Selection of Geumcheon District Citizen Award Recipients

Geumcheon-gu Selects Recipients of the 28th Geumcheon-gu Citizen Awards...7 Chosen in Community Service, Public Morals, Education, Culture, and Sports Categories

Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced the selection of the recipients of the 28th ‘Geumcheon Resident Award’ to honor unsung heroes who have dedicated themselves to a bright and wholesome local community.

The ‘Geumcheon Resident Award’ is given to residents or organizations who have shown exceptional passion and dedication to the development of the local community in five categories: ▲ community service ▲ public morals ▲ education ▲ culture ▲ sports.

From August 4 to September 4, Geumcheon-gu conducted a merit review of 15 candidates recommended from various sectors and selected 7 awardees.

In the community service category, Min Jeong-sun, Ahn Young-sik, and Tak Gyeong-sook were jointly selected. Kim Haeng-yeop was honored in the public morals category, Park Eun-sil in education, Lee Moon-nam in culture, and Yoon Seong-min in sports.

Min Jeong-sun, selected as a community service awardee, contributed to the development of the local community through over 100 volunteer activities in various fields such as sharing side dishes and samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup), distributing donated goods, managing water play areas safely, and collecting trash on Gwanaksan Mountain.

Co-awardee Ahn Young-sik has led corporate social responsibility efforts in the community since 2014 through continuous donation activities such as rice donations, kimchi sharing, and scholarship endowments.

Another co-awardee, Tak Gyeong-sook, participated in various volunteer activities including parent safety patrols, disinfection, and environmental protection, and contributed to the development of resident autonomy by serving as a subcommittee head of the Residents’ Autonomy Council and a member of the Citizen Participation Budget Committee.

Kim Haeng-yeop, selected in the public morals category, cares for his parents and practices filial piety. He spreads public morals such as respect for the elderly in the community and is respected by those around him.

Park Eun-sil, the education category awardee, has volunteered as a teacher for seniors who are illiterate or missed educational opportunities since 2009. She helped 29 seniors obtain elementary school diplomas. Since 2021, she has served as the principal of Salgu Lifelong School and contributed to resident education through public projects.

Lee Moon-nam, honored in the culture category, has contributed to cultural development in the community by participating as a singer in local festivals and events such as the Geumcheon Harmony Cherry Blossom Festival and the regular concert of the Geumcheon Women’s Choir, as well as donating to vulnerable residents.

Yoon Seong-min, selected in the sports category, has served as vice president of the Geumcheon-gu Sports Council and president of the Geumcheon-gu Mountaineering Association since 2013, actively participating in various sports events to promote unity and harmony among residents and to revitalize community sports.

The award ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. on October 13 at Geumnarae Art Hall during the ‘28th Geumcheon Residents’ Day’ commemorative event.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, expressed, “I deeply thank the awardees who have dedicated themselves to making Geumcheon a better community,” and added, “We will continue to seek out unsung heroes who quietly serve the community’s development so that residents can look up to them as role models.”

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