Gwangju Seo-gu Hwajeong 4-dong Bojang Association Delivers Lunar New Year Gift Sets to Neighbors in Need

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shin Dong-ho] The Hwajeong 4-dong Community Security Council in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Chairman Lee Seok-son) held a sharing event for "Seollal gift sets filled with love" for neighbors in need in the district on the 25th, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

According to Hwajeong 4-dong in Seo-gu on the 26th, this event delivered Seollal gift sets carefully packed with rice cake soup rice cakes, eggs, seasoned seaweed, sesame oil, and more, along with welfare checks, to 40 households of socially marginalized groups such as elderly living alone and people with severe disabilities who spend the holiday alone.

Chairman Lee Seok-son said, "I hope this Lunar New Year will be a time when our neighbors in need, who have to spend the cold winter holidays alone, can feel the warmth of their neighbors while enjoying a warm bowl of rice cake soup."

Shim Hyo-jung, head of Hwajeong 4-dong, said, "I hope these individuals feel comforted, even if just a little, by receiving gifts filled with the affection of their neighbors," and added, "We will continue to make greater efforts to find and support neighbors in welfare blind spots."

Meanwhile, the Hwajeong 4-dong Community Security Council is carrying out various projects to help neighbors in need, including sharing happy side dishes, the 'Tall Uncle' program, the Love Sharing Vegetable Store, health delivery and welfare checks, kimchi sharing, and sharing of warm porridge during the winter solstice.

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

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