In 2021, the volunteer movement in Russia has reached enormous proportions. Volunteering can be different, and becoming a part of it is now easier than ever. The action “New Year in Every Home” has already started all over Russia, and everyone can join it. How to join the #MYVMESTE movement on the New Year’s Eve and choose a good deed for yourself – in a special material from “Lenta.ru”.
Both big and small
More than 150 thousand volunteers will take part in the action “New Year in Every Home” this year: Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens will congratulate children from low-income families and large families, children with disabilities, those families who have found themselves in a difficult life situation, and young hospital patients. So, on December 19, volunteers of the All-Russian Student Rescue Corps will descend from the roof of the Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital in Moscow and look through the windows to congratulate the children who cannot leave the hospital wards even on New Year’s Eve.
In the Yaroslavl Region, the Russian Union of Rural Youth will present gifts to the children of doctors at the Veterans’ Hospital who work in covid hospitals on New Year’s holidays. Gifts for this event were prepared with the assistance of the local Sobranie chocolate factory.
The action will take place throughout Russia, even in the most remote corners. Thus, in the town of Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region, activists of the local branch of the Russian Union of Rural Youth are organizing New Year’s greetings for the elderly and disabled at the Velikie Luki boarding school. In the Sverdlovsk region, Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens will come to the elderly residents of the Gornouralsk urban district, and in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, local activists will go with congratulations and gifts to veterans who once taught at the Agrarian University and raised several generations of agrarians.
You can take part in the action and help volunteers by contacting the organizer of the action in your region. The organizers’ contacts are on the official website stock.
Tree of desires
It is easy to find a business to your liking with the help of the “Christmas tree of wishes” action: all adults who wish can fulfill someone’s dream. You just need to register for website as the performer of desires, choose a postcard on the interactive Christmas tree and follow the instructions. You can also find special Christmas trees that will be installed throughout Russia and remove the card with a wish from it.
The organizers plan that as part of the campaign, volunteers will fulfill more than 20 thousand wishes. A number of Russian politicians, Nyuta Federmesser, founder of the Vera charity fund for hospice assistance, singer Manizha and many others joined the action.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also took part in the action: he fulfilled the wish of 13-year-old Tanya Trotsenko from Izobilny, Stavropol Territory, who dreamed of visiting Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theater. In January 2021, the doctors diagnosed Tanya with a difficult diagnosis, and the girl’s life became a long series of therapies and rehabilitation. The girl often had to travel to St. Petersburg for treatment, but this time the visit to the city was special. For all Tanya’s family, a sightseeing tour of the evening Petersburg was conducted, and then a visit to the theater with a behind-the-scenes tour.
“We were just getting on the train when they called us and said that our wish would come true. To be honest, with joy we could not even believe that this had happened. After all, there are so many applications, and we did not even think that ours would be chosen from all applications. Thank you all very much, ”Tanya’s mother, Lyubov Ivanovna, shared her impressions.
For those who are not easy
In 2021, doctors remained at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, many of them will spend the New Year holidays at their post. In order to brighten up the everyday life of medical workers, the action “Thanks to doctors” was planned. In Astrakhan, Tver, Smolensk, Kaluga and many other cities of Russia, volunteers will organize New Year’s performances and record video greetings. In Moscow, the “Combat Brotherhood” Volunteer Company will hold a flash mob with the participation of 350 people: activists will line up in the form of the word “thank you” and present New Year’s gifts in gratitude for the work of doctors in such a difficult time.
You can participate in the Thank Doctors campaign in a variety of formats. You can bake sweet treats, such as Christmas gingerbread, and pass them on to healthcare workers in covid hospitals through the organizers in your area. Volunteers will also help decorate hospitals and clinics for the New Year, and those who wish will be able to record a video greeting for medical workers and post it on social networks with the hashtag # СNewGodomMediki.
You can find out what you need to do to take part and find the contacts of the organizers of the action on website…
As you meet, so will you
# WEVMESTE this year brought together not only volunteers, but also those who want to celebrate the New Year in motion. Athletes and sports lovers will host a variety of events and competitions as part of the Healthy New Year campaign, which anyone can join. So, in the city of Troitsk, Chelyabinsk region, the track and field relay race, the final of the volleyball championship and the action “Race in the New Year” will be held, organized by the student sports club “EKIDEN”.
In the city of Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region, along the route of the location of the New Year trees, a health run dedicated to 2022 will be held. The length of the route is about five kilometers, and the student sports club “Titan” became the organizer of the event. The head of the club and the initiator of the race, Valery Vanyushin, said that the idea of a race around the New Year trees in the city of Dzerzhinsk was born a long time ago. At first, not many people gathered at them: runners, skiers, orienteers and other lovers of an active lifestyle. In 2020, activists decided to revive this event and threw a cry to friends, athletes.
“We ran with pleasure! We got a lot of positive emotions. There were sports veterans with children and grandchildren. Passers-by applauded us in unison. There was a truly festive atmosphere, ”Valery told Lente.ru.
The organizer hopes that this time there will be even more participants. You can find out more about the action to take part in it. In contact with… And you can find a sporting event in your area by contacting your local organizer. His contacts are on website stock.
Big changes
Every year, the participants of the All-Russian competition “Big Change” in the costumes of Snow Maidens congratulate the children living in their cities and towns with the New Year. This year, the guys who will become Santa Clauses will also participate. Participants of the Big Change will congratulate their friends, schoolchildren and seniors.
On December 21, the children will visit the Unity charitable foundation, which helps people with mental disabilities, and will congratulate the wards of the foundation a Happy New Year, present them with original postcards and toy cats made at the #MYVMESTE forum. And on December 22, the participants of the Big Change will congratulate the junior pupils of the Moscow school Integral on the upcoming holidays and hold creative performances for them.
“Big changes” will not remain aloof from the “Christmas tree of desires”: with the support of Russian Railways, the project will fulfill the dreams of children who want to try themselves as train drivers.
“On New Year’s Eve I want to give magic to everyone! It’s great that we have the opportunity to please everyone: from children to the elderly! When you see the eyes of the people whom you congratulate, burning with happiness, you become happier yourself, ”shared the winner of the first season of“ Big Change ”Natella Dyachkova.
There is a case for everyone
This year, within the framework of the “New Year’s Miracle” campaign, the “Baskets of Joy” campaign is being held. Shoppers in stores can purchase something for the kids, such as a sweet gift or toy, and place them in a special basket. These gifts will be delivered by volunteers dressed as Snow Maidens and Santa Clauses.
Children and adults will be able to wish teachers a Happy New Year: as part of the action from the “Big Change” project, those who wish can post a congratulation with the hashtag # СNew Year Teacher. Plus, the New Year is the best time to thank those who have worked tirelessly and helped us throughout the year. We can say thank you to taxi drivers, couriers, colleagues in video congratulations. To do this, you need to record a video in the “Clips” section of VKontakte and mark # Thank you for a Year.
From the action – into a good tradition
The action “New Year in Every Home” was launched on December 4 at the international forum of civic participation and was organized by volunteers of the #MYVMESTE all-Russian action for mutual assistance.
The organizers of the #MYVMESTE forum are Rosmolodezh and the Dobro.ru platform. The partners of the forum were the presidential platform “Russia – a country of opportunities”, the Association of Volunteer Centers, the Sistema Charitable Foundation, Norilsk Nickel, and other major companies and non-profit organizations.
The # WEVMESTE campaign started in March 2020 and brought together 250 thousand citizens and 9 thousand companies that help in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. During the campaign, more than 6.2 million people received assistance, and the partners of the campaign raised about 1.8 billion rubles. Activists help to vaccinate, provide assistance in medical institutions. More than 1.5 thousand volunteers – professional psychologists – helped more than 250 thousand citizens during the action.
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