寒冬悄然而至，而北京的冬天更是寒风凛冽，可是蒲公英中学的师生们却还是在户外用冰冷刺骨的自来水洗衣服。得知这一情况后，国贸饭店总经理刘永坚先生及驻店经理许勇先生立即决定给孩子们送去两台洗衣机来改善他们的生活条件，让他们能腾出更多的时间去学习与玩耍。
随后，国贸饭店便在最短的时间内购置了两台洗衣机，驻店经理许勇先生还亲自把洗衣机送到蒲公英中学并语重心长地嘱咐孩子们要好好学习、长大了回报社会。看到这两台洗衣机，师生们的喜悦之情溢于言表。对于蒲公英中学的师生来说，国贸饭店已不再陌生：从2009年郭氏基金会成立“大朋友”项目开始，国贸饭店就一直在支持和帮助着这些正在茁壮成长的孩子们。仅2011年，国贸饭店就给蒲公英中学送去了6个书架及几百本书籍；酒店工程部的师傅还帮助孩子们粉刷了学校的墙壁；中秋节期间，饭店总经理刘永坚先生还亲自给孩子们送去了2000多块月饼并与孩子们一起庆祝了中秋佳节；此外，人事部还组织国贸饭店的“大朋友”志愿者与蒲公英中学的小朋友一起参观了博物馆、观看了话剧；国贸饭店员工一直在像关心好朋友一样关心与支持着这些可爱的孩子们。
注：蒲公英中学是一所民办非营利性的、公益性的平民学校，也是北京市第一所专门为农民工子女创办的中学，致力于解决农民工子女上中学难、上好中学更难的问题。在这里读书的孩子家境都比较贫困，学校的设施设备也比较简陋。
As winter comes, the weather in Beijing is bone-chilling cold, but the teachers and students of Dandelion School were still washing clothes in ice‑cold water by hand. Made aware of this, General Manager Michael Liu and Resident Manager Xuyong of Traders Hotel, Beijing frowned and decided to buy two washing machines for the students, to improve their living conditions and to enable them to have more time to study and play.
The decision having been made, Traders Hotel, Beijing quickly bought two washing machines, and Resident Manager Xuyong delivered them to Dandelion School personally and enjoined the students to study hard and reciprocate kindness to society once they grow up. To the teachers and students of Dandelion School, Traders Hotels, Beijing is no longer a stranger, since the “Big Friends” programme was founded by the Kuok Foundation in 2009 and the hotel has been helping and supporting the students of Dandelion School. In 2011, the hotel donated six bookshelves and hundreds of books to the school, and the hotel staff helped the students to paint the walls of Dandelion School. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Hotel General Manager Liu presented more than 2,000 moon cakes to celebrate this traditional festival with the students in person. In addition, the hotel regularly organised outings for the “Big Friends” together with their little friends to visit museums and see plays. It is like a good friend: Traders Hotel, Beijing is always caring and supporting the students of Dandelion School.
