"Please Use for Wildfire Damage Recovery"... 80-Year-Old Gangseo-gu Elderly Living Alone Donates 5 Million Won

Fundraising and Relief Supplies Provided for Wildfire Recovery Efforts

"In my 80 years of life, this is the first time I've seen such a large wildfire damage. I want to contribute even a little to the wildfire damage recovery."

On the 31st, an elderly woman who handed over an envelope containing a 5 million won cashier's check at the Gangseo-gu Office in Seoul was Kim Jin-soon (80), a single elderly resident of Hwagok 6-dong. Kim said, "Please use this for wildfire damage recovery," as she handed over the money envelope.

Jin Gyo-hoon, Mayor of Gangseo District (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Kim Jin-soon, who visited Gangseo District Office on the 31st to donate funds for wildfire damage recovery. On that day, Kim donated 5 million won to support wildfire victims. Provided by Gangseo District Office.

Kim is already known as a donation angel in the community. Whether it is kimchi sharing events or scholarship funds for students from low-income families, she always extends a helping hand wherever help is needed.

Kim is known to be the first to participate in donations when the 'Warm Winter Hope Ondol' project to help the underprivileged begins, visiting the Hwagok 6-dong Community Service Center. Her good deeds have been ongoing since 2011, continuing for 15 years. The total accumulated donation amount reaches 20 million won.

Jin Gyo-hoon, the head of Gangseo-gu Office, who met Kim at the office, said, "We deeply appreciate the elder who has practiced sharing whenever there were difficult times," and added, "The district will also spare no support to help the wildfire victims in the affected areas return to their daily lives as soon as possible." The donation Kim contributed that day will be used for wildfire damage area recovery support through the Korean Red Cross.

Gangseo-gu is also conducting fundraising activities among its employees to help wildfire victims in the affected areas. The funds will be designated and donated to the Korean Red Cross for rapid damage recovery. In addition, to support wildfire damage recovery, relief supplies such as dust masks and vitamins will be provided to Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, which has been declared a special disaster area.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.