SME United Volunteer Group Launches Weekday Sharing Relay

Promoting a Variety of Community Service Activities

The Korea Federation of SMEs’ Love Sharing Foundation announced on August 26 that its SME United Volunteer Group will visit six welfare facilities in Seoul, including the Seoul Station Side Room Counseling Center, Woori Mapo Welfare Center, and Ongdalsaem Drop-in Center, to carry out volunteer activities until September 18.

Under the slogan "Warming the World with the Hands of SMEs," the volunteer group, composed of SME employees and their families, has been active since its inaugural ceremony in May 2015. On the third Saturday of every month, the group has visited welfare facilities to provide free meals, organize outings, and perform cleaning services, conducting a total of 74 volunteer activities to date.

Korea Federation of SMEs

This initiative will see 430 employees and executives of the Korea Federation of SMEs volunteer during working hours, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, for a total of nine sessions. The group will conduct a variety of community service activities, including checking fire extinguishers in the Seoul Station side room village, cleaning and organizing the homes of elderly residents with mobility difficulties, gardening with people with developmental disabilities, and preparing and serving food for free meals to the homeless.

Chairman Son In-guk stated, "The activities of the United Volunteer Group have taken root in the community as a part of the SME sector’s love-sharing efforts. Through these weekday sharing volunteer activities, we will continue to look after the community and work to spread a culture of sharing throughout society."

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