志愿者们做出贡献回馈社区（在线收听）

志愿者们做出贡献回馈社区

Students and parents will be pitching in at Ramona Elementary School in Los Angeles, removing dead vegetation and beautifying the building.

洛杉矶拉蒙娜小学的学生和家长们会在这一天铺设道路，清理杂草及美化校园。

School Principal Guillermo George said a donation from Big Sunday organizers provided 500 for supplies.

校长格里莫·乔治表示“大周日”的组织者们为这次活动提供了500美元的物资帮助。

“So we are doing a little bit of gardening, putting in some new plants, and also a cleanup for the school.And we are also doing a little bit of painting.”

“我们做了些园艺工作，种了些新植物，还把学校彻底清扫了一遍，还进行了粉刷。”

For many in Los Angeles, and in other cities around the country, Big Sunday has become an annual tradition of helping out with community projects.

对洛杉矶和美国各个城市的许多人而言，这一天已经成为一年一度帮助社区的传统。

Hollywood screenwriter David Levinson began the effort in 1999.

这一天最早是由好莱坞编剧戴维·莱文森于1999年发起。

“We started as just a single day of service, which was called Big Sunday, and then it became a big weekend of service.This is the 17th one. But now this weekend is the culmination of a year's worth of helping, and the kickoff for the next year's worth of helping.”

“我们最早是发起一天的活动，所以称为大周日，后来发展成整个周末的活动。今年已是第17个年头。但今时今日这个周末是全年志愿者活动的最高潮并且会引领明年的活动。”

Each year on this weekend in May, people find new friends and help their neighborhoods in ways that often continue through the year.

每年5月的这个周末，人们会结交新朋友，以这样的方式对社区做出贡献，而且可能会持续一整年。

Ana Lopez, this school's volunteer coordinator, "from here,parents who have never really interacted, interact today, and from there, they just get to know each other.”

志愿者协调员安纳·洛佩兹说：“从未接触过的家长们今天开始互动，而且从今天以后相互认识。”

While these volunteers make their contributions at Big Sunday's Los Angeles headquarters, helping to organize projects at sites in more than 100 U.S. towns and cities around the United States.They are all making a distribution.said Big Sunday founder Levinson.

在志愿者们做出自己贡献的同时，大周日的洛杉矶总部工作人员们正在协助组织洛杉矶和美国100多个城镇的志愿者项目。发起人莱文森表示所有人都在尽自己的一份力。

“Whether it is fixing up a school, whether it is cleaning the beach, whether it is taking a group of veterans horseback riding, we find a way for everybody to find what they are really good at, and their way that they can give back.”

“不管是翻修学校，清扫海滩，还是带一些退役老兵去骑马，我们找到了让每个人发挥自己特长的方式，使他们能够回馈社会。”

He said the volunteer effort is good for the community, and also for the people who get involved. He said that in a world that is often divided,it is a way to bring people in communities together.

他表示志愿者的工作有益于社区，也有益于参加的人。在这个独来独往的世界中，这样的方式能够团结社区。