'Geumcheon 50 Plus Center' Online Opening

From September 1, over 20 online courses in life planning, career development, and culture creation will be offered... Register on the Geumcheon 50 Plus Center website... Opening special lecture: "Post-Corona, Enjoying 50+ Untact Life"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced that the ‘Geumcheon 50 Plus Center’ will officially open online and begin full operation starting September 1.

The ‘Geumcheon 50 Plus Center’ is a welfare facility built by the district to assist middle-aged and older adults in life redesign during the aging era. It is located in Doksan 1-dong (Beoman-ro 17-gil 22) and spans from the basement level 1 to the 8th floor, with a total floor area of 1,781㎡.

Until now, the district postponed the center’s opening twice due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and operated a pilot program by offering numerous online special lectures and non-face-to-face real-time classes.

Recently, as social distancing was raised to level 2 due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, the district decided to convert about 20 out of 80 regular programs scheduled to be operated at the center from September into online classes, providing the 50+ generation with opportunities for life planning, career development, and cultural activities.

Starting with the ‘Youth Future Planning Specialist’ course on September 2 and the ‘Level 3 Storytelling Instructor’ course on September 3, various classes will be offered in the ‘Life Planning’ field including ▲Finding My Second Act Classroom ▲50+ Relationship Exploration Classroom ▲Humanities Encounter at 50+, in the ‘Career Development’ field including ▲Sign Language Class ▲ICT Utilization Dementia Care Specialist Training ▲Level 3 Four Gracious Plants Temperament Test, and in the ‘Cultural Creation’ field including ▲Senior Model ▲Emotional Pen Drawing ▲Online Store.

Additionally, to commemorate the online opening, a special lecture titled ‘Post-COVID, Enjoying 50+ Untact Life’ by Director No Ik-hee of BUK Talent Development Institute will be held on September 1.

50+ individuals wishing to take online classes can apply through the Geumcheon 50 Plus Center website.

Meanwhile, offline classes that could not be converted online will be operated once social distancing is lowered to level 1, and pre-registration is available on the center’s website.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, “It is regrettable that public facility operations were suspended due to the spread of COVID-19, preventing the life redesign programs for middle-aged and older adults planned by the Geumcheon 50 Plus Center from operating normally. We will operate various online programs so that the 50+ generation can prepare for the second half of their lives in the post-COVID era, and once the infectious disease subsides, we will work hard to prepare for safe use of the center by residents.”

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