实用的英语《感恩》演讲稿模板锦集十篇
演讲稿具有逻辑严密，态度明确，观点鲜明的特点。随着社会一步步向前发展，我们可以使用演讲稿的机会越来越多，相信许多人会觉得演讲稿很难写吧，下面是小编整理的英语《感恩》演讲稿10篇，希望能够帮助到大家。
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇1
Good evening dear teachers and fellow participants. I am very glad to make a speech here. I hope you will enjoy it. How time flies!Now I am a senior high school student and become an independent and brave girl. When I go out for a walk, breathing the free and fresh air, I always tell myself：all that I have now should be owed to my family, especially my parents. It is they who create my new life.
When I was a child, I was very naughty. Even though I was a girl, what I did showed I had the same characteristics as some boys living near my house. At that time, I preferred to play water and climb trees. There was no doubt that I dropped into the water and wetted my clothes. On hearing the word, my mother took me home in a hurry and dressed me in a clean dress, and then she gave me a good beating. I didn’t have any reaction but cry as loudly as I can. Originally I hoped the cry would change her mind and she might no longer beat me. However, it was just my sweet dream. I was still beaten by her frequently because of my bad habit and behavior. My father also scolded me hard, which was due to his bad temper. So the impression my parents made on me was very strict and they lost their temper easily, it seemed as if I was not their daughter and they didn’t love me at all.
After my little brother’s birth, my life changed a lot.
My brother was also a naughty boy; he always liked to make troubles. Sometimes he broke a plate, a bowl or something. He pointed out to my mum that it was I who did it. My mother often hated someone who did that, so I had no choice but to tolerate all scold and beat for him. Therefore, I was fed up with him, and we often quarreled with each other. Finally my mother taught me a lesson and reminded me now that I was the elder sister; I should take care of him and try to be patient with him. The reasons didn’t convince me. On the contrary, I thought she had a preference for my brother, it made me uncomfortable.
In reality, I experienced a lot in my childhood. I suffered from many diseases, which brought a lot of troubles for my parents, but they managed to cure me and did their best to let me enjoy the bright sunshine as others. However, what I got from it was not the happiness from their care, but the sigh of my miserable life. How foolish I was﹗
While I was studying in the Junior High School, what impressed me most was the quarrel with my mother. At that moment, my father worked in a remote place for my tuition and expenses of the whole family. I was in a boarding school so that I could only go home over the weekend. What a precious opportunity I had﹗Nevertheless, I lost it. After I returned home, I still quarreled with my mother. I complained that she did wrong to me and could not understand my feeling—actually I had never spoken it, I just keep a diary instead. I hated her preference for my brother. Later on, on my grade 2, I seemed to have realized I had done something wrong in the past. I was very regretful, and decided to change it. As a result, I promised myself that I must study hard to live up to their expectations. I made the best of my spare time and spent it on my study. At last, I entered into a Jiaoling Senior High School.
During my three years in the school, I really studied diligently, and I had never forgotten those words of encouragement my parents gave me. Whenever I was frustrated, I could always get the comfort from it even though I couldn’t escape the misfortune. One day, my mother had a car accident. The moment I heard the news, my head spun. She had been in hospital for a long time but I couldn’t see her and even look after her since my father didn’t allow me to do so. I blamed myself all the time ever since. I wished I had replaced her to bear the pain. Shortly the new session was coming, I threw into a dilemma. In the end, I made up my mind to quit the school. my father urged me to go to school but I didn’t agree. The result was that my father and my head teacher managed to persuade me to go on with my study. From then on, I understood the real meaning of my life. I treasured every chance, sparing no effort to my study. My mother was treated for a period of time and finally she recovered. A stone hanging up in my he
art was put down. With my efforts to master more knowledge, I was admitted to go to the university. On hearing the exciting news, my parents smiled happily.
In a word, my life was full of ups and downs, but it did not let me down. Now, even though I can’t see my parents because of the long distance, I insist on calling my parents up twice a week, chatting with them. Without them, my future would be in darkness. On Thanksgiving Day, I want to say “I love you” to them in a loud voice. I also thank all the parents for the great efforts they make. In the meantime, I wish them be happy.
We are more than we can express to our parents, who literally shaped us from an exciting idea to mature independence. First, let us give thanks to them for having the commitment to dedicate their lives to raise children. Putting aside one’s own selfish pleasures and conveniences for the sake of another is the hallmark of a loving person. To those with children, let us give thanks to you, where deferred gratification is a daily challenge. Next, let us give thanks to parents for protecting children. Kids are vulnerable, and keeping them free from harm allows them to develop in a context of support and security. Kids without this safety often are thrust prematurely into the adult world and later feel saddened that they missed the opportunities of growing up without conflict.
Finally, let us give thanks for parents as teachers. Children are born as fairly undifferentiated personalities, and parents, over the years, transmit literally millions of messages which eventually shape children’s personalities. While conflict or self-absorbed messages can have a negative effect on a child’s developing personality, messages based upon parent’s reflected values can teach positive habits commonly associated with personal happiness and success. This teaching is continuous throughout childhood and probably throughout life. The more thoughtful the message, the more prepared the child is to confront the developmental challenges of life.
So, let us give thanks for good parenting -- the commitment, protection and teaching which develops a child’s best qualities and benefits the entire community.
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇2
First of all, I would like to thank today that I can stand here to participate in the activities of all the people, including me. The topic of my speech today is "thankful heart".
Some say, forget gratitude is human nature. When we accidentally came to this world, haven't had time to do anything, we have already started to enjoy the former brings us all material and spiritual achievements. It's remind every one of us, to have a grateful heart.
Have a heart of gratitude, more respect. Respect for life, respect for labor, respect creation. Hearts with gratitude, a generation of great men - small - deng ping said in three score and ten "I am the son of the Chinese people, I deeply love my country and my people!" With a grateful heart, the poet ai qing wrote in his poem: "why my eyes full of tears, because I have deep love to this land." Heard of the story of a man apologized to the tree? Heard of all the running car to make way for the dog's story? The true story, touched by a love of life, moved by people respect for life. When we enjoy a clean environment every day, we would like to thank those cleaning workers; When we move to a new house, we would like to thank those construction workers; When we travel, would like to thank the driver... Understand thank you, you will be looked upon with equal every life, to treat everyone around us, an ordinary ordinary labor, respect each also respect yourself more.
Have a heart of gratitude, more can realize his duty. In modern society, everyone has their own duties, their value. When one of China's top ten XX touched xu benyu screen, goodness of human nature was lit again, this was originally the college students into graduate school, but they threw into the mountains from the bustling city. This extraordinary feat hurt everyone's eyes, each person heart is also lit up a smoldering fire. And let him to make a choice of the reason is simple: with a grateful heart. Xu benyu with his gratitude for the mountains children paved the road to a love, lit the poverty and hope, completed his duty, realize the value of his life.
With a grateful heart, is not a simple endurance and tolerance, more not q, but with a generous mind brave face life positively. I believe, the most warm day from the cold, I believe, the most warm is an understanding of the cold, moved in a kind of gratitude. One must learn to Thanksgiving, to life with a grateful heart, heart to real happiness. A person without gratitude, heart is all empty. "YangYouGuiRuZhiEn", "crow has feedback of grace", "send person rose, the hand have lingering fragrance", "give me your hand, and son xielao," these are due to have a grateful heart, sweet, freely available.
So I want to thank you, my life of passers-by, let me know how light fades to don't tie to the mind, thank you, come and go, I will cherish; Thank you, all the teachers in my life, let me know how precious knowledge, thank you, following years, I will remember; Thank you, my life close to close friend, share happy with you, sad have to listen to you, thank you, busy, I won't forget; Thank you, I to really beloved relatives, in the course of time, quietly watch over me, shelter from the rain, let me in happiness to be loved also learned how to love others, thank you, day and night, I have in my heart.
Thank day litres of sunset, thank happy pain, thanks to the earth, the sky thank heaven all the stars, thanks to life, thanks to get and lose everything, and nothing had lost everything, let me in the season of the grass sprout out of the earth came up the beauty of life!
My friends, let us with a grateful heart facing the world! Let's hearts with gratitude to our life! As long as our life is full of gratitude, full of hope and passion, our society will be less criticism and shuffle, more tolerant and understanding, would be less quarrel with indifference, and - more harmony and warm, would be less tricking and dysfunctional, more sincere and unity, our spiritual home will forever young...
Finally, let's get together again to listen to this song "grateful heart" : Thanksgiving heart, thank you, with my life, let me have the courage to do myself, Thanksgiving heart, thank fate, flowers bloom, I cherish.
Today my speech to this end, thank you
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇3
爱，像火种点燃心灵的希望； 爱，像绿茵撑起心灵的天空。爱，是一种力量，是一种财富。我们应该从小在心中撒播爱的种子。让我们心存感激，学会感恩。用一颗感恩的心去面对生活，面对学习，面对挫折，从而体会父母，师长，同学，朋友间无私的亲情，友情，"懂得滴水之恩，当涌泉相报”的真正内涵.
感恩是中华民族的传统美德，是构建社会主义和谐社会的需要。XX律师田世国为了回报母亲的恩情，在老母病危时瞒着她捐出了自己的肾脏，挽回了母亲的生命；徐本禹为了回报社会对他的恩情，毅然在大学毕业后离开繁华城市，走进穷乡僻壤的破草棚，给求知若渴的孩子们送去知识……
感激生育你的人，因为他们使你获得生命；感激抚养你的人，因为他们使你不断成长；感激关怀你的人，因为他们给你温暖；感激鼓励你的人，因为他们给你力量；感激教育你的人，因为他们开化你的蒙昧；感激伤害你的人，因为他们磨练了你的心智；感激绊倒你的人，因为它强化了你的双腿；感激藐视你的人，因为它觉醒了你的自尊；感激遗弃你的人，因为他教会了你该独立；凡事感激，学会感激，感激一切使你成长的人！
同学们，有首歌叫《感谢你》：感谢明月照亮了夜空，感谢朝霞捧出的黎明，感谢春光融化了冰雪，感谢大地哺育了生灵，感谢母亲赐予我生命……感谢收获、感谢和平、感谢这所有的一切一切。
感恩无痕，感恩无限！同学们，学会感恩吧！让我们的生活永远走向关怀，充满真情和爱心！让我们携起来手来，共同努力，构建一个人人向往的社会主义和谐社会！
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇4
There is no sunlight, no warmth of life; there is no rain, no grain of Fengdeng; no water, there would be no life; no parents, there would be no us. No family ties and friendship, the world would be a lonely and dark. These are very si-mp-le truth, no one would understand, but we often lack an ideological and psychological Thanksgiving.
"Who made the heart-inch grass, at a three Chunhui", "Who knows, A Journey into", which is often when we recite the poem, is to talk about Thanksgiving. The water-en, Yongquan phase reported; title hitch grass, reported in favor of these idioms has been telling us is to Thanksgiving.
Parents to give our lives, we should know how to Thanksgiving and the actual action to return them; teacher gives us the knowledge, we should know how to Thanksgiving and to return their accomplishments; motherland gives us the peace and tranquility of a soil, we should know how to give their Thanksgiving and naturally given We hope that we should know how to Thanksgiving and love to return.
Although self thank Dae, but Thanksgiving is not only to keep in mind, but also in the line to pay. You would like to thank the people who must be the expression of that mind, because it is not only expressed his gratitude, but also a spiritual exchange. In this exchange, we will be a result of such息息相通the world has become very beautiful.
Famous scientist Qian motherland in order to return to his mother's ex-feeding, rejected the U.S. government hired him and all the honorary title, decided to return to poverty and backwardneof the motherland, and engaged in science, the modernization of China's national defense building outstanding contributions.
People who know how to Thanksgiving, there is a modest person Zhide; people who know how to Thanksgiving, there is a fear of heart; the people know Thanksgiving is a deep understanding of life person.
Institute of Thanksgiving, we know how to love; Institute of Thanksgiving, thinking learned; Institute of Thanksgiving, it is to understand the world and life.
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇5
Thanksgiving is learning to be the fulcrum, the heart of Thanksgiving is a good feeling, the world is all things to all people expressed their gratitude, remember, Thanksgiving is a fine tradition of our nation, is a person of integrity at least moral character.
Thanksgiving is the key to return. Return is the feeding, training, instruction, guidance, help, support and ambulance themselves. Grateful, and through its own 10 times, 100 times the pay, and repay them with practical action.
Then, as a middle school student, how Thanksgiving?
First Thanksgiving their parents, because everyone's life is a continuation of the parents of one blood, all of the parents gave us love, let us enjoy the human world of affection and happiness, therefore, we would like to thank the parents.
For the survival of nature is the basis of all things, human life is inseparable from its 1:15 activities, we have the basic necessities of human nature, and so on are obtained from the Therefore, we should be thankful nature.
Teachers are our growth, are our friends, teachers respect, understand and care for us, their words and deeds, let us benefit for life, we pay for teachers efforts and sweat, we should Thanksgiving teachers.
Students study the lives of our fellow students to encourage each other, help each other, to jointly overcome difficulties and setbacks, the common taste of success and happiness learning, we should be grateful for every day and we accompanied the students.
The school provides us with a good study environment, our training establishments and room to grow and develop, we should be thankful schools.
The motherland is our roots, our source. No homeland, we did not have the habitat of no motherland, we will be no human dignity; no homeland, we have not all! We should be thankful.
感恩是学习的支点，感恩的心是一种美好的感觉，天下万物都向全体人民表达了感恩之情，记住，感恩是我们民族的优良传统，是一个诚信起码品德的人。
感恩是回报的关键。返回是喂养，培训，指导，指导，帮助，支持和救护车自己。感激，并通过自己的10倍，付出了100倍，并用实际行动回报他们。
那么，作为一名中学生，如何感恩？
首先感恩父母，因为每个人的一生都是父母的血脉的延续，所有的父母都给了我们爱，让我们享受人间的亲情和幸福，因此，我们要感谢父母。
对大自然是万物赖以生存的基础，人的生命活动一时一刻也离不开它，我们人类本的基本必需品，等等都是从因此获得的，我们应该感恩大自然。
老师是我们的成长，是我们的朋友，老师尊重，理解和爱护我们，他们的言行，让我们受益终身，我们为老师付出的努力和汗水，我们应该感恩老师。
同学们学习同学们的生活，互相鼓励，互相帮助，共同克服困难和挫折，共同学习成功和快乐的`滋味，我们应该感谢每一天和我们相伴的学生。
学校为我们提供了一个良好的学习环境，我们的培训场所和成长和发展的空间，我们应该感谢学校。
祖国是我们的根，我们的源泉。没有祖国，我们就没有了没有祖国的栖息地，我们就没有了人的尊严；没有了家园，我们就没有了一切！我们应该心存感激。
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇6
Thanksgiving is learning to be the fulcrum, the heart of thanksgiving is a good feeling, the world is all things to all people expressed their gratitude, remember, thanksgiving is a fine tradition of our nation, is a person of integrity at least moral character. Thanksgiving is the key to return. return is the feeding, training, instruction, guidance, help, support and ambulance themselves. grateful, and through its own 10 times, 100 times the pay, and repay them with practical action. then, as a middle school student, how thanksgiving? first thanksgiving their parents, because everyone's life is a continuation of the parents of one blood, all of the parents gave us love, let us enjoy the human world of affection and happiness, therefore, we would like to thank the parents. for the survival of nature is the basis of all things, human life is inseparable from its 1:15 activities, we have the basic necessities of human nature, and so on are obtained from the therefore, we should be thankful nature. teachers are our growth, are our friends, teachers respect, understand and care for us, their words and deeds, let us benefit for life, we pay for teachers efforts and sweat, we should thanksgiving teachers. students study the lives of our fellow students to encourage each other, help each other, to jointly overcome difficulties and setbacks, the common taste of success and happiness learning, we should be grateful for every day and we accompanied the students. the school provides us with a good study environment, our training establishments and room to grow and develop, we should be thankful schools. the motherland is our roots, our source. no homeland, we did not have the habitat of no motherland, we will be no human dignity; no homeland, we have not all! we should be thankful.
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇7
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, honorable judges and distinguished guest! This is Alex time! Ha-ha…My topic today is to show our gratitude to people around you.
Then what is gratitude? At the moment a well-known song comes into my mind. Yes, that is called Heart of feel grateful. My heart is filled up with gratitude because I’m with you/Your make me courageous to be myself from cradle to the grave/So now I wanna thank for destiny/I’ll cherish the flower when it blooms until falls. The poetic lyric tells us that gratitude is actually a state of mind.
Once upon a time, the Pilgrims took the May Flower Ship to North America. They started a new life there although a lot of difficulties and hardships they encountered. After a long-time work, they got a big harvest. The Pilgrims had a feast in 1621 near Plymouth, Massachusetts, which is often referred to as the first Thanksgiving. People show their sincere gratitude towards the God, the nature, the earth, the river, the Indians and themselves. Moreover the 1621 feast has become a model for the Thanksgiving celebration in the United States. So we can see gratitude is an action to take.
How can we express our gratitude? It’s never a simple question to answer. Gratitude is a rare jewel, not a piece of cake, I know. But how can we expect such big events happening now and then? How can we be ready to say thank you ahead of time? How can we always hope to be grateful to everything and everyone for their dignity and generosity? Sometimes I may ask to myself. Is it moral? Is it honest? Is it beneficial? Is it necessary? Or the most interesting one, is it ridiculous? Ha-ha…So in my opinion, we’d better concentrate on our life’s details. Keep your eyes open to your daily life. Yes! A shining smile is supposed to be gratitude. A thank-you note is supposed to be gratitude. A soulful watch is supposed to be gratitude. As far as a baby’s crying on his arrival is supposed to be gratitude. And even fallen leaves in autumn are supposed to be gratitude. So the person, who stands here giving you a speech, is also showing HIS gratitude.
At last, what’s the significance of showing our gratitude? A proverb says that Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Wow! Until now I am not that kind of giant, but I dare to say that everyone, you and me, has the right and the duty to show our gratitude to the world, no matter rich or poor, happy or sad, young or old. Only by doing so can we achieve our human ultimate concern. Meanwhile it obviously helps to build up a harmonious society. Under the same sky we enjoy the same sunshine and appreciate the same love due to thanking and caring each other. Well, does it Plato’s paradise?
All in all, a world full of gratitude is preciously expected for thousands of years. Why not show our gratitude to people around you?
Thank you very much!
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇8
dear students, our way of life is always sunny, blue skies, which in the end the most dazzling ray of sunlightit was said to be excellent academic performance, it was said to be given to help others ... ... and i think that our way of life of the most brilliant sunshine should be reported to belong to the temple map, help us to grow thanks to everyone. yes, the institute of thanksgiving is a feeling, the institute of thanksgiving, but also a character. as teachers and our students, the most important gratitude is a school. schools to give us a big growth stage of life: bright and spacious classrooms, new desks and chairs, air-conditioned and well-being, as well as multi-media facilities, has provided us with an attractive learning environment. read one book bright and clean rooms, provides us with knowledge of the marine tour; flat beautiful big playground, provided us with a good place for the exercise, and pottery room, computer room, dance room, multi-purpose hall, and so on, no school is not out of devotion to our selfless love! however, in these beautiful places, often with some notes of discord. read books in one room, some students read the book, abandonment, i do not know the original release, there is more tear, using the phenomenon of the book; when the red and green and white artificial big playground to open it selfless embrace, and some of the scenes of discord hurt our eyes: a wide range of confetti, colorful tang zhi, and scattered in all corners of the shell seeds, chewing gum, etc. the list goes on of these! students, please put your hand on his chest ask ourselves: "i do a thanksgiving schoolstudents, let us now work together, with their good health habits to school thanksgiving, thanksgiving, so that the flowers on campus and open more beautiful.
亲爱的同学们，我们的人生之路总是阳光明媚,晴空万里，到底哪一缕阳光最耀眼？有人说是优异的学习成绩，有人说是给予别人帮助……而我认为在我们的人生路上最灿烂的阳光应该属于知恩图报，感谢帮助我们成长的每一个人。是的，学会感恩，是一种情怀,学会感恩，更是一种情操. 作为教师和学生的我们，最要感恩的就是学校了。学校给我们了一个人生成长的大舞台：宽敞明亮的教室，崭新的桌椅，冷暖空调、以及多媒体设施，为我们提供了一个优美的学习环境。窗明几净的图书阅览一体室，为我们提供了畅游知识的海洋；平坦美丽的大操场，为我们提供了锻炼身体的好去处，还有陶艺室，电脑室、舞蹈室、多功能报告厅等等，无不是学校对我们奉献出的无私的爱！ 可是，在这些美丽的地方，却常常有着一些不和谐的音符。在图书阅览一体室，有的同学看完书后，乱扔乱放，不知道放回原处，更有甚者还有撕书、拿书的现象；当红绿相间的人工大操场向我们敞开它无私的怀抱时，又有一些不和谐的景象刺痛了我们的眼睛：各种各样的纸屑，五颜六色的糖纸，还有散落在各个角落的瓜子壳、口香糖等等这些举不胜举！ 同学们，请你把手放在自己的胸口扪心自问：“我感恩学校了吗？同学们，就让我们共同努力吧，用自己良好的卫生习惯来感恩学校，让感恩的花儿在校园内开放的更加美丽。
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇9
thanksgiving, although it is an act of the verb, but it is not the only action required and, more importantly, needs to be done in good faith. easy to say that thanksgiving is gratitude, heartfelt gratitude. you know that every year in november the fourth thursday, what holiday are you? the united states are of thanksgiving. at that time each year, americans should thank god. of our high school students, we would also like to thank "god", but given our lives this is the "god" - our parents.
i like most people, from small to large the most loved themselves, most worthy of the appreciation of their natural parents is that they both in material or spiritual growth i have played a crucial role, naturally, for their such as days of my high thinking deep sea conditions are taken for granted.
i have a first-hand experience with their parents that they do not talk back, making them less angry with their parents to talk about many hearts, with their "resource sharing", the parent every day, so my "thanksgiving plan" is: let them less angry and more happy, happy at all times. do not say, the results are really marvelous!
previously, the sum of my parents for some bring frivolous unhappy much, and i always strongly insist their position, they have a tense atmosphere will be like a boil water "boiling" up, eventually causing a break up in discord. later, after careful thought, i know that are wrong and should not be as to calm, patience and a lot of parents only. so parents do not want to see me unhappy they prepare to try to implement a set of "thanksgiving program", making their parents at any time to face all broad smiles on their faces, but also repay some of my feelings of parents.
say . one night, sitting in my chair on the idea of the topic, his hands up first. happened to see a mother, she has misunderstood me, saying that does not concentrate on my homework, the. although i feel wronged, but in order to avoid a " war" in order to allow mother not angry, in order to "thanksgiving plans," the success of my "bear", did not explain, and said: "in the future, no longer can." this also because i know that mother's personality: forever for their own opinion "defense." i did not expect that, at this moment, my mind has not the past "quarrel" at the time of the burden, but also very happy and feel the feelings of gratitude are revealing. i did not expect to make is this: not long after, but mother "from warrington" - mimi's a laugh.
how kind, the scheme you good results!in short, let the parents are pleased the method is a kind of thanksgiving. "a good start is half the success," i believe after thanksgiving again or there will be "harvest" of.
thanksgiving is a way, thanksgiving is a realm. only institute of thanksgiving, to get other people's respect and love.
英语《感恩》演讲稿 篇10
Nearly 150 years ago, in one of the darkest years of our nation's history, President Abraham Lincoln set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of Thanksgiving. America was split by Civil War. But Lincoln said in his first Thanksgiving decree that difficult times made it even more appropriate for our blessings to be (and I quote), "gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American people."
This week, the American people came together with families and friends to carry on this distinctly American tradition. We gave thanks for loved ones and for our lasting pride in our communities and our country. We took comfort in good memories while looking forward to the promise of change.
But this Thanksgiving also takes place at a time of great trial for our people. Across the country, there were empty seats at the table, as brave Americans continue to serve in harm’s way from the mountains of Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq. We honor and give thanks for their sacrifice, and stand by the families who endure their absence with such dignity and resolve.
At home, we face an economic crisis of historic proportions. More and more Americans are worried about losing a job or making their mortgage payment. Workers are wondering if next month's paycheck will pay next month's bills. Retirees are watching their savings disappear, and students are struggling with the cost of tuition.
It's going to take bold and immediate action to confront this crisis. That's why I'm committed to forging a new beginning from the moment I take office as President of the United States. Earlier this week, I announced my economic team. This talented and dedicated group is already hard at work crafting an Economic Recovery Plan that will create or save 2.5 million new jobs, while making the investments we need to fuel long-term economic growth and stability.
But this Thanksgiving, we're reminded that the renewal of our economy won't come from policies and plans alone. It will take the hard work, innovation, service, and strength of the American people. I've seen this strength firsthand over many months -- in workers who are ready to power new industries, and farmers and scientists who can tap new sources of energy; in teachers who stay late after school, and parents who put in that extra hour reading to their kids; in young Americans enlisting in a time of war, seniors who volunteer their time, and service programs that bring hope to the hopeless.
It's a testament to our national character that so many Americans took time out this Thanksgiving to help feed the hungry and care for the needy. On Wednesday, I visited a food bank at Saint Columbanus Parish in Chicago. And there, as in so many communities across America, folks pitched in time and resources to give a lift to their neighbors in need. It is this spirit that binds us together as one American family -- the belief that we rise and fall as one people; that we want that American Dream not just for ourselves, but for each other.
That's the spirit we must summon as we make a new beginning for our nation. Times are tough. There are difficult months ahead. But we can renew our nation the same way that we have in the many years since Lincoln's first Thanksgiving: by coming together to overcome adversity; by reaching for -- and working for -- new horizons of opportunity for all Americans.