Yongin City Continues Sharing Spirit Ahead of Chuseok Holiday to Help Those in Need

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin City announced on the 25th that warm sharing to help those in need has continued throughout the city ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

On this day, the Saemaul Women's Association in Idong-eup, Cheoin-gu visited 36 elderly seniors living alone and delivered 10kg of white rice and cooking oil sets.

The Saemaul Leaders' Association and Saemaul Women's Association in Mohyeon-eup also visited 110 low-income elderly seniors living alone and delivered food bundles containing rice, songpyeon, and seaweed.

The Mohyeon-eup Community Care Council visited 18 low-income households on the 24th and delivered Chuseok gift sets containing fruits, rice, seaweed, and daily necessities.

The Baekam-myeon Community Care Council visited 50 low-income households and delivered gift boxes containing new rice and mixed grains.

The Namsa-myeon Community Care Council also visited 40 vulnerable households including elderly seniors living alone and delivered Chuseok gift sets containing galbitang, sesame oil, and brown rice.

On this day, Singal-dong in Giheung-gu held an event distributing 100 Chuseok bundles containing bottled water, garaetteok, seaweed, fruits, and hangwa in front of the government office building to help those in need ahead of the holiday. Donated items were provided by Giheung Free Meal Service, Geumak Daechaek Headquarters Gyeonggi-Incheon Branch, Kookmin Bank Gyeonggi Southern Region, and Korea Electric Power Corporation Seo-Yongin Branch.

The Yeongdeok 2-dong Community Care Council visited 60 vulnerable households and delivered 30 packages of 10kg rice and 30 seaweed gift sets.

The Bora-dong Community Care Council also delivered 'Happiness Kit Bundles' to 10 low-income households. Through prior needs surveys, the district assembled bundles consisting of items worth 80,000 won such as bedding sets, masks, clothing, diapers, and canned tuna tailored to each household's needs.

Sangha-dong announced that the Sangdaeback Lions Club contributed 35 packages of 10kg rice, requesting it be used for the disadvantaged in the community.

Sangal Hope Church in Sanggal-dong also sponsored 15 boxes of pork short ribs to the district for those in need. They have been delivering rice, kimchi, seaweed, and other support items to the district on the 15th of every month.

Additionally, the Sanggal-dong Residents' Autonomous Committee delivered 20 sets of assorted jeon and side dishes, while the Saemaul Women's Association and Saemaul Leaders' Association delivered 20 boxes of seaweed gift sets and 20 boxes of sesame oil and perilla oil sets to the district.

In Guseong-dong, elementary and middle school students at Mountain Cherry Academy, an international alternative school, donated 30 servings of songpyeon they made themselves to the district.

The Dongbaek Lions Club contributed 35 packages of 10kg white rice and 2,000 face masks to Dongbaek 3-dong Administrative Welfare Center to practice sharing with low-income households during the Chuseok holiday.

On the 24th, Boje-dong announced that the Guseong Lions Club contributed 40 boxes of ramyeon, requesting it be used for those in need.