Seodaemun-gu, Seoul's First to Provide Volunteer Hours as Mileage

Convert 1 Hour of Volunteering to 1,000 Mileage Points, Up to 100,000 Mileage Points Per Person Annually
Can Be Exchanged for Seodaemun Love Gift Certificates or Donated

The Seodaemun-gu Volunteer Center announced on the 13th that it will operate the first volunteer mileage system in Seoul to boost volunteer morale and promote volunteer activities.

Eligible participants include adult volunteers affiliated with the center who have completed more than 10 hours of volunteer work in Seodaemun-gu in the previous year.

Volunteering hours are converted at a rate of 1,000 mileage points per hour, allowing individuals to accumulate up to 100,000 mileage points (equivalent to 100,000 KRW) per year. These points can be converted into local currency (Seodaemun Love Gift Certificates) for use or donation.

To implement this system, the "Seodaemun-gu Volunteer Activity Support Ordinance" was revised in January of this year.

The center is also promoting various preferential policies for volunteers, including new agreements and maintenance of "Volunteer Discount Stores" that offer discounts to volunteers, and the introduction of mobile volunteer ID cards.

Lee Seong-heon, the district mayor, stated, "Enhancing and realizing the value of volunteering is the responsibility of local governments. We expect that the newly launched mileage system will greatly contribute to creating a happy Seodaemun-gu through volunteering."

Those wishing to accumulate "Seodaemun-gu Volunteer Mileage" can download the application form from the Seodaemun-gu Volunteer Center website (Good News → Notices), fill it out, and submit it via email. The center will review the applications and distribute mileage points quarterly.

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