Though seven years have passed, I still clearly remember the moment I was going to join the Red Cross.

It was the summer before I entered high school. I was volunteering at a blood drive. As I helped people at the canteen, I fell into a conversation with some of the donors (献血者). Some told me it was their first time; some said it was their fiftieth time. One elderly man talked about how his own near-death experience had encouraged him to start donating blood.

I left that blood drive with my mind swimming with stories. I had never before had such a meaningful volunteering experience. It was then that I seriously considered joining the Red Cross. I signed up with the Red Cross club at my school. Whether it was teaching CPR (心肺复苏) or organizing a Leadership Development Camp, every volunteering activity was meaningful.

In September 2017, my home, the Columbia River Gorge, was destroyed by forest fires. The air was heavy with smoke. Many families had to leave their homes. The Red Cross stepped up to offer their help. And within a few days, our school Red Cross club held its first meeting of the school year. During the meeting, we discussed different plans of action. Over the course of three weeks, we were able to raise thousands of dollars.

The Red Cross has enriched my life in countless ways. I am now excited to continue my journey as a lifetime Red Cross volunteer. I am ready to prevent suffering wherever I am needed.

A police artist, Lin Yuhui, helped a Didi driver find his lost daughter. The good news has been reported on TV and newspapers around China.

On January 8th, 1994, the driver, Wang Mingqing, was selling fruits with his wife near Jiuyanqiao Bridge in Chengdu. Unluckily, their 4-year-old daughter Wang Qifeng was lost. From then on, they began to look for the little girl across Chengdu and their hometown. But there was no result.

In 2014, Mr. Wang became a Didi driver. So he put up a notice for her missing daughter on the car and handed out the notices to each passenger, though it seemed hopeless. In 2017, Xinhua News Agency reported Mr. Wang’s story. And the police went to Henan and Guangdong to look for the girl, but they didn’t succeed. The kind police artist, Mr. Lin, drew a picture by comparing little Qifeng’s photo with her younger sister’s photo. Then he put the picture on the Internet.

One day of 2018, a woman in Jilin found the photo was almost the same as herself. She called Wang Mingqing and found she was really their lost daughter in surprise. The family were together again on April 3rd.

On February 9th, 2013, Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris. She reached into her change purse(零钱包), took out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man. Neither of them realized that this small kind act would change their lives.

Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning. She and her husband, Bill Krejci, rushed to see if they could find Billy. The homeless man was not only in the same place, but he also returned the ring at once. The couple was so thankful to him. They paid him back for his honesty by taking out their pockets of all the money they had.

Bill Krejci, a web designer, felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly honest man. So on February 18th, he set up a special page to raise money for him. In just four days, Billy received over ＄85, 000 and there seems to be no end yet.

Now Billy isn’t living in the streets. Instead, he has a happy family. And that’s not all — thanks to the news report, he got together again with his elder brother, Edwin Harris, who he had been unable to find for 27 years.

All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing — returning something that did not belong to him.