Mercedes-Benz Social Contribution Committee Provides Scholarships to Promising Youth Athletes

Sangnam City’s representative Hapkido athlete and scholarship student Bang Go-eun and Matthias Beitl, Chairman of the Mercedes-Benz Social Contribution Committee, are taking a commemorative photo at the 'Give and Dream' scholarship award ceremony held on the 14th.
[Photo by Mercedes-Benz Korea]

The Mercedes-Benz Social Contribution Committee announced on the 18th that it has awarded scholarships totaling 150 million KRW to 50 promising youth athletes. The scholarships, known as Mercedes-Benz Give and Dream, were presented at a recent ceremony attended by Matthias Bechtle, Chairman of the Committee and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Korea, Bang Go-eun, a Hapkido athlete from Seongnam City, Lee Hun-gyu, Chairman of the Children and Future Foundation, and Lee Ji-woo, Director of the Woori Single-Parent Family Support Center.

Among the scholarship recipients, Bang Go-eun is the youngest, a 5th-grade elementary school student. In March, she placed first in three self-defense categories at the Gyeonggi Province representative selection competition, and in May, she won a gold medal in the self-defense category for upper elementary students at the Gyeonggi Governor's Hapkido competition. This year’s Give and Dream scholarships are awarded to 50 promising athletes from various fields including Taekwondo, soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, badminton, and swimming, who come from basic livelihood security recipients, near-poverty classes, or other low-income families. Each recipient can receive up to 3 million KRW per year to be used for competition entry fees, training expenses, and equipment purchases.

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