Sacheon City Selected as Best City in 'Hope 2024 Neighborly Love'

Selected as a Local Government Practicing Neighborly Love for Two Consecutive Years

Sacheon City in Gyeongnam has been selected as the top city for "Hope 2024 Neighborly Love," organized by the Gyeongnam Community Chest of Korea, marking its second consecutive year as the local government that has best practiced neighborly love.

On the 30th, the city received the top award at the "Hope 2024 Neighborly Love Merit Awards Ceremony," held at the Changwon International Hotel, attended by over 150 people including Kang Kicheol, Chairman of the Gyeongnam Community Chest of Korea, and Choi Manrim, Vice Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do.

Sacheon City Hall Exterior View

The Gyeongnam Community Chest of Korea comprehensively evaluated 18 cities and counties in Gyeongnam based on six criteria, including annual fundraising per capita and the growth rate compared to the average fundraising amount over the past three years.

Throughout 2023, under the slogan "Make Myself Valuable through Giving, Make Sacheon Valuable through Giving," the city achieved excellent results by raising 1.5 billion won with the active participation of its citizens.

In particular, despite difficult economic conditions, the city led the spread of grassroots sharing culture and made significant contributions to the development of community welfare, which earned it the distinction of being selected as the top city.

On this day, along with the top institution award, Park Hyunjung, an official at the Dongseo-dong Administrative Welfare Center, received the Gyeongsangnam-do Governor’s Award. Oh Jiye, an official at the Gonyang-myeon Administrative Welfare Center; Park Boba, an official at the Namyang-dong Administrative Welfare Center; and Park Minjeong (individual) each received the Gyeongnam Community Chest of Korea Chairman’s Award.

A city official stated, "Being selected as the top city for two consecutive years was possible thanks to the citizens, organizations, and companies who practiced neighborly love even in difficult economic times," adding, "We will do our best to ensure that the culture of neighborly love continues steadily next year as well."

Meanwhile, the donations collected last year have been used to create a fund for the "Hope Sharing 4000 Neighborly Love" support project, promoted in partnership with the Gyeongnam Community Chest of Korea, and are being provided to local neighbors in need as living expenses, medical expenses, and home repair support.

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