2022 Cub Special Contribution Award

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The China Youth National Salvation Army organized the National Volunteer Games and gathered in Yunlin for the first time in 70 years to celebrate the birthday of the Salvation Army. The Convener, Wu Ching-Ki, and the Director, Ge Yong-Guang, commended the Cubs' Special Contribution Award and the Cubs' Medal of Honor, etc., and the Chairman of Lung Pao Construction, Lily Chang, was also recognized with the Cubs' Special Contribution Award on behalf of the Taichung Branch of the consortium corporation, the Teacher Chang Foundation.

Lily Chang joined the National Salvation Army youth program 50 years ago, which started her volunteer service career, and as a lifeguard instructor of the R.O.C. Water Life Saving Association, the words “people drown themselves” were also imprinted on her soul.

“People have to find the value of living, and I am blessed to be able to give back to the society,” Lily Chang's cheerful, unique, warm and caring qualities, as well as her dedication to public welfare, have touched many people around her.

In particular, after joining “Teacher Chang Foundation” as a committee member, I realized that there are so many stories in “Teacher Chang Foundation”, some plain and simple, some twisted and bizarre, some unimaginable, and some full of tears, and it seems that there are thousands of life stories gathered in this small organization. Every time she hears these stories, she is shocked and touched by them.

She also feels that the hard work of the volunteer “Teacher Chang Foundation” in the 1980 service line, the dedication of her colleagues in related work and other services, as well as the long-term support of all counseling members, she is even more determined to look forward to her own inheritance of 100% of the efforts of her predecessors, and the belief of “Creating Happiness and Touching Lives” to let the community know what role “Teacher Chang Foundation” plays in everyone's life and how to quietly accompany and support them through. 

In addition, this will also unite the centripetal force of Taichung City “Teacher Chang Foundation” service team, so that all of them can carry a full service concept and continue to promote the spirit of business.

Since 103 years ago, after taking over the position of Taichung's “Teacher Chang Foundation” director, Lily Chang has continued to expand the caring services of “Teacher Chang Foundation” through a variety of activities. She has combined with corporations and social organizations to hold events such as the “White Robe‧Teacher Chang Concert,” “Lions Clubs International - Parent-Children's Concerts with Love,” “Mandarin Dance‧Rotary Love Dance Exhibition,” and the “Chang Cheng-Chieh Parent-Child Concerts,” which have given play to the three elements of public service, music, and happiness. 

In addition, through press conferences such as the “Stacked Book Publication of Open Mouth Love,” “Open Hands and Hugs - Let Love Recover,” and “Lonely Epidemic Generation - Don't Worry, We're Always Here,” we raised funds through the spirit of “love” and the concept of “let love continue.

With her passionate appeal and the witness of local enterprises, the annual fundraising activities have been enthusiastically received, and the collected funds have been used to organize at least 100 public welfare lectures on youth mental health in primary and secondary schools in Taichung City each year, and the service bases have reached out to the remote villages to give full play to the spirit of “Passing on the Love, Lighting up the Happiness”. Since August of this year, more than 750 lectures have been held, benefiting more than 80,000 students.

Under the leadership of Lily Chang, the Taichung City Teacher Chang Foundation has received numerous awards for its outstanding service in recent years, and in 2011, the center was even awarded the “Outstanding Social Welfare and Comprehensive Volunteer Service Operation Unit” award.

In the midst of her many and varied affairs, Lily Chang always puts public welfare in the forefront of her work. In the face of work, family and social welfare, she always shares seriously, “I can decide to prioritize and prioritize my work, but only public welfare can not wait, because there is no turning back on the road of public welfare, and we can not give up halfway. Lily Chang's passion for public service has been extended indefinitely because of her love.