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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks’ ‘Hope Tree Woodcraft Volunteer Group (Leader Park Sang-beom)’ delivered handmade furniture to local social welfare institutions at the Jungmadong Community Center Volunteer Sharing Space on the 22nd, in celebration of POSCO’s Special Volunteer Activity Week.

The delivery ceremony was attended by Kim Tae-young, Head of Administrative Public Relations Group at Gwangyang Steelworks; Jeon Jae-gyun, Rolling Equipment Manager; Choi Sook-ja, Head of Resident Welfare Division of Gwangyang City; Jeong Byeong-gwan, Director of Jungma Senior Welfare Center; and members of the Hope Tree Woodcraft Volunteer Group.

The Gwangyang Steelworks ‘Hope Tree Woodcraft Volunteer Group’ was founded in April 2020 and is a talent donation group dedicated to spreading a culture of sharing by custom-making and donating woodcraft products to neighboring households and social welfare facilities in need within the community.

Previously, they gifted a total of about 60 customized furniture pieces to Taein and Deokrye Regional Children’s Centers, elderly living alone, and families with disabilities, and also held a Trischool woodcraft making event involving employees to provide local children with unique cultural experiences.

In celebration of Global Model Citizen Week, they planned to share woodcraft products with Okryong Regional Children’s Center, Sandeul Regional Children’s Center, and the Volunteer Sharing Space, which required replacement or new furniture.

First, the members visited the institutions and completed designs suitable for each space, then gathered every Saturday at the Hope Tree Workshop to begin making custom furniture.

With heartfelt wishes for the children’s hopeful futures and healthy growth, the carefully completed multipurpose storage cabinets, bookends, children’s tables, shelves, and more will be delivered to each institution after the delivery ceremony.

Notably, on this day, the ‘Hope Tree Woodcraft Volunteer Group’ also signed a volunteer activation business agreement with the Gwangyang City Regional Children’s Center Association and each facility to improve their environments, adding greater significance to the event.

Going forward, the ‘Hope Tree Woodcraft Volunteer Group’ plans to actively support children, the future leaders, by producing and donating necessary items through more systematic cooperation with the Regional Children’s Center Association, ensuring they can grow up without inconvenience.

At the delivery ceremony, Kim Tae-young, Head of Administrative Public Relations Group at Gwangyang Steelworks, said, “First of all, I want to thank the members who, despite many difficulties, are directly making furniture through talent donation and carrying out sharing activities in the local community. We are all neighbors living in Gwangyang City. I hope Gwangyang becomes a happy city where neighbors actively practice sharing and love with one another.”

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

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