Yujin Group Begins New Year’s Work with Sharing to Overcome COVID-19

Donation of a Total of 7.5 Billion Won Delivered to the Community Chest of Korea and University Hospitals

Eugene Corporation CEO Sung Jin-seong (left) and Eugene Investment & Securities CEO Ko Kyung-mo are posing for a commemorative photo after donating funds.
[Photo by Eugene Group]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] Eugene Group started its first workday of the new year with a donation to join society's efforts to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the 4th, Eugene Group donated a total of 750 million KRW, including 450 million KRW to the Community Chest of Korea at its Yeouido headquarters in Seoul, and 300 million KRW to Seoul National University Hospital and Yonsei Severance Hospital. The donation was made together by four major companies of Eugene Group: Eugene Corporation, Eugene Investment & Securities, Dongyang, and Eugene Savings Bank.

The donated funds will be used to support the medical community, who have been dedicating themselves day and night due to COVID-19, and to assist vulnerable groups who are experiencing more difficult times than ever before.

Since 2016, Eugene Group has started the 'Donation Opening Ceremony' to practice corporate social responsibility and gather the hearts of all employees, and every year on the first day of the year, it begins its work by donating to the Community Chest of Korea.

In addition, Eugene Group is promoting various social contribution projects centered on the group's social contribution council, the 'Hope Sharing Committee.' Since 2018, it has been steadily carrying out the 'Hope Praise Project,' which improves the living environment of marginalized neighbors in local communities, as well as support activities for sites suffering from various disasters and calamities.

Especially last year, sharing activities to overcome the COVID-19 crisis were active. In February, when mask shortages occurred, 50,000 masks were donated to vulnerable children, and in May, to support local farmers whose sales channels were blocked due to COVID-19, agricultural products from affected areas were directly purchased and provided to volunteers at quarantine sites.

In recognition of its continuous sharing activities, Eugene Group was honored last month by having all its major affiliates listed as 'Sharing Excellence Companies' hosted by the Community Chest of Korea.

Yoo Ji-chang, Chairman of the Hope Sharing Committee, said, "We gathered the will of the group’s employees to support neighbors suffering from COVID-19 and the medical community dedicating themselves day and night," adding, "We hope that neighbors facing difficulties due to COVID-19 will have hope and welcome a happy new year this year."

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