感念瑪利亞基金會 李縣長代表捐贈百萬

Despite the long term deficit,(1) Maria Social Welfare Foundation(MSWF) still assists the propagation(2) and providing of early intervention(3) service in Kinmen county. Recently, seven children are referred to and settled in Maria. This foundation has contributed a lot to the community. Kinmen County Magistrate Li Zhu Feng donated a million NTD of welfare fund to the MSWF on behalf of county government to reciprocate(4) the good deed of the MSWF and meanwhile express a deep gratitude to the foundation.
財團法人瑪利亞社會福利基金會在長期虧損之下，仍致力協助本縣推動早期療育工作，目前有七位小朋友刻轉介安置該基金會，其愛心與貢獻良多。金門縣長李炷烽昨特別代表縣府捐贈社會福利基金新台幣一百萬元，用以回饋該基金會之善舉，同時致予萬分謝意與感激。

Kinmen County Magistrate Li Zhu Feng met with the Executive from MSWF, Chen Mei Ling, the Director Zheng Mei Fen, and the head of the Kinmen Early Intervention Service Center Wu Yu Yun. There were also the Director of social affairs bureau of Kinmen County, Xu Nai Quan, the section chief, Xu Mei Feng on the scene. To commemorate the hard work of MSWF dedicated to the early intervention work, Kinmen County Magistrate Li Zhu Feng donated a million NTD to the foundation as a gratitude to them. Executive, Chen Mei Ling, accepted it on behalf of the foundation.
李縣長接見瑪利亞社會福利基金會執行長陳美玲、主任鄭美芬、金門縣早療中心組長吳玉雲一行三人；在場陪同有縣府社會局長許乃權、課長許美鳳等人。李縣長為感念該基金會對本縣早療工作努力，也代表縣府捐贈新台幣一百萬元，聊表一份心意，由執行長陳美玲代表接收。

Kinmen County Magistrate Li Zhu Feng is very thankful to MSWF for its long term concern about the welfare service of the mentally and physically challenged in Kinmen County. Since November 2003, the foundation has taken over full charge of the professional work from Early Intervention Service Center. With the passion to public welfare and the ambition to propagate the caring service of physically and mentally challenged, the chairman of MSWF, Zhuang Hong Da, persists(5) in contributing to the Early Intervention Service in Kinmen, despite the deficit of the foundation. This enables the proceeding of the early intervention service in Kinmen, and it has built up a tight partnership between Kinmen county government and the foundation.
李縣長十分感念瑪利亞基金會長期關注本縣身心障礙福利服務，尤自92年11月起迄今持續承攬本縣早期療育聯合服務中心業務，在該會董事長莊宏達熱心公益，推動身心障礙照顧服務理念下，不計盈虧，為金門早期療育服務默默貢獻心力，使本縣早期療育工作得以順利推動，並與縣府建立綿密夥伴關係。

Kinmen County Magistrate Li Zhu Feng also expresses the thankfulness to the chairman of MSWF, Zhuang Hong Da because he sent a total of five thousand and four hundred happiness handmade cakes to Kinmen on the eve of Dragon Boat Festival. Those cakes were prepared for children from each kindergarten all over Kinmen county. Kinmen County Magistrate Li Zhu Feng expresses gratitude to Zhuang on behalf of all the children, who enjoyed the cakes. Li said that even though we are living in a different era, in which there is not much deficit in food now, this cake still has a deep meaning of life education.
李縣長同時對瑪利亞社會福利基金會董事長莊宏達於端午節前夕，特地由台空運合計有5千4百個幸福手工蛋糕到金門，贈予全縣各國小及幼稚園每位小朋友，也代表所有小朋友們表達感謝心意。他說，儘管現在生活不同於早年物資匱乏年代，但這份愛心蛋糕，卻深富生命教育意涵。

It's mentioned that the foundation has started up the activity "send your love to remote elementary schools" since last year. Ten thousand boxes of handmade cakes are planned to be given out each year. They expect children to make their unique "Happiness Magic Cakes" and at the meanwhile cherish what they already have.
據了解，該基金會是自去年起在台發起『送愛到偏遠小學』活動，預定每年送出手工蛋糕10,000盒到偏遠小學，期望透過活動的舉辦，鼓勵小學生能夠自己動手創作一顆獨一無二的『幸福魔法蛋糕』，讓小朋友能珍惜所擁有的幸福。

■1. deficit-(n)赤字。
■2. propagation-(n)宣傳。
■3. intervention-(n)涉入；介入。此處指「早期療育」，即早期介入治療之意。
■4. reciprocate-(vt.)報答；互換。
■5. persist-(vi)堅持；固執。通常與介係詞in連用。
資料來源：金門縣政府

本文原載於98年5月26日《金門日報》