'2020 Seongbuk Welfare Volunteer Festival' Held

Seongbuk-gu Hosts 21st Social Welfare Day Welfare and Volunteer Street Gallery... Exhibits Partner Organizations, Activity Photos, Honoree Caricatures, 97 Resident Support Messages; Online Gallery Features Video Support Message from Mayor Lee Seung-ro and Street Gallery Viewing

Seungro Lee, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, Delivers a Support Message in Commemoration Video for Social Welfare Day

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) will commemorate the 21st Social Welfare Day by holding the '2020 Seongbuk Welfare and Volunteer Festival' from the 14th to the 18th, featuring a street gallery at 'Seongbuk Bunsu Maru.'

The district had planned to hold a ceremony, resident participation booths, and cultural performances as in previous years, but due to the spread of COVID-19, it decided to operate an unmanned gallery instead of face-to-face events.

Although social distancing is ongoing, the non-face-to-face event aims to create a communication space to encourage and motivate workers and activists in the public and private social welfare sectors.

Hosted by the Seongbuk-gu Community Social Security Council, this event will exhibit works comforting psychologically exhausted residents, focusing on welfare activities within the community during the COVID-19 crisis. Caricatures of social welfare meritorious persons, photos introducing welfare institutions and activities, and 97 resident support messages commemorating Social Welfare Day on September 7 will be displayed in forms such as calligraphy.

Additionally, meritorious persons who contributed to welfare promotion will be identified and awarded the Mayor’s Commendation. Awards will be delivered non-face-to-face to 55 meritorious residents and public officials.

From September 21, an online gallery will also be operated on the websites and SNS of each working council and subcommittee. A video interview and support message from Mayor Lee Seung-ro will be shared, along with videos covering the meritorious awards and the entire street gallery content.

Mayor Lee Seung-ro of Seongbuk-gu stated, “Thanks to the public-private cooperative organizations and resident volunteers who have devoted themselves to the promotion of social welfare, today’s warm Seongbuk welfare has been realized,” and urged, “I hope everyone will join forces to support those in welfare blind spots within the community during the current COVID-19 crisis.”

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