[Photo] Oh Seung-rok, Nowon District Mayor, Encourages 'Healing Sharing Concert' Commemorating Social Welfare Day

On the 7th at 3 PM, Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon District, attended the 24th Social Welfare Day commemorative ceremony, "Melody for You, Healing Sharing Concert," held at the Grand Theater of Donghae Culture and Arts Center at Kwangwoon University.

The district promotes the annual "Social Welfare Day" event on September 7th to enhance understanding of social welfare and encourage the activities of welfare workers.

At the event, over 800 workers from local social welfare facilities and institutions, along with more than 1,000 members of the Dong-level human safety network?including ▲Nowon Ddokddokddok Care Group ▲Dong Resident Welfare Council ▲Volunteer Camp ▲Neighbor Love Volunteer Group ▲Tongjang (community leaders)?gathered together for the first time.

About 2,000 people attended, including Mayor Oh Seung-rok, social welfare facility workers, Dong human safety network members, and social welfare officials. The program proceeded in the order of national anthem, introduction of guests, greetings, award ceremony, and concert.

The first part featured an award ceremony recognizing 78 individuals and 6 groups and institutions, totaling 84 teams, for their contributions to revitalizing community social welfare. The second part began with the Western Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Bizet’s "Farandole" from L'Arl?sienne, followed by performances from ▲folk singer Kim Hee-jin ▲vocalist Kim Dong-gyu ▲musical actor Kim So-hyun ▲and singer Park Sang-min.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “I thank everyone who works with a sense of mission and does their best. Moving forward, we will continue to listen carefully to voices from the field and strive harder to improve workers’ treatment and establish a thorough Nowon-style welfare system.”

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