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Attendees interact at The Alfee Show held at the DayDayUp Wuxi Accelerator in Wuxi's Xinwu district on April 8. [Photo provided to China Daily] |
Kenny is also very thankful to the cleaners who keep Wuxi city so beautiful. He runs every morning and sees the hardworking street sweepers. To show his appreciation and give back to the societal group he feels too often overlooked, Kenny ran throughout the city and handed out cash-filled red envelopes (traditional Chinese hongbao offered as New Year greetings) to every sanitation worker he encountered, a week before Spring Festival in 2012.
Kenny has been doing so every year since. He did it alone for the first four years. Gradually, more and more people, especially foreigners in the city, found out about his running charity and joined the "Red Envelope Run". One week before Lunar New Year, they filled red envelopes with cash and spent two days running with Kenny, gifting red envelopes to the dedicated workers. To spread even more joy, the foreigners said the Chinese words xin nian kuai le (Happy New Year) to every cleaner they passed.
"This initiative can be spread into every city in China," Kenny said to the host Alfee Max, who just took part in the "Red Envelope Run" this February.
After the interview, the delightful talk show also conducted a "red envelope lottery draw" game, a singing performance, and offered a space for casual interactions between the audience members, bringing people closer from across the world.
