'Love Temperature Tower' Erected at Suwon City Hall This Winter Too

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City held an unveiling ceremony for the 'Love Temperature Tower' at 1:20 p.m. on the 3rd in the lobby of the city hall main building, marking the beginning of the 'Hope 2021 Sharing Campaign' to be conducted over the next two months.

The unveiling ceremony was attended by only the minimum number of key guests, including Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, Suwon City Council Speaker Cho Seok-hwan, and Gyeonggi Social Welfare Community Chest Executive Director Choi Eun-suk.

The Love Temperature Tower installed this time will operate for two months until January 31 of next year. This year's fundraising goal for the Love Temperature Tower is 1 billion won, starting at 0℃ and rising by 1℃ each time 10 million won is raised.

The funds collected through this campaign will subsequently be delivered to underprivileged families in need of assistance, including low-income households, through the Gyeonggi Social Welfare Community Chest.

This year also features a non-face-to-face mobile donation campaign. Suwon City has prepared the 'Suwon City 3! 3! 3! Mobile Donation Campaign' allowing any citizen to participate in donations by scanning a QR code, clicking 3 times (pages) in 3 minutes, and donating 3,000 won.

The QR code can be found by accessing the Suwon City homepage (www.suwon.go.kr) 'City News' section and selecting the post titled 'Hope 2021 Sharing Campaign for Helping Neighbors in Need During the Year-End Period (3!3!3! Mobile Donation)'.

Additionally, promotional materials with QR codes will be posted at major locations including city and district offices, large discount stores and department stores to encourage participation from more citizens.

Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young said, "Although everyone is facing difficult circumstances due to the prolonged COVID-19 crisis, we hope that the warm spirit of sharing continues regardless of the hardship," and "I hope that the Love Temperature Tower installed annually by the city can exceed 100 degrees this time as well."

Meanwhile, the 'Hope Sharing Campaign' conducted jointly by Suwon City and the Gyeonggi Social Welfare Community Chest last year raised 1.11098 billion won.