LGU+ Employees' Walking Event Donation Funds Delivered to Underprivileged Groups

LGU+ Donates to Gangdong Kkummaeul Childcare Center
Donation Amount Determined by Employees' Step Count, 18 Million KRW Raised

LG Uplus announced on the 20th that it held a donation ceremony at the 'Gangdong Dream Village Childcare Center' in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, to celebrate the year-end and New Year holidays. At the ceremony, key executives including President Hwang Hyun-sik (right) and Choi Eun-mi, director of Gangdong Dream Village Childcare Center (left), exchanged donation funds and handwritten letters from the children at the childcare center.

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] LG Uplus employees raised donation funds through a walking event and delivered them to underprivileged groups.

On the 20th, LG Uplus announced that it had delivered donation funds to the 'Gangdong Dream Village Childcare Center' in Gangdong-gu, Seoul. On that day, an event was held at the Yongsan headquarters where donation funds and handwritten letters from the children were exchanged.

Earlier, as part of its sharing activities, LG Uplus held an untact walking event where donation amounts were determined based on the number of steps taken. About 240 employees from the Consumer Business Division voluntarily participated in the walking event held from October 21 to November 11.

Over the three weeks, the participants' cumulative step count reached 73,916,250 steps, which converts to a distance of 11,046 km. This distance is equivalent to traveling back and forth between Seoul and New York 2.3 times. The average daily steps per participant was 14,058.

For every time an employee exceeded 11,000 steps in a day, 1 won was accumulated, resulting in over 18 million won in donations collected over the three weeks. The donation funds will be used to improve the living facilities of the childcare center and support child welfare.

An LG Uplus official stated, "Amid the difficulties faced by society due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we conducted an untact sharing activity involving our employees. We are very pleased to share warm hearts with those in need in the local community through the donation and to participate in helping children in hardship."

Choi Eunmi, director of Gangdong Dream Village Childcare Center, said, "We express our gratitude to the warm hearts of LG Uplus employees who have shown warm interest in socially marginalized groups every year. We will use the funds meaningfully so that the children can live in a better environment."

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