Song Jong-wook, President of Gwangju Bank, Leads Support for Local Protected Children

Participation of Vaccine Project Local Opinion Leader No. 3

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Song Jong-wook, President of Gwangju Bank, has taken the lead in sponsoring children under local protection.

Gwangju Bank announced on the 24th that President Song held a certification ceremony for being the third local opinion leader sponsor of the Vaccine Project.

The certification ceremony was attended by Kim Eun-young, Head of the Gwangju Regional Headquarters of the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation.

The Vaccine Project is a sponsorship campaign jointly conducted by Gwangju Metropolitan City and the Gwangju Regional Headquarters of the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation to support children under protection who have aged out of child care facilities or foster homes upon turning 18.

President Song, following Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, and Kim Yong-jip, Chairman of the Gwangju Metropolitan City Council, participated as the third local opinion leader of the Vaccine Project, pledging to support living stabilization expenses, study expenses, self-reliance settlement funds, and self-reliance kits to help the healthy independence of children under protection.

Prior to the certification ceremony, President Song received a plaque of appreciation from the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation in recognition of his contributions to the development of child welfare through social contribution activities that give hope and courage to marginalized children in the region, such as sharing new semester school uniforms, sponsoring patient clothes for the children’s ward, and supporting the Hope Blossoms Dream Tree program.

President Song said, “We are leading various social contribution activities together with our employees with a sense of mission as the representative bank of Gwangju and Jeonnam so that children who will lead the future of our region can nurture their dreams without being discouraged by difficult circumstances. We will sincerely realize values beyond profit, such as ‘coexistence with the region and companionship with local residents,’ by listening carefully to various local issues and the voices of the community.”

Meanwhile, Gwangju Bank is conducting various social contribution activities to discover and nurture local talent as a practical measure to pursue values beyond profit, which is President Song Jong-wook’s management philosophy.

Last April, the bank visited the child care facility ‘Notre Dame Brothers’ House’ to deliver a donation of 5 million KRW to support the healthy growth of local children, and continues to select ‘Hope Blossoms Study Rooms (currently 63 branches)’ and ‘Hope Blossoms Dream Trees (currently 4 branches)’ to support children in difficult environments to nurture their dreams.

Also, through the Gwangju Bank Scholarship Foundation established in 1981, scholarships have been awarded to local students, providing a total of approximately 3.3 billion KRW in scholarships to over 4,000 local scholarship recipients to date.

In addition, more than 80% of total hires are allocated to candidates from the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions, and the bank leads local talent recruitment by selecting university student ambassadors and providing opportunities for workplace experience, supporting local youth in various ways.

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