(Gwangyang City Children's Care Foundation) Donation Chain Continues Despite COVID-19 Crisis

As part of the "First Generation Holding More Than One Account Nationwide Movement," a "Donation Relay" Conducted

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The Gwangyang City Children’s Care Foundation (Chairman Hwang Jae-woo) is seeing a relay of regular donations with at least one account (3,000 KRW) actively supported by many organizations.

The Children’s Care Foundation announced on the 10th that on the 9th, a ‘Regular Donation Relay’ event was held with about 10 attendees including Gwangyang Mayor Jeong Hyun-bok and Chairman Hwang Jae-woo.

At the event, ㈜Incen ENT (Branch Manager Ahn Chang-wook), ㈜Taejung Construction (CEO Nam Eun-oh), Gwangyang Women’s Lions Club (President Jeong Deok-sim), and Gwangyang Lions Club (President Lee In-jae), who actively participated in the one account per household citywide movement donation relay, donated a total of 296 accounts.

The foundation presented plaques of appreciation to the participating organizations and handed over regular donation relay certificates to the next groups receiving the baton. The five organizations receiving the relay baton are Baegun Advertising (CEO Kim Eun-joo), ㈜Areumdaun Landscaping (CEO Ha Hong-chae), Gwangyang Sunshine Rotary Club (President Lee Hyun-mi), Gwangyang Maehwa Rotary Club (President Kang Sun-mi), and Jungang Rotary Club (President Lee Baek-hyun).

The organizations receiving the relay baton encourage their members to participate in the one account or more movement and, upon completion, pass the baton to the next sponsoring organization.

The donation relay ceremony was first started in February 2018 by the Gwangyang Citizens’ Organizations Federation (Representative Park Ju-sik), and so far 73 organizations have completed the relay, sponsoring 18,555 regular donation accounts. Currently, 8 organizations are participating in the relay movement.

Chairman Hwang Jae-woo said, “Since these donations are precious, we will ensure they are used where necessary to improve childcare environments.” Mayor Jeong Hyun-bok said, “As the local living conditions have greatly improved, our city’s population has recently increased by about 1,200 people,” adding, “I thank the citizens, institutions, organizations, and hometown supporters who have actively supported the Children’s Care Foundation, which is creating a nationwide top-level childcare environment.”

Meanwhile, the Gwangyang City Children’s Care Foundation is promoting 21 projects in 2020, including △support for newborn birth congratulatory items (Mom Box) △toy cleaning and disinfection projects for childcare institutions △hospitalized child care services, among others.

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