Shinan-gun Conducts Volunteer Service Distributing Essential Goods Packages for Chuseok Holiday

Love and Hope 100% Up, COVID-19 100% Down

We are conducting volunteer activities to distribute daily necessities packages to 350 low-income and marginalized households. / ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Women’s Volunteer Association of Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (President Kim Mae-ja) is conducting volunteer activities to distribute essential goods packages to 350 low-income and marginalized households over three days from the 1st to the 3rd, with about 130 volunteers from 14 towns and townships participating in each area to celebrate the traditional Korean holiday Chuseok.

According to the county on the 1st, this Chuseok holiday, volunteers personally delivered packages containing five types of essential items?including masks (30 pieces per pack), toilet paper, and wet wipes?to neighbors struggling through difficult times due to COVID-19, checking on their well-being as they handed over the goods.

The Volunteer Association carried out the activities while adhering to quarantine guidelines to foster a community atmosphere of living together and to enhance happiness for low-income groups suffering from deprivation and isolation in all aspects (economic, social, emotional) due to social distancing.

President Kim Mae-ja expressed her participation thoughts, saying, “On the occasion of Chuseok, by sharing goods with marginalized neighbors, we aim to increase love and hope by 100% and reduce COVID-19 by 100%, creating a sharing atmosphere that delivers happiness. We will continue various volunteer activities for the elderly and neighbors in the region.”

County Governor Park Woo-ryang stated, “We will participate in the culture of neighborly love and sharing and continue volunteer activities to make Sinan, the 1004 Islands, a place where hope springs forth.”

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