"Live Healthy Until 99!" ... '9988 Dementia Overcome United Walking Challenge' Event Held

Gumi City, 80,000 Steps Achieved Citizens Entered to Win 5,000 KRW Mobile Gift Card

First-Come, First-Served 5,000 KRW Mobile Gift Card for Dementia Book Cafe Photo Verification

Live Healthy Until 99! 9988 Dementia Overcome United Walking Challenge Guide Poster.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] In Gumi City, Gyeongbuk Province, the 15th Dementia Overcoming Day (annually on September 21) will be commemorated by holding the ‘9988 Dementia Overcoming One-Heart Walking Challenge’ online.

Any Gumi citizen can participate by installing the ‘WalkOn’ app on their smartphone, joining the ‘City Dementia Safety Center Official Community,’ and then participating in the ‘2022 9988 Dementia Overcoming One-Heart Walking Challenge’ while carrying their smartphone as they walk.

The event period is 12 days from September 19 to 30, and those who achieve a total of 80,000 steps (with a maximum of 10,000 steps per day) will be entered into a draw where 500 people will receive mobile coupons worth 5,000 KRW each.

An event called ‘Find Our Neighborhood Dementia Book Cafe’ will also be held, where participants take photos using the dementia book corner located inside the ‘Caritas’ cafe operated by the Gumi Regional Self-Support Center and write supportive messages for overcoming dementia.

For citizens participating in ‘Find Our Neighborhood Dementia Book Cafe,’ the first 200 people will also receive mobile coupons worth 5,000 KRW. Detailed information about the event can be found on the Gumi City Dementia Safety Center website.

Kwon Jun-gyeong, Director of the Health Administration Division and Acting Director, said, “I hope this event becomes an opportunity to practice dementia prevention in daily life and a time to share various information about dementia.”

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