Gyeonggi-do Adds 7 Items to Hometown Love Donation Program Gifts... Recruiting Vendors Until the 27th

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province has selected seven additional items as thank-you gifts for the Hometown Love Donation Program and will publicly recruit suppliers for these gifts until the 27th.

The newly selected items include ▲ Hangwa (traditional Korean sweets) ▲ Kimchi ▲ Crafts ▲ Tickets to the Gyeonggi Indie Music Festival ▲ Gyeonggi Province Natural Recreation Forest usage vouchers ▲ Gyeonggi local currency ▲ Experience, accommodation, tourism, and service products.

Gyeonggi Province especially included tickets to the Gyeonggi Indie Music Festival, held annually to provide performance opportunities for indie musicians, as a new thank-you gift. Additionally, the Gyeonggi Province Natural Recreation Forest was also added to the thank-you gifts.

The Gyeonggi Province Natural Recreation Forest is a highly popular facility where reservations are made through a lottery system. Some rooms will be secured and provided so that donors can apply with priority.

Moreover, the Gyeonggi local currency is a gift certificate that donors can receive by selecting a city or county. It is expected that providing this as a thank-you gift will encourage donors' ethical consumption, boosting sales at traditional markets and small businesses within the region.

Gyeonggi Province will accept applications for thank-you gift suppliers over two days, from the 26th to the 27th, for four newly recruited items (Hangwa, Kimchi, crafts, experience/accommodation/tourism/service products) as well as 15 re-recruited items (apple, pear, grape, peach, tomato, oriental melon, strawberry, pine nut, sweet potato, peanut, soybean, ginseng, mushroom, agricultural product bundles, budae jjigae).

So far, Gyeonggi Province has held the thank-you gift selection committee twice, selecting 16 items, 27 suppliers, and 79 types of thank-you gifts.

Meanwhile, the Hometown Love Donation Program allows individuals to donate to local governments other than their place of residence. The local governments use the donation funds to create a Hometown Love Fund, which can be used to support vulnerable groups, youth, and improve residents' welfare.

Individuals can donate up to 5 million KRW annually. Donors can receive thank-you gifts such as local specialties within 30% of the donation amount. Donations under 100,000 KRW are fully tax-deductible, and for the excess amount, 16.5% is deductible.

In particular, donations can be made online through the Hometown Love e-um system. Donors can also visit nearby NongHyup branches to contribute to the Hometown Love Donation Fund.

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