Instead of rocking, to the fair. How BRSM volunteers help those in need with the delivery of agricultural products

Saturday morning at the agricultural fair in the capital's Peoples' Friendship Park begins with the usual hum: sellers lay out potatoes, cabbage and carrots, buyers are priced, and at the entrance to the shopping rows volunteers in red vests with the BRSM logo are on duty. Every weekend, Goodheart teams work at fairs across the country, helping with what for many older people is becoming a real challenge to bring shopping home. The sb.by correspondents also replaced the guys.

- I am from Pinsk, and we all help each other there, says Dmitry Bontsevich. So I decided to bring a piece of Pinsk to Minsk and help people. It would be great if my grandmother could be helped. That's why I'm for this cycle of good in nature.

The weather is not pleasant: overcast, rain drizzles. But the fair lives its own life: there are enough buyers, among them there are plenty of elderly people. Someone came with a bag on wheels, but even so carrying a load is difficult. They do not wait until they are asked, but they come up, offer help, tell what they can do.

Some people wonder how long this action will last. Volunteers explain that the opportunity will continue, so that people can schedule purchases in advance and come for voluntary free delivery when needed.

- If it wasn’t for the guys, I would have to come back several times and bring everything a little bit, says Lydia Alekseevna. And now I can not worry and use their kindness. They promise to get everything straight home, which I never expected. I thought it was some kind of prank.

Another buyer, Zinaida Ivanovna, bought potatoes at the autumn fair last year, and the seller delivered them to her. This time she decided to take the help of BRSM. Minchanka took at once 60 kilograms of "second bread"

- I certainly wouldn't have reported it myself. But thanks to the guys, everything is possible: delivered directly to the house and put in the basement. We have a basement where supplies are stored. Now you will be able to eat potatoes all winter and feed your grandchildren. I will remember the boys with a kind word.

- For us, this is an alternative to the gym: he warmed up and did a good deed. The most pleasant thing is to see a person exhale when he realizes that he does not have to carry it all by himself. I came here for those moments.

By noon, there are only more buyers. The rain does not stop, but it does not stop anyone. Music is playing, queues are lined up at the counters, and volunteers are scurrying between the rows: they will help bring the package to the car, then guide the grandmother to the stop. Yegor Kulakovsky says he doesn't feel tired:

- On the contrary, a charge of vigor. Pensioners thank, and their words make the soul warmer. I believe that the good comes back: today you helped, and tomorrow they will help you.

One of these ladies of respectable age, whom the guys helped bring shopping to the apartment, reaches for a farewell purse. But the volunteers just brush it off. Then she offers to treat them to apples - and gets the same answer: we work not for a tasty, but for a smile.

Towards the end of duty, volunteers have more than a dozen bags and bags delivered to the threshold of apartments and stops. But the point, they say, is not that, but that few minutes of conversation and attention that many older people lack. In Brest, BRSM volunteers joined the republican initiative YARMARKA.DOBRA