The Korean Senior Citizens Association Gyeongsan Branch Wins 'Grand Prize' in Senior Center Happiness Helper Project Evaluation

The Gyeongsan City Branch of the Korea Senior Citizens Association won the grand prize in the 2021 Senior Center Happiness Helper Project evaluation on the 15th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Intern Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Korea Senior Citizens Association Gyeongsan City Branch in Gyeongbuk received the grand prize in the institutional category of the 2021 Senior Center Happiness Helper Project evaluation on the 15th.

The Gyeongsan City Branch received excellent evaluations in areas such as senior center needs survey, planning, welfare programs, senior center coordinators, and community resource linkage, winning the award for the second consecutive year following the encouragement award last year. In the senior center coordinator category, Ms. Choi Hyun-joo received the governor’s commendation.

The Senior Center Happiness Helper project, launched in October 2019, focuses on village-level senior centers to provide health, leisure, welfare, education, and programs for the elderly, as well as to identify welfare blind spots and connect services.

This year, 24 Happiness Helpers regularly visited 384 senior centers once a week to identify welfare blind spots, support senior center operations, conduct disinfection, and inspect facility safety.

They visited socially vulnerable elderly individuals to provide care services and link and manage support with community organizations for housing environment improvement projects, while developing and operating programs to promote health improvement and leisure and hobby activities.

Achievements include the “Happiness-Finding Ddarreung” learning materials, talent sharing in hairdressing and beauty, video production of seniors’ daily lives, nature cleanup activities with seniors, and operation of the community project “Happy Farm.”

Mayor Choi Young-jo of Gyeongsan said, “We will actively operate programs tailored to the needs of senior center users and support elderly health management, senior center hygiene, and operation.”

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