GM Hanmaeum Foundation Expands Volunteer Work Agreement... "Actively Practicing Neighborly Love"

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] GM Hanmaeum Foundation Korea (hereinafter Hanmaeum Foundation) announced on the 28th that it has signed a business agreement with the Bupyeong Council of the Incheon Social Welfare Council to revitalize community volunteer activities and will begin full-scale volunteer activities.

The agreement ceremony held the day before at Galsan Comprehensive Social Welfare Center in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, was attended by Yoon Myung-ok, Secretary General of Hanmaeum Foundation, and Lee Tae-gyu, Chairman of the Bupyeong Council of the Incheon Social Welfare Council. Also, Park Sung-chul, Senior Deputy Head of the Korean GM Branch, and Choi Kyu-ho, Deputy Head of GM Technical Center Korea, attended as employee representatives, starting a full-scale movement for warm companionship with our neighbors.

At the agreement ceremony, all attendees packed free meal lunch boxes and delivered them to vulnerable groups in the community. They also conducted volunteer activities planting trees around the Galsan Welfare Center. Through this, they strengthened their active will to practice neighborly love and laid the foundation for spreading a culture of sharing and volunteering.

Yoon Myung-ok, Secretary General of Hanmaeum Foundation, said, “Hanmaeum Foundation is carrying out various volunteer activities for vulnerable groups in the community through the active and voluntary participation of employees at GM Korea sites,” adding, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to further strengthen volunteer activities and actively expand the values of diversity and inclusion through today’s agreement ceremony.”

Lee Tae-gyu, Chairman of the Bupyeong Council of the Incheon Social Welfare Council, said, “It is very encouraging that through this business agreement with Hanmaeum Foundation, we can support welfare blind spots through more diverse channels,” and added, “With the warm helping hands of GM Korea site employees, we will actively engage in activities for our neighbors.”

Meanwhile, along with this business agreement ceremony, Hanmaeum Foundation plans to actively support volunteer activities of GM Korea site employees by opening an ‘Online Volunteer Market’ on the foundation’s website. The ‘Online Volunteer Market’ is a service that connects social welfare institutions in need with GM Korea site employee volunteers, matching places where neighbors need help with employees appropriately to support more efficient volunteer activities.

Since its establishment in 2005, Hanmaeum Foundation has continuously carried out various social contribution activities for the livelihood stability of vulnerable groups in the community and community improvement. In particular, employee participation social contribution activities and community volunteer activities led by GM Korea site employees through the ‘All Together’ project are representative projects of Hanmaeum Foundation. Starting with this business agreement to revitalize community volunteer activities, the foundation plans to further activate in-house volunteer programs and provide employees with broader volunteer opportunities, laying the foundation to grow into the most inclusive company in the world.

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