Gyeongbuk Province Hosts Volunteer Conference... "710,000 People Play Roles Like Light and Salt"

Chairman Yoo Jin-ho of Neighbor Love Sharing Volunteer Group Receives 'Volunteer Award'
43 Meritorious Individuals Including Gold, Silver, Bronze and 14 Organizations Receive 'Governor's Commendation'

On the afternoon of November 10, at a briquette factory in Hucheon-dong, Yeongju-si, Gyeongbuk, employees are busily loading briquettes onto trucks for delivery. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongsangbuk-do will hold the 'Gyeongbuk Volunteer Conference' on the 13th at 2 p.m. at the Dongnak Hall of the provincial government office, with Governor Lee Cheol-woo, Goh Woo-hyun, chairman of the provincial council, Superintendent Lim Jong-sik of the provincial education office, and about 300 volunteers participating.

This event is an occasion to encourage 710,000 volunteers who contributed to creating a happy Gyeongbuk by practicing sharing and consideration throughout the region despite the dangerous environment caused by the spread of COVID-19 this year.

At the volunteer conference, six people (1 Grand Prize, 1 Gold Prize, 2 Silver Prizes, 2 Bronze Prizes) who made significant contributions to the activation of volunteer work will be awarded the '2020 Gyeongsangbuk-do Volunteer Award,' along with 43 individual merit recipients and 14 meritorious organizations, who will receive commendations from the Governor of Gyeongbuk.

The grand prize winner this year, Yoo Jin-ho (65), is the president of the Neighbor Love Sharing Volunteer Group. Over the past 16 years and 8,073 hours, he has been a member of the Gyeongsan City Barun Saelgi Council, the Autonomous Crime Prevention Union, and the National Model Drivers Association, personally practicing neighborly love for the underprivileged by providing free taxi services to the disabled and elderly during free meal distribution at the home care welfare center for the elderly without family, delivering donations, and volunteering for home repairs.

The Gold Prize goes to Kim Jong-rok (50) from Cheongdo County; the Silver Prizes to volunteers Park Eun-sun (53, female) from Pohang City and Kim Kyung-hwa (63, female) from Andong City; and the Bronze Prizes to volunteers Bae Seo-yeon (55, female) from Gumi City and Eom Kyung-chan (51) from Bonghwa County, who were recognized for delivering warm volunteer care and thus honored with awards.

Following individuals, in the evaluation of volunteer activities by city and county governments, Gimcheon City and Cheongdo County, which showed high participation rates in volunteer activities and achieved excellent results through the operation of various programs, won the 'Grand Prize.' Pohang City and Yecheon County received the 'Excellence Award,' and Mungyeong City, Sangju City, and Uiseong County each received the 'Merit Award.'

Governor Lee Cheol-woo of Gyeongbuk, in a pre-distributed encouragement speech, said, "I believe that the sweat and dedication of each volunteer have become the foundation for developing provincial administration and local communities, and I hope you will continue to play many roles as the light and salt that brighten provincial development and local communities."

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