Sharing the Spirit of Generosity Continues Through the Harsh Winter Amid COVID-19

<기사제목>Seongbuk-gu Members' Stem Cell Donation for Underprivileged Neighbors... On the 20th, The K Savings Bank Donates Love Food Worth 4 Million KRW to Seongbuk-gu Food Bank and Market Center... Cheolhan Jeonghwa, Gangnam Environment, and Taehan Environment Donate 3 Million KRW in Contributions

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Members of Seongbuk-gu continue to donate for marginalized neighbors who have no choice but to face a harsher winter due to the resurgence of COVID-19.

The K Savings Bank (CEO Bae Jae-hwan) delivered food of love to the Seongbuk-gu Food Bank & Market Center on the 20th. They donated a total of 4 million KRW worth of preferred food items for food market users such as sugar, sesame oil, ramen, flour, as well as daily necessities like laundry detergent and fabric softener.

The K Savings Bank has been donating food and daily necessities annually to marginalized groups in the local community since 2017.

Earlier on the 6th, Cheolhan Cleaning (CEO Yoo Byung-soon), Gangnam Environment (CEO Jang Guk-ung), and Taehan Environment (CEO Park Gil-dong), responsible for environmental cleanup in Seongbuk-gu, visited the Seongbuk-gu Food Bank & Market Center to deliver donations. Each company donated 1 million KRW, totaling 3 million KRW. They have been donating annually since 2016.

In particular, employees belonging to Cheolhan Cleaning, Gangnam Environment, and Taehan Environment formed the ‘Hanmaeum Volunteer Society’ and have been practicing briquette sharing every year for low-income elderly living alone in Bukjeong Village, Seongbuk-dong. Bukjeong Village is still a representative hillside neighborhood where connecting to city gas and installing purification facilities are difficult. The elderly living alone there call the Hanmaeum Volunteer Society the ‘Briquette Santa.’

Kang Woong, director of the Seongbuk-gu Food Bank & Market Center, said, “Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and economic difficulties, we expected tighter sharing than in the past. However, despite the difficult situation, sharing for neighbors in need is continuing more passionately than in previous years.”

Lee Seung-ro, mayor of Seongbuk-gu, stated, “After the domestic spread of COVID-19 and the implementation of social distancing, when masks were hard to obtain throughout Seongbuk-gu, mask sharing took place; when social distancing was strengthened, side dish sharing for neighbors with mobility difficulties was carried out; and this winter, briquette and daily necessities sharing is continuing. Thanks to the members of Seongbuk-gu who chose to live together, the administration is greatly supported in focusing its best efforts on preventing the local spread of COVID-19.”

Seongbuk-gu and the Seongbuk-gu Food Bank & Market Center plan to provide these donations to low-income and impoverished groups in the area, including children suffering from food insecurity, elderly living alone, people with disabilities, and grandparent-headed households, for their use.

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