Yeongam-gun, Series of Large Donations for Hometown Love Contributions Continue

Expatriates United for 'My Hometown Yeongam'

The hometown love donation movement by expatriates from Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do, continues.

Yeongam-gun (Governor Woo Seung-hee) announced on the 24th that expatriates who attended the inauguration ceremony of the Seoyeongam Nonghyup cooperative head and the agricultural support launch event held on the 21st at the Seoyeongam Nonghyup Eco-friendly Rice Distribution Center donated 12 million won in hometown love donations.

On the 21st, a hometown love donation was made.
[Photo by Yeongam-gun]

The county reported that Park Ju-nam, CEO of Nikoboco Co., Ltd., and Jo In-ho, CEO of Seha Co., Ltd., each donated the highest annual amount of 5 million won, and Shin Won-cheol, chairman of the Social Welfare Council of Jeongwang 4-dong, Siheung City, a sister city of Mia-myeon, donated 2 million won.

Park Ju-nam, CEO of Nikoboco Co., Ltd., established in 2012 and an expatriate from Mia-myeon, Yeongam-gun, said, “I feel very honored to be able to help my hometown Yeongam through the hometown love donation,” adding, “I hope it will contribute even a little to the development of Yeongam and the revitalization of the local economy.”

Jo In-ho, CEO of Seha Co., Ltd., also from Mia-myeon and who has regularly practiced many donations and sharing to give back corporate profits to the local community, said, “I joined to contribute even a little to the development of my hometown Yeongam,” and expressed his hope that “a healthy donation culture will spread and the hometown love donation system will be successfully established, making Yeongam an even better place to live.”

Governor Woo Seung-hee said, “I sincerely thank the expatriates who have affection for Yeongam and participated in the hometown love donation system,” and added, “The donations, filled with the donors’ precious hearts, will be used solidly to promote essential projects for Yeongam’s development.”

Those who wish to make a hometown love donation can freely donate to any hometown or area of interest other than their current address, and upon donation, they can receive tax deductions along with return gifts.

Donations can be made both online and offline through the ‘Hometown Love e-um’ website or by visiting agricultural and livestock cooperatives nationwide.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.