Yeosu-si Hosts 'Switch On! Health On! Ontact Family Health Walking Contest'

May 1-9... Mobile Gift Certificates for Citizens Completing the Course · 2 Hours of Student Plogging Volunteer Work Recognized

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Yeosu City in Jeollanam-do announced on the 26th that it will hold the "Switch on! Health on! Ontact Family Health Walking Contest" from June 1 to 9 in celebration of Family Month in May.

The Ontact Family Health Walking Contest allows participants to freely challenge a non-face-to-face walking contest by choosing one of the four beautiful walking courses in Yeosu, which is surrounded by mountains and the sea, according to their preference.

The courses are Odongdo Coastal Road, Mipyeong Old Railroad Road, Seonso Village Road, and Soho Dongdong Bridge Road.

Mobile gift certificates (3,000 KRW) will be given to 4,000 citizens who complete the course, and elementary, middle, and high school students who lack volunteer hours due to COVID-19 can earn 2 hours of volunteer credit by participating in plogging?picking up trash during the walking contest.

Any Yeosu citizen with the WalkOn app installed can participate. After installing the WalkOn app on their personal mobile phone, they must join the "Yeosu City Ttobagi One Day 10,000 Steps Miracle" community and then select the "Ontact Family Health Walking Contest" desired course walking challenge.

After applying, during the event period, participants should set WalkOn to "Normal Mode" and turn on location information while walking the course. Completion will be automatically verified through GPS reception data.

A city official said, "Participating in plogging, which protects both health and the environment while exercising with your children, will be a special experience," and added, "We hope many citizens will participate to feel the vitality of life by walking with their families amid the tiring daily life caused by COVID-19."

Meanwhile, Yeosu City has been operating the mobile app "WalkOn" community since 2018, with more than 6,000 citizens actively participating, and it runs various non-face-to-face walking challenges.

To receive volunteer hours, one must be registered as a member of the 1365 Volunteer Center in advance, and after completing the plogging course, upload two photos of trash-picking activities on the WalkOn community bulletin board.

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