Gwangju Seo-gu 'One Million Steps for Health, One Million Times Hope' Successfully Concluded

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Dae-seok) successfully concluded the walking donation challenge "One Million Steps for Health, One Million Times Hope" on the 1st and held a meaningful ceremony to donate a total of approximately 1 million won in mutual growth cards to 20 low-income households in the district.

According to Seo-gu on this day, the "One Million Steps for Health, One Million Times Hope" challenge started on July 20 with Seo Dae-seok, Seo-gu Mayor, walking 10,000 steps and certifying it, and was completed in about a month with active participation from walking leaders and residents.

The challenge was conducted with a goal of one million steps in total, where participants who walked more than 10,000 steps and sent a certification photo via email earned a donation of 10,000 won each.

A total of 100 challengers participated in the relay donation, and the collected donation amount reached 1 million won.

This donation will be used to support 20 households with 50,000 won mutual growth cards per household in the name of the challenge participants, and donation certificates will be issued to individual participants.

Participants in the walking donation challenge said, "While walking, we were able to take care of our health and also have the opportunity to help neighbors, so we promoted it a lot around us," and "We feel proud to participate in this warm challenge during the COVID-19 situation."

Meanwhile, Seo-gu fosters walking leaders every year through "Walking Leader Training Education," and operates a correct walking promotion group and walking clubs centered on these leaders to focus on spreading a walking culture in residents' daily lives.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho sdhs6751@asiae.co.kr

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