Handwritten notes bring warmth during the lockdown
Words of encouragement and gratitude have been popping up all over Shanghai as residents look to help one another during the ongoing lockdown due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak in the city.
・ A young couple, with a rented apartment in an old community in Pudong district, posted this handwritten note expressing their willingness to help the elderly buy essential supplies through group purchasing.
・ An elderly man surnamed Zheng who lives alone in Baoshan town wrote this letter to thank his neighborhood committee, which has been taking good care of him during the lockdown.
・ This note expresses one child's wish that his or her mother, who works at a community health service center, would return home soon. The child has not seen the mother for days as she has been busy conducting nucleic acid tests for the residents of the area.
・ A Japanese expatriate left a note on the stray cats in his area before returning to his home country. He wrote, "I haven't seen my family members in Japan for more than two years, but luckily I encountered these lovely cats in China and drew comfort from them." Residents in the community later put up their replies to him.
・ Community workers in Huangpu district put out this note notifying couriers and delivery people that they could take some free bread and milk daily. This campaign was crowdfunded by the residents to express their gratitude to delivery people who spend their days and nights ensuring that daily essentials are delivered.
・ A neighbor made a birthday cake and sent a handwritten note with wishes for a girl who could not have her birthday cake due to the lockdown.