Yeosu Hyangilam Shares Warmth with Underprivileged Groups During Year-End and New Year

Donation of 15 Million Won and 1,080kg of Rice Delivered

[Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon] Jeollanam-do Yeosu City (Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong) announced that on the 29th, at Hyangilam of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (Head Monk Yeon-gyu), it delivered 15 million KRW in donations and 1,080 kg of white rice to Yeosu City to practice neighborly love during the year-end and New Year season.

At the delivery ceremony held in the mayor’s office, Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong, Head Monk Yeon-gyu of Hyangilam, Lee Young-hee, head of the believers’ association, Kang Jeong-soon, general secretary of the believers’ association, City Councilor Park Seong-mi, and Dolsan-eup Impo Shopping District Prosperity Association President Park Seong-geun and general secretary attended.

The donation funds were designated and entrusted to the Jeonnam Community Chest of Korea and will be delivered to neighbors in need and marginalized people in the region, and the white rice will be supported to welfare crisis households in the Dolsan area, senior centers, and grandparent-grandchild families.

Meanwhile, the Impo Shopping District Prosperity Association of Dolsan-eup, which participated on the day, also added warmth by delivering 1 million KRW in donations for neighbors in need.

Head Monk Yeon-gyu said, “To deliver warm affection to neighbors in need during the year-end and New Year, I prepared donations together with the believers,” and added, “I hope this will be a gift of comfort and hope to the neighbors in difficulty around us, and I will actively participate in continuous sharing and support for the local community in the future.”

Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong said, “I thank Head Monk of Hyangilam and the Buddhists who bestow Buddha’s grace every year for neighbors in need,” and added, “The city will do its best to create a happy Yeosu where no neighbors are left out in the cold winter.”

Meanwhile, Hyangilam of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism has continued to donate 3,000 kg of charity rice at Chuseok, and after that, donated 2,375 kg of charity rice to Sora-myeon and the welfare facility Dongbaekwon, and has been steadily continuing regular sponsorships to Good World Charity Bank and scholarship support projects.

Yeosu=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon hss79@asiae.co.kr

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