Namaxia Minquan elementary school students, homemade biscuits to raise travel expenses.

(Photo by reporter Huang Xulei)

[Reporter Huang Xulei/Kaohsiung Report] The Nama Summer Firefly Appreciation Season continues. It has attracted tens of thousands of tourists in the two weeks since its opening. Minquan Elementary School in the area is an extreme school in Kaohsiung City. 10 primary school students sell homemade biscuits to raise funds Tourists will buy all the travel expenses next year within one day.

"We want to go to Kenting." Namasada Kanua and other firefly viewing trails are full of tourists on holidays. They enjoy the beautiful scenery of the firefly river from 7:00 to 8:30 every night, and Minquan Elementary School children are at Mayali and other tourist gathering places. Selling handmade biscuits, looking forward to traveling to Kenting or cities in the north-central next year.

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The principal of Minquan Elementary School, Dahai Isnanguan Crafi, said that there are only 70 students in the school, and there are many tourists during the firefly viewing season. With the help of Qing Jinglin volunteers, the students raised their own travel funds to reduce the burden on parents. During the period of setting up stalls for sale, schoolchildren tried their best to sell and take on the responsibility of traveling.

The school proposed the "Dream Pursuit Journey; I can, I will do it" project, which was supported by the Ching King Lin Educational Foundation and called on corporate volunteers to help students realize their dreams.

Lin Junming, the academic director of Minquan Elementary School, emphasized that most rural families are farmers, and their income is unstable. Schoolchildren follow their dreams and bake biscuits with their own hands. After learning how to harvest, they must first plant.

The school invited Guo Biying, a professional baking teacher from Tainan, to guide the preparation of ingredients, shaping, baking, and packaging. Tourists were very supportive, and it was sold out at 5 pm on the day it was put on the shelves.

Yang Peiqi, executive director of Qingjinglin Education Foundation, said that the "Subsidy to Rural Schools Program" is launched every year to help rural schools realize their dreams. This time, they assisted Minquan Elementary School to pursue their dreams. In addition to providing funds, they also mobilized corporate volunteers to accompany them on the mountain Make cookies.

Firefly viewing tourists join in and buy biscuits.

(Photo by reporter Huang Xulei)

Tens of thousands of fireflies are flying on the Namaxia Firefly Appreciation Trail.

(Provided by Kaohsiung City Government)