Novopolotsk youth to perform 55 good deeds for the city's anniversary

The parliament of children and youth of Novopolotsk has embraced the initiative of performing good deeds in honor of their hometown, taking it over from Polotsk, which celebrated its 1150th anniversary this year. Students and teaching staff of kindergartens, schools, secondary vocational institutions, universities, youth, public, and volunteer organizations, as well as representatives of enterprises and organizations, etc., are invited to participate in the initiative. More detailed information can be found on the website of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee. Applications for participation should be submitted to the city education department.

The youth of Novopolotsk will perform 55 good deeds in honor of their hometown's anniversary, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Irina Kasputis, Deputy Head of the Education Department for Ideological Work of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee.

The parliament of children and youth of Novopolotsk has embraced the initiative of performing good deeds in honor of their hometown, taking it over from Polotsk, which celebrated its 1150th anniversary this year. Students and teaching staff of kindergartens, schools, secondary vocational institutions, universities, youth, public, and volunteer organizations, as well as representatives of enterprises and organizations, etc., are invited to participate in the initiative. More detailed information can be found on the website of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee.

Applications for participation should be submitted to the city education department. Currently, about 30 different teams have officially expressed their desire to participate in the campaign, with their proposals related to improvement, cultural, charitable, and other projects. "It is important that people are not waiting for the city's anniversary to approach, but are already doing good deeds now," emphasized Irina Kasputis.

Four good deeds have already been counted towards the 55 good deeds to be implemented. In particular, in one of the city's kindergartens, young graduates, together with their parents and teachers, planted a "Garden for the Soul" in September, which will be expanded annually by subsequent preschoolers. The Department of Education and the branch of the Peace Fund of the oil city held a charity event "Together to School" for children from large, low-income and other categories on the eve of the new academic year. As a gift to Novopolotsk, students of secondary school No. 14 opened September with an exhibition of works by talented children, and Polotsk State University dedicated a collection of fairy tales to it, which students and teachers of the university had been composing for two years. After publication, the collection is planned to be distributed in kindergartens, school libraries, and children's social institutions of the city. "The youth parliament's initiative has found a response and support among the residents of Novopolotsk, so it is possible that we will celebrate the anniversary with a much larger number of good deeds, which is undoubtedly pleasing," concluded Irina Каспутис.

Novopolotsk will celebrate its 55th anniversary on June 8, 2013. The list of events for its celebration has already been formed, and preparatory and organizational work is underway, involving all labor collectives, public organizations, and other organizations and formations of the city. The Parliament of Children and Students of Novopolotsk was established under the auspices of the city Department of Education on November 30, 2011, with the aim of implementing youth initiatives in the oil city, developing various forms of self-government in educational institutions, and enhancing the role of youth in the city's public life.