Gyeonggi Province Launches Rollout of 'Beautiful Tag' Donation Terminals to Promote Sharing Culture
Suwon NewsPublished 2019.12.20 06:21
Installation of 147 terminals across 24 cities and counties begins...Residents can easily make donations via credit card
[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 20th that it will hold a ‘Beautiful Tag Donation Terminal Installation Demonstration’ at the Provincial Government Civil Affairs Office. In conjunction with this, a project to install 147 donation terminals across 24 cities and counties in the province will be formally launched.
This project adopts the ‘Beautiful Tag Donation Terminal Project,’ which was selected from residents’ ideas submitted through the first Creative Proposal Audition held last year. Donation terminals that enable convenient donations via credit cards and other payment methods will be installed throughout public spaces in the province to encourage residents to naturally participate in donations on a daily basis.
With various payment methods including credit cards and debit cards as well as Samsung Pay, residents can participate in small donations such as 3,000 won and 5,000 won, which is expected to greatly help spread a donation culture.
In particular, the donation terminals are designed to be mobile and are expected to be used in diverse ways, such as receiving payments for flea market sales or being installed at local cultural festivals in cities and counties.
Funds collected through the donation terminals will be received and distributed by the Gyeonggi Community Chest of Korea, and will be used to support projects for low-income residents in participating cities and counties.
A provincial official said, “This project was prepared to address negative effects such as reduced participation in everyday donations as the culture of carrying only credit cards instead of cash spreads,” and added, “We hope that with the installation of Beautiful Tag donation terminals, a sharing culture in daily life will be further promoted.”
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