Eight Years of 'Warm Letters' Delivered to Maegyo-dong Community Center

[Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young Reporter] On the 10th, an envelope containing a donation was delivered to the Maegyo-dong Administrative Welfare Center in Paldal-gu, Suwon, along with a letter requesting that the funds be used to help neighbors, touching hearts across the community.

This is a donation and letter that arrives unfailingly around this time each year—this year marks the eighth consecutive year.

The man left an envelope containing the donation along with a letter saying, "I apologize for the small amount. Please use it for a good cause," then immediately disappeared.

The administrative welfare center barely managed to follow him and discovered that the mysterious donor was Moon, a man who operates a small shoe repair shop—barely one square meter in size—in Maegyo-dong.

An official from the dong explained to this publication, "He refused to take a commemorative photo and said he wouldn't accept a donation receipt either. We barely managed to persuade him to at least have a photo taken of his shoe repair shop." The official added, "When we asked why he gives so generously, he simply said he wanted to help his neighbors."

Kwon Hyuk-joo, Chief of Maegyo-dong, expressed his gratitude, stating, "This envelope, filled with a sincere desire to help neighbors rather than oneself, will be primarily allocated to our dong's special initiative, the 'Angel Ship Club Fund,' and used to assist those in blind spots of welfare who truly need help."