Seongbuk-gu Jongam-dong Volunteer Camp Produces Cotton Masks for Vulnerable Children

News of a 6-Year-Old Siblings' Donation in the Neighborhood Leads to Mask Production... Residents and Local Businesses Continue to Contribute Various Donations and Goods...

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The Jongam-dong Volunteer Camp in Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) directly produced 58 cloth masks for local children having difficulty purchasing masks and delivered them to the neighborhood community center.

After reading an article about a 6-year-old brother and sister who visited the Jongam-dong Community Center last March and donated 100,000 won for friends without masks, volunteer camp members also made cloth masks for local children and donated them.

A family volunteer group counselor, who usually makes cloth masks and shares them with neighbors, said, “It is necessary to protect all children safely from the risk of COVID-19,” and expressed a desire to help vulnerable children even with a small amount. The volunteer camp leader also stated, “If there are children in need, we are willing to produce more masks and will do our best to prevent infections among our children.”

In Jongam-dong, starting with the siblings’ donation, various donations and goods from local companies and residents, including the Korea Environmental Welfare Association, have continued alongside the volunteer camp’s mask donation.

A representative of the Jongam-dong Community Center said, “These masks will be delivered to vulnerable children. Such warm gestures like volunteers’ talent donations will be a greater strength in overcoming the difficulties of COVID-19.”

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