Jungjingong Support Youth Startup Exchange Meeting Donates Over 500 Million Won to Families of Fallen Firefighters

75 Youth Startup CEOs Participating

The Small and Medium Business Corporation (Chairman Kang Seok-jin, hereinafter referred to as SBC) Seoul Southeast Branch and the Youth Startup Exchange Association (hereinafter JBN) announced on the 22nd that they donated a total of 560 million KRW in cash and daily necessities to Firefighter Family Hope Sharing (CEO Park Hyun-sook), which supports fallen firefighters.

Firefighter Family Hope Sharing is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Fire Department, established directly by the bereaved families of fallen firefighters. The organization includes about 60 bereaved family members, including family representatives, and about 300 special members such as firefighters. It carries out welfare projects such as livelihood stabilization for firefighter families and support for the return of firefighters who are injured or ill.

Small and Medium Business Corporation

JBN is a group of young entrepreneurs formed in 2017, consisting of about 180 startups supported by SBC’s youth-exclusive startup funds. Since 2020, they have practiced sharing with youth heads of households, single mothers, and single-parent families. The young entrepreneurs remember the help they received from society during the early stages of their startups and have prepared donations again this year to give back to society.

Lee Chang-seop, head of SBC Seoul Southeast Branch, said, "Going forward, SBC will do its best to ensure that excellent companies can continuously grow through various support projects."

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