Gwangyang Steelworks Hope Root Volunteer Group Receives Minister of Health and Welfare Commendation at 'Korea Sharing National Awards'

Hope Root Volunteer Group Composed of Employees from Gwangyang Steelworks Quality Technology Department

Sharing Activities Including Delivering Lunchbox Side Dishes to Local Neighbors and Partnering with Disabled Individuals

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks Hope Root Volunteer Group (Director Lee Sang-min) announced on the 6th that it achieved the great honor of receiving the Minister of Health and Welfare Commendation at the ‘2021 Korea Sharing National Awards’.

The ‘Korea Sharing National Awards’ is an event jointly hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, KBS, and the Community Chest of Korea to strengthen social recognition of sharing, promote cases of sharing practice, and discover and reward exemplary individuals and organizations that serve as social role models to spread a culture of sharing.

The award ceremony, originally scheduled to be held at the KBS annex in November, was held on the 6th at the Gwangyang City Welfare Center for the Disabled considering the spread of COVID-19, where Director Lee Young-jae delivered the certificate and plaque on behalf of the group.

The Hope Root Volunteer Group of Gwangyang Steelworks was founded in March 2012 by employees of the Quality Technology Department who wanted to be a reliable support force for neighbors in need, and they have been carrying out various sharing activities that provide practical help to those in need.

Since 2015, they have been delivering side dishes on their days off from shift work to neighbors near Gwangyang-eup, Gwangyang City, who are at risk of missing meals due to difficulty preparing food, helping them live healthily. This year, they expanded this service to start deliveries for neighbors in Jungma and Gwangyeong areas as well.

In addition, through one-on-one matching activities involving both disabled and non-disabled people, they have helped improve the quality of life for disabled families, acting as warm and reliable friends and serving as their hands and feet, thereby practicing heartfelt neighborly love in the local community.

On this day, Lee Young-jae, Director of the Gwangyang City Welfare Center for the Disabled, said, “I congratulate the Hope Root Volunteer Group of Gwangyang Steelworks, which has continuously carried out sharing activities through coexistence and cooperation as a large corporation called POSCO, igniting a new spark of hope in the local community,” and added, “I hope they continue to grow into a global POSCO through coexistence and cooperation.”

Meanwhile, Gwangyang Steelworks has been actively striving to realize a company that works with the local community by operating a total of 43 talent volunteer groups, following the establishment of five talent volunteer groups in the first half of this year and the launch of three new talent volunteer groups last September, presenting a model where companies and society develop together through volunteer and sharing activities in various fields to coexist and prosper with the local community.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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