The Taipei Luzhou branch of the Good Shepherd Social Welfare Services took a group of elementary and junior high school students on a round-the-island bicycle trip. On Monday this week they arrived in Changhua County’s Sijhou Township, where they met the Sijhou Harvest team. The first stop was Yulin Farm, where they fed the goats and drank goat’s milk, and experienced farm life. This was the first time that the two charity teams had worked together, letting city kids experience life in a farming village. Cycling around the island was the best way for the city kids to learn how to slow down and enjoy what country life offers.
Some of the children from the Luzhou branch said that in the summer break, rather than just going around, chatting on their phones and not learning anything, they just rode their bikes around the island. The group, two grade six students and 11 junior high school students, together with five volunteers, embarked on a 17-day round-the-island dream.
(Liberty Times, translated by Paul Cooper)
善牧基金會台北蘆洲分會帶領一群國中小學生進行腳踏車環島，這週一來到彰化縣溪州鄉，與溪州善耕團隊相見歡，首站來到育林畜牧場，餵小羊喝羊奶，體驗農民生活，雙「善」首次結盟，攜手互助完成都市小孩體驗農村的夢想。騎腳踏車環島才能讓這些都市小孩們學會慢下腳步，欣賞鄉村之美。
Photo: Chen Kuan-pei, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者陳冠備
蘆洲分會的學童說，暑假期間與其每天打電動，亂跑不學好，乾脆騎腳踏車去環島，他們兩位小六生加上十一位國中生，跟五位志工，一起進行十七天的環島夢。
(自由時報記者陳冠備)
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