Junggu's Oh Jongchun Donates 5,774,344 Won with '1 Won Donation per Step' Pledge

Jung-gu District in Seoul (District Mayor Kim Gil-seong) will conclude its 2024 "Hope Ondol Warm Winter Campaign" on the 14th. We introduce the unique donations made in Jung-gu during the past three months of warm winter support.

A special individual donor, supporter Oh Jong-chun, pledged to donate 1 won per step and delivered a total of 5,774,344 won raised by walking for one year. This is meaningful as it shows a commitment made in the heart being steadily practiced in daily life and connected to donation.

There were also cases where small hearts gathered to make a big donation. The Saemaeul Geumgo Jung-gu Directors Council (Chairman Jang Ju-hong) donated 165 bags of rice (worth 5 million won) collected in unity by 10 Saemaeul Geumgo branches located in Jung-gu. The National Medical Center (Director Joo Young-soo) raised 4.14 million won through a fundraising campaign for vulnerable groups by employees contributing bit by bit. This amount will be distributed as 100,000 won each to 41 households of elderly living alone and single-parent families.

There were also meaningful acts of working for Jung-gu and donating for Jung-gu. A total of 108 public officials from the Seoul Jung-gu Office collected 2.04 million won by adding coins found on the street during cleaning and their own money. Additionally, 36 public workers of Jung-gu Office voluntarily raised and donated 2.1 million won for sharing with underprivileged groups within Jung-gu.

There are companies that have formed ties with Jung-gu for the first time this year. Rapigen (CEO Park Jae-gu), a manufacturer of COVID-19 self-diagnosis kits, generously donated 50 million won to help low-income vulnerable groups in the region have a warm winter. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Seoul Branch (CEO Ha Hyo-geon) also donated a total of 12 million won, 500,000 won per person, as scholarships for 24 low-income students.

Kim Gil-seong, Mayor of Jung-gu, said, "Thanks to the wonderful people who look around and create a society that moves forward together, Jung-gu's winter this year could be warm," and added, "Our Jung-gu will also become a reliable ally that watches over vulnerable groups with more thorough welfare and moves forward together."

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