Sojinkong Delivers Traditional Market Packages and Onnuri Gift Certificates to Underprivileged Groups

The Small Enterprise and Market Service announced on the 26th that it delivered ‘Warmth Sharing Gifts’ to underprivileged groups in Daejeon in celebration of the December Donghaeng Festival.

The Donghaeng Festival is a nationwide event organized by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to promote the consumption of products from small and medium enterprises and small business owners. The December Donghaeng Festival, themed ‘A Festival Like a Gift Conveying Warm (溫) Hearts,’ is being held from the 1st to the 28th of this month.

On the 24th, Park Seong-hyo, Chairman of the Small Enterprise and Market Service (second from the left), visited Cheonyangwon in Daejeon and delivered 1 million won worth of Onnuri gift certificates. Photo by Small Enterprise and Market Service

SEMAS delivered traditional market gift packages to Beautiful Mind, Haechansol, and Saengmyeongui Teo Welfare Centers in Daejeon, and provided Onnuri gift certificates worth 1 million won to the Cheonyangwon child welfare facility.

The gift packages delivered to the welfare centers consisted of products from Daejeon Taepyeong Market, including winter supplies, fruits, and rice cake soup. The funds were raised through voluntary salary deductions by SEMAS employees as part of a mutual growth fund. Cheonyangwon plans to use the received Onnuri gift certificates to purchase necessary items for children at affiliated stores in traditional markets and shopping districts.

This sharing event is especially meaningful as it revitalizes the local economy through the purchase of traditional market goods while spreading warmth to underprivileged neighbors.

SEMAS is conducting warmth sharing events in connection with the December Donghaeng Festival together with public institutions in the Daejeon area. Korea Gas Technology Corporation and Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation delivered traditional market products to underprivileged groups on the 19th and 20th, respectively. Daejeon Tourism Organization, Korea Railroad Corporation, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Fuel are scheduled to continue sharing traditional market goods until the 28th of this month.

Chairman Park Seong-hyo said, “This sharing is especially meaningful as it allows us to care for underprivileged groups and feel the warmth of our traditional markets,” adding, “I hope many people will feel the warm affection of traditional markets and practice neighborly sharing during the year-end season.”

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