GS Retail Conducts Volunteer Activities at Hyeonchungwon... "Inheriting the Noble Spirit"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] GS Retail announced on the 2nd that it held a meaningful time to honor the patriotic martyrs and war heroes on Memorial Day, June 6.

Hyunsoo Heo, Vice Chairman and CEO of GS Retail, along with 27 employees from all business divisions including convenience store GS25 and supermarket GS The Fresh, visited the National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, to carry out a grave site cleanup volunteer activity.

They placed Taegeukgi flags on a total of 1,095 tombstones in the 23rd burial area, which was established to enshrine those who died in the Korean War, and conducted flower offerings. They also collected withered flowers and trash as part of the environmental cleanup volunteer work, honoring the noble spirit and sacrifice of the patriotic martyrs. All processes of the volunteer activity were conducted in strict compliance with quarantine guidelines.

GS Retail leads efforts to spread a culture of honoring and recognizing those who contributed to the country by conducting annual volunteer activities at the National Seoul Memorial Cemetery along with various patriotism campaigns. Representative initiatives include the lunchbox sticker campaign to promote independence activists launched in 2018, historical tours of the Provisional Government with 100 customers, support for descendants of independence activists, and the '122609 Taegeukgi to be Found Until the End' campaign.

A GS Retail official said, “Through the volunteer activities at the Memorial Cemetery and patriotism campaigns conducted this time, we are leading the spread of a culture that honors and respects those who contributed to our country. We intend to continuously strengthen meaningful social contribution activities such as volunteering and sharing that spread positive influence by inheriting the spirit of those who willingly sacrificed for the nation and its people.”

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