Gokseong-gun, Donated in My Name Just by Volunteering...

Donate 200 Won for Every Hour of Volunteering, Donation Amount Equivalent Triples or More Increase

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun] Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 12th that it is implementing a policy of donating converted volunteer hours to promote the spread of volunteering and encourage a culture of donation.

The donation of converted volunteer hours refers to a system where volunteer hours are converted into monetary value and donated in the name of the volunteer or volunteer organization.

In Gokseong-gun, the accumulated volunteer hours of individuals or groups over one year are converted at a rate of 200 KRW per hour and donated to community foundations and social welfare facilities in the following year.

To participate in the converted donation, one must be registered as a resident in Gokseong-gun and registered on the Gokseong-gun 1365 Volunteer Portal. Individual volunteers must have at least 50 hours of volunteer activity, and groups must have at least 250 hours of volunteer activity to qualify for the converted donation.

This year, 41 individual volunteers who consistently participated in volunteer activities last year, along with three groups?the Gokseong Green Mothers' Association, the Korea Freedom Federation Gokseong Branch, and the Korea Life Improvement Gokseong Federation?were registered as converted donation donors.

The total volunteer hours they participated in over the past year amount to 9,032 hours, equivalent to 1,806,400 KRW. This amount was donated to the Community Chest of Korea in the names of the respective volunteers and groups.

Gokseong-gun is paying attention to the fact that the amount of converted donations this time has increased more than threefold compared to 550,200 KRW last year.

It is judged that through converted donations, more people are participating in volunteer activities, thereby spreading positive influence.

A county official said, “Thanks to the local residents who actively participated in volunteer activities, we were able to donate more converted funds to the Community Chest of Korea this year. We hope that many people will continue to participate in converted donations to warm the local community.”

Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun cha6960@asiae.co.kr

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