"Please Use It Where Needed" Anonymous Donor Leaves Bundle of Coins

Gwangsan-gu Cheomdan 2-dong in Gwangju to Deliver COVID-19 Donations Respecting Donors' Wishes

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] An anonymous philanthropist silently left a bundle of coins at the Cheomdan 2-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, asking for it to be used where needed, and then disappeared.

According to Gwangsan-gu on the 5th, a citizen estimated to be a woman in her 40s wearing a white protective mask and a baseball cap entered the Cheomdan 2-dong Administrative Welfare Center at 4 p.m. the previous day, placed a paper bag on the civil service counter desk, and left.

At the time, the employee at the counter was on a civil complaint phone call, so it is known that they could not talk to the citizen about the paper bag or ask what was inside.

Shortly after, while examining the paper bag with colleagues, the employee found a yellow note that read, "Please use it where needed."

Upon checking the contents, the employees found a total of 242,620 won, including twelve 1,000-won bills and 1,439 coins inside the paper bag.

The Cheomdan 2-dong Administrative Welfare Center decided to respect the donor's intention and deliver the donation to the Gwangju Community Chest of Korea as a fund to overcome COVID-19.

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