“I want to be a painter / draw beautiful houses / put the poor in it / keep them from being homeless / I want to be a painter / draw a world of peace / put children in war / No longer threatened with death / I believe in the future / This will become a reality”
“My dream is to be a shower of rain/to shower the hot people/to lighten the sky/to soften the dry land/to make plants green/to shower the desert/to turn the desert into an oasis”
“My dream is to be a cleaner / To make the street clean and beautiful / Let everyone on the street breathe fresh air / The cleaner is the doctor of the earth / Can make a city and a home / Be glamorous /Being a cleaner/is a great job”
“Dream is a bean / At first I wanted to grow up / But when I grew up / my mother left / When I grew up / I wanted to go back to my childhood / I had a mother in my childhood / I am happy to have a home”
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These verses about dreams were written by children from two elementary schools in Suzhou, Anhui during this year’s “Bridgestone · Happiness Tangram” public welfare teaching action, in the course “Dream Poetry Creation”. rich heart. These children, who live in the countryside, often lack the company of their parents, but they are simple and lovely, positive and sunny, cherish learning opportunities, and long to see a bigger world.
Bridgestone has been adhering to public welfare for 11 years. With the belief of gathering sand to form a tower, Bridgestone contributes to left-behind children in rural areas, guards the dreams of every child, and encourages them to move forward bravely on the road to dream. Bridgestone established a “growth classroom” for local teachers and students, brought a large number of extracurricular reading materials, covering history and culture, fairy tales and fables, and carried out “second classroom” teaching activities, bringing wonderful music to students , physical education, art, literature courses, and comprehensive courses such as health and hygiene, environmental protection, etc. are specially set up to protect the overall growth of teenagers.
In this event, Fan Zhendong, currently the world’s number one table tennis player in the ITTF and one of the members of the “Bridgestone Team”, also participated in it. As a “Teacher Fan”, he personally taught table tennis lessons and shared with the children Stories and feelings on the road of chasing dreams. Fan Zhendong wrote his own dream poems to encourage children to bravely pursue their dreams-“When I was young/I had a dream/holding a gold medal/to win glory for the country/dreams are an inspiring sunshine/dreams give me magical power/let people Be vigilant when you are slack and depressed / be tenacious when you are struggling / the people encourage me / the country cultivates me / the motherland is in my heart / the dream is still ahead.”
When talking about his dream, Fan Zhendong said, “Becoming an Olympic champion has been my biggest dream since I was a child. In the past few years, I have devoted myself to preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and I have continuously polished my skills every time I train And adjust your mentality. For me, becoming an Olympic champion is the ultimate goal and my biggest dream. I think the most important thing to realize your dream is to face the difficulties and challenges in the dream with a positive attitude.”
Dreams give people power, and those who have dreams have the strength to struggle, the motivation to chase, and the direction to move forward.
Children’s dreams take root like a bean, and sometimes their dreams are pure. Having a family and a mother by your side is happiness. Looking forward to the future, children want to be scientists, explore outer space, and talk to aliens about new things on the earth; some children want to wear military uniforms, join the military camp, and defend their hometown; world……
At the end of the “Happy Tangram” event, Bridgestone carefully arranged the dream-realization link, contributing to the children’s dreams, adding wings to their dreams, and making their smiles brighter.
Bridgestone ignites the hope in the hearts of children with love, makes dreams accumulate more energy, and hopes that children can move forward with their dreams!
Over the years, the “Bridgestone · Happiness Tangram” public welfare education activity has focused on the actual needs of children’s education in economically underdeveloped rural areas, and actively improved and optimized the form of activities. With its contribution to promoting community education, “Bridgestone Happiness Tangram” won the Gold Award of “Excellent Cultural Education Provider Award” at the 11th Global CSR Summit and Awards Ceremony in 2019. In the future, Bridgestone will continue to uphold the CSR concept of “Our Way to Serve”, practice corporate social responsibility, stay true to its original aspirations and forge ahead on the journey of public welfare.
