Nanshi responds to "Low Carbon, Environmental Protection, Love the Earth", and expands the promotion of plant-based meals so that the elders in the community care centers can eat nutritious and healthy meals.

(Photo by reporter Cai Wenju)

[Reporter Cai Wenju/Tainan Report] Tainan City responds to the concept of "low carbon, environmental protection and loving the earth", encourages city government employees to experience the health and benefits brought by plant-based meals, and expands the promotion of plant-based meals to allow community care and care for elders to eat nutrition, Health, Social Affairs Bureau invites all community bases to participate in the one-month "recommend and eat vegetables" meal competition to avoid the elderly eating too greasy. The elders ate with relish from the beginning, from doubts and resistance to the end, and selected 17 winners The unit was encouraged by Mayor Huang Weizhe's award today.

Weizhe Huang said that everyone knows that vegetarian food is very healthy. Starting from school, Tainan City provides vegetable food in children's nutritious lunches to develop a balanced nutrition from an early age. It also promotes vegetable food sharing competitions in various community bases, hoping to provide elders with healthy food. Nutrition is more balanced.

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As of the end of last year, Tainan City had a total of 387 community care centers, providing services such as community elder care and visits, telephone greetings, catering, health promotion activities, and disability prevention and delay delays. Among them, 205 sites provide regular meals for the elderly.

Social Affairs Bureau Director Lu Yucong said that the meal sharing competition lasted for one month, and a total of 17 units were eligible based on the cumulative number of days of sharing meals. For the first place, the social bureau will award 5,000 yuan, 3,000 yuan, and 2,000 yuan gift certificates according to the number of meals.

Zhong Qinglan, director of the Nanxi Community, said that the Nanxi base provides meal sharing services 5 days a week, and about 50 elders come to eat every day. At the beginning, when Chang Qiao learned that they would eat a vegetarian meal, they all said, "How can there be a meal without meat?" Nutritious” and “the taste of vegetarian food will be heavier”, through the ingenuity of the volunteers in the base, they have changed a series of beautiful and delicious dishes.

Nanshi held a community base "communication, eating and eating" eating competition, and 17 winning units were selected, and Mayor Huang Weizhe presented awards and encouragement.

(Photo by reporter Cai Wenju)