iCOOP Seed Foundation Sponsors Scholarships in Gurye... 20 Million KRW Awarded to 29 Students

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok] The Korea Social Economy Seed Foundation (Chairman Oh Mi-ye, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Seed Foundation’) announced on the 17th that it held a scholarship award ceremony for the second half of 2020 at Gurye County Office on the 16th, attended by Oh Seong-su, representative of the Gurye Natural Dream Park Residents’ Association, and Kim Soon-ho, Gurye County Governor.

The Seed Foundation is a public interest corporation funded by iCOOP Consumer Cooperative’s consumer members, producers, and employees to realize the goal of ‘creating a healthy and honest society through various public interest projects.’

Since signing a scholarship payment agreement with Gurye County in 2012, it has been sponsoring scholarships for nine years. Including the 20 million KRW this time, it has paid a total of 40 million KRW this year and 330 million KRW in scholarships to date.

For university students, the county selected 13 applicants for the Seed Scholarship based on evaluation criteria and ranked by high scores. For middle and high school students, 11 students from Jeonnam Natural Science High School were selected based on comprehensive judgment of grades and living conditions, and 5 students from Gurye Buk Middle School were selected by the school principal’s recommendation.

Governor Kim Soon-ho said, “The iCOOP Seed Foundation’s scholarships, based in our region, have now become a strong supporter encouraging the dreams of Gurye students,” expressing gratitude to the foundation for its continuous donations.

A representative of the Seed Foundation said, “Since the growth of local students will be the foundation for regional development, we will continue to support scholarships in the future.”

Meanwhile, the Seed Foundation is carrying out various welfare projects that realize the foundation’s values, such as social return projects and medical welfare projects to achieve the urgent task of population increase in Gurye County, and to grow together with Gurye County.

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