Gokseong-gun Osan-myeon Donation Angel Donates 450kg of Rice Again This Year

Former Yeonhwari Village Chief Heo Jong-su Offers Freshly Harvested New Rice for the 4th Year This Year

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun] In Osan-myeon, Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, there is a donation angel who has been donating newly harvested rice for four years.

The main figure is Heo Jong-su, the former village head of Yeonhwa-ri.

Heo Jong-su first donated 450kg of newly harvested rice in 2019.

At that time, he did not intend to continue donating.

He simply thought of helping neighbors in need just once.

However, the following year, Heo Jong-su donated another 450kg of newly harvested rice.

And the year after that, and the year after that, he continued to donate 450kg of newly harvested rice every year.

Once he started donating, he said he could not stop.

He cannot stop because he recalls the happy faces of neighbors receiving the rice, and because he feels proud after donating.

This year as well, on September 1st, Heo Jong-su visited the Osan-myeon office to donate newly harvested rice.

The donated rice is all carefully cultivated by Mr. Heo every year.

Heo said, "Please distribute it evenly to the underprivileged who have to live with difficulty even during the Chuseok holiday."

The Osan-myeon Welfare Team stated, "There are neighbors who cannot even afford to put newly harvested rice on their Chuseok ancestral rites table, and the fresh newly harvested rice donated every year greatly helps us support them."

The 45 bags of newly harvested rice donated this year will be evenly distributed by the Osan-myeon Welfare Team to 45 households in the area who are in difficult circumstances.

Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun hss79@asiae.co.kr

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