"Thank You, Grandma Hong Gyehyang... We Will Share Your Gift Well"

Memorial Service Held for the First Anniversary of Gyeonggi Province's First Legacy Donor, Hong Gyehyang
Proceeds from Hong Gyehyang's Entire Estate Used for Welfare Projects in Seongnam
Fruit of Love and Seongnam City Promote Legacy Giving Culture Through 'Hong Gyehyang Hall' and Business Agreement
Kim Hyojin: "We Will Do Our Best to Spread the Spirit of Legacy Giving"

Photo from the 1st anniversary memorial service of the late Hong Gyehyang grandmother. Saranguiyeolmae

Gyeonggi Fruit of Love (President Kwon Inuk) announced on May 21 that it held a memorial service on May 19 at the Seongnam Sky Nuri Second Memorial Park to mark the first anniversary of the late Hong Gyehyang, the first legacy donor in Gyeonggi Province.

The memorial service was attended by Kim Hyojin, Secretary General of Gyeonggi Fruit of Love, Kim Soonshin, Director of Welfare at Seongnam City, Seo Deokseok, CEO of Open Welfare Association, Jeong Kyeongmi, Director of Seongnam-dong Welfare Association, and about 10 other officials, who gathered to honor and remember the late donor's spirit of giving.

The late Hong Gyehyang (1934-2024) announced in 2014 her intention to donate her entire fortune?a multi-family house she had accumulated over a lifetime of working as a street vendor, subway cleaner, and factory worker. After her passing in May 2024, the multi-family house in Seongnam that she left behind was sold, and the entire proceeds of 710 million won are being used for welfare projects for low-income residents in Seongnam, in accordance with her will.

2024 Distribution Statement Announcement Poster Featuring the Late Grandma Hong Gyehyang as the Model. Fruit of Love

To honor her noble intentions, Fruit of Love and Seongnam City established the 'Hong Gyehyang Hall' on the first floor of City Hall and signed a 'Happy Legacy Donation' business agreement with local social welfare organizations in October last year, actively working to spread the culture of legacy giving. In addition, for the first time, the late Hong Gyehyang was selected as the model for this year's Fruit of Love Distribution Statement Announcement Poster.

Kim Hyojin, Secretary General of Gyeonggi Fruit of Love, said, "Grandma Hong Gyehyang quietly practiced sharing for neighbors in need," and added, "We will do our best to further spread the culture of legacy giving so that her spirit can reach even more people."

Legacy donation is a form of giving in which real estate, savings, insurance, and other assets are bequeathed to nonprofit or welfare organizations for the public good through a will. Fruit of Love continues to promote and provide counseling on legacy donations so that this form of giving can become a sustainable culture that carries on the donor's wishes.

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