Rong, etc., and held a "Lei Feng Spirit" report meeting in Hohhot. During this period, a snowstorm occurred in Inner Mongolia, and Sun Maofang organized a medical team to send doctors and medicine to herdsmen's homes. When he learned that there were 25 out-of-school children in the local area, he immediately donated 5,000 yuan to the children on behalf of his family.
In Sun Maofang’s hometown of Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province, Sun Maofang’s 18 reports were sold out. After seeing the "Sun Maofang Learns from Lei Feng Personal Archives Exhibition", a resident wrote to the county leader: "Behind every exhibit here, there is a story of serving the people. Doing good deeds is glorious and great..." In front of the bronze statue of Chairman Mao in Shaoshan, Hunan and at the Lei Feng Memorial Hall in Wangcheng, Sun Maofang gave a lecture on "holding high the revolutionary torch and always walking the path of Lei Feng" to the young people of the "Hero Squadron" in 18 provinces and cities, so that the children received a profound education.
... "Thousands of Miles of Lei Feng Spirit" has produced good social benefits.
Some audience members donated money to the "Hope Project" on the spot, and some college students submitted party membership applications to the party organization after listening to the report. Tens of thousands of students joined the ranks of learning from Lei Feng and became propagandists and practitioners of Lei Feng's spirit. In the past three years, Sun Maofang, who is over 60 years old, has overcome many difficulties, traveled more than 20,000 kilometers, contacted more than 100 heroes and models, and given more than 200 lectures, spreading the "Lei Feng Spirit" to thousands of households.
Lao Sun learned from Lei Feng and said that there are many ways and forms to keep pace with the times
"I said, young man, we go to Tongren Hospital to see a doctor, where are you taking us?"
Sun Maofang accompanied blind Ding Cuiping to the hospital for medical treatment. She found that the taxi driver was going in the wrong direction and questioned him.
“I just want to earn two more yuan. There are no good people in society nowadays. As leaders, can you guarantee that you will not deceive others?” The taxi driver did not accept the criticism and even tried to make excuses.
"Master, you are wrong to say that. This comrade from the People's Liberation Army is a stranger to me. It is his duty to take care of me and accompany me to the hospital..." Ding Cuiping continued with tears, The driver remained silent and immediately turned around and drove towards Tongren Hospital. When Sun Maofang paid the fare, the driver patted his chest and said, "If I take your money today, am I still a human being?"
After accompanying Ding Cuiping to see her doctor, Sun Maofang found that the driver was still in the hospital. They were waiting outside the gate. The young man sent Ding Cuiping home, took out a pen and asked Sun Maofang to sign it for him. He said: "In the past, I always thought that the virtues of the Chinese nation had been lost. Today I saw you, the 'Living Lei Feng,' and I was deeply moved!" Later, this young man named Zhu took the initiative to join the Lei Feng School. of ranks.
This is a story told by Sun Maofang on Beijing People's Broadcasting Station. He has told 100 such stories. Using radio stations to spread Lei Feng's spirit through personal experience is just one of Sun Maofang's series of activities to learn from Lei Feng.
Sun Maofang actively explores new ways to carry forward Lei Feng’s spirit. He used family counseling centers and Beijing Dongcheng Library as forums to tell stories of heroes and models to young people in society; he carried out hundreds of home visits to educate young people on the "Four Haves"; carried out a dual-civilization activity for military and civilians in hundreds of stores; and communicated with resident primary and secondary schools. Contact us to cultivate 1,000 key people who learn from Lei Feng among young students; establish a "Learning from Lei Feng Poverty Alleviation Network" to help 5 disabled children and extremely poor children; establish a "Learning from Lei Feng and Love the People Service Network" to provide services to more than 200 people Solve problems.
The "Learning from Lei Feng Series" created by Sun Maofang has been widely praised by the society and attracted more people to learn from the great communist fighter Lei Feng.