'Songpa Welfare Expo' to be Held This Saturday (19th) at Olympic Park

October 19th Songpa-gu Welfare Fair with Participation of 70 Welfare Facilities and Organizations
▲Employment & Housing ▲Health & Medical ▲Children & Youth ▲Disabled ▲Women & Childcare Introducing 'Songpa's Unique Welfare Services'

Songpa-gu (Mayor Seo Gang-seok) announced that it will hold the "2024 Songpa Welfare Expo" at the Peace Plaza in Olympic Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 19.

The district has been hosting the welfare expo annually to provide residents with various welfare service information unique to Songpa, offering a variety of programs and events.

This year, under the theme "Songpa Together with Inclusion, Tolerance, and Warm Hearts," over 70 social welfare organizations and facilities in the community, along with the Donghaengbok Ulta-ri, will participate to introduce diverse welfare services to residents.

Co-hosted by Songpa-gu and the Songpa-gu Community Social Security Council, the Songpa Welfare Expo will operate about 40 exhibition, experience, and promotional booths covering eight welfare service areas: ▲employment and housing ▲health and medical care ▲children and youth ▲seniors ▲persons with disabilities ▲women and childcare ▲case management ▲community resources.

Among the welfare service experience booths, programs such as ‘eye examinations,’ ‘health consultations’ through arteriosclerosis tests, ‘stress tests’ for children and youth, and kiosk-based ‘depression screening tests’ are prepared to help residents check their physical and mental health status.

Last year's Songpa Welfare Expo

Additionally, various experiential activities such as ‘learning new sports health exercises,’ ‘making room spray perfumes,’ ‘making paper robots,’ and ‘exhibitions and drawing sessions by foot painter artists’ are prepared. Through these, Songpa-gu aims to introduce its unique welfare services to enhance residents’ understanding and provide tailored welfare system guidance as needed.

Moreover, a ‘bazaar’ selling donated items such as clothing, shoes, and toys from the Goodwill Store will be held. The Donghaengbok Ulta-ri Federation will set up a promotional zone for its special projects, selling walnut cookies and socks, and operate a ‘donation terminal’ for the Community Chest of Korea. The proceeds will be used to strengthen welfare services for vulnerable groups within the community.

In addition, the Social Welfare Day commemorative ceremony will be held from 1 p.m. on the stage at the Peace Plaza in Olympic Park. The program will proceed in the order of ▲pre-ceremony performance ▲reading of the Social Welfare Business Ethics Declaration ▲awards ceremony for social welfare contributors. Thirty-two social welfare workers and local residents who contributed to the development of Songpa welfare will be honored.

Celebratory performances will also take place at the expo venue. From 1 p.m., the pre-ceremony performance will feature the genius violinist ‘Yujin Park’ and singer ‘Madam Chansong,’ a former social worker. Starting at 3 p.m., cultural and artistic performances for all ages will include K-pop dance performances by students from Hanlim Arts High School, trot performances by resident singer Jeong Seon-hwa, magic shows, and South American Peruvian music performances.

Seo Gang-seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, said, “I hope the Songpa Welfare Expo will be an opportunity for local residents to enjoy performances and experiences together while sharing various welfare information of Songpa,” and added, “We will continue to discover and expand diverse welfare services and do our best to improve the welfare of our residents.”

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