Gyeonggi Love of Fruit Delivers Donation for 'Love of Fruit Together Overcome_Uiwang'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Su-ji] Gyeonggi Love of Fruit delivered 14.8 million won in donations for 'Love of Fruit Together Overcome_Uiwang' to Uiwang City on the 22nd.

'Love of Fruit Together Overcome_Uiwang' is a project established to help neighbors in welfare blind spots who are facing economic difficulties due to COVID-19 but have been excluded from support due to exceeding public assistance standards.

Previously, Gyeonggi Love of Fruit supported 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province with a total of 1.2 billion won in regional currency and Onmuri gift certificates through the 'Love of Fruit #Together Overcome_Gyeonggi' project to revitalize the local economy stagnated by prolonged COVID-19.

Choi Eun-sook, Secretary-General of Gyeonggi Love of Fruit, attended the delivery ceremony and said, "We hope that Gyeonggi Love of Fruit will be a source of strength for COVID-19 affected households and small business owners struggling in welfare blind spots."

In response, Mayor Kim Sang-don said, "We are grateful that Gyeonggi Love of Fruit has prepared precious support funds for neighbors in need despite difficult economic conditions due to COVID-19," and "We will make more efforts to deliver the warmth of sharing to welfare blind spots where help is difficult to reach."

Meanwhile, Uiwang City plans to identify 148 households through the regional community security council and deliver 100,000 won in regional currency per household.

Donations to overcome COVID-19 can be made to the Nonghyup account 301-0173-0566-11 (Account holder: Gyeonggi Joint Gyeonggi Love of Fruit), and for more information, inquire at Gyeonggi Love of Fruit (031-220-7944).