Seongbuk-gu Kkumdeulim Youth Club Activity Proceeds Fully Donated to ALS Patients

Seongbuk-gu Youth Support Center Dream Dream Cultural Arts Club 'Onggijonggi' Donates All Exhibition and Flea Market Proceeds... Enhancing Youth Achievement and Community Capacity Through Sale and Donation of Handmade Pottery

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) held an exhibition and flea market for the pottery club ‘Onggijonggi,’ which included participation from the Seongbuk-gu Youth Support Center, Indie School, and Jaona School, on the 9th. The donation funds raised were fully donated to a nonprofit foundation supporting patients with Lou Gehrig's disease.

At the ‘Onggijonggi’ club exhibition held last month at the Seongbuk-gu Office Baramdang, 20 ceramic works and 10 drawings by the Seongbuk-gu Youth Support Center’s webtoon club were displayed.

Along with the exhibition, a ‘Make Your Own Pottery’ experience booth and a flea market selling mask straps and plaster air fresheners made by Indie School youths were operated.

Through this, a total of 17 pottery experiences and sales were conducted, and 7 drawing works were sold. The flea market run by Indie School also gained great popularity among citizens.

The participating youths shared their thoughts: “We felt lethargic and depressed because we couldn’t do anything due to COVID-19 throughout the year, but being able to directly sell and donate the items we made over the year makes it a rewarding year-end.” They added, “We didn’t know much about Lou Gehrig's disease before, but through this donation, we learned about it and had a chance to care about the lives of others in our community, which we had never thought about before.”

Seongbuk-gu Mayor Lee Seung-ro said, “I hope our youths, through club activities, experienced creating and selling their own works and sharing the funds raised for a meaningful cause, thereby fostering community capabilities and reflecting on neighbors in need.”

Meanwhile, the Seongbuk-gu Youth Support Center’s Kkumdeulim runs projects supporting healthy growth for out-of-school youths, including academic support, employment support, independence support, self-development support, and health support.

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