Warm Gestures of Compassion Reach Throughout Yongin City...Donations and Goods Continue in May

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Yongin City announced on the 4th that various donations and goods are being made throughout the city in May, the month of family, to support low-income children, elderly residents, and other neighbors in need.

On that day, officials from Yongin University's Student Council (Student Council President Park Seo-young) visited the city and donated 404,700 won, requesting it be used to help neighbors in need.

The Student Council had previously donated approximately 500,000 won for community assistance in 2019.

On the same day, Suji Mokyang Church in Jukjeon 1-dong, Suji-gu, donated 1 million won, expressing the desire to help teenagers from low-income families.

On the 3rd, Yongin Suji Disability Welfare Center purchased 270 sets of ginseng concentrate and carnation potted plants with 15 million won collected from seven E-Mart locations in the city and delivered them to 270 low-income elderly households.

On the same day, ㈜Ilsan ENG, a company in the city, also donated 3 million won to help neighbors in need.

Community councils at eup, myeon, and dong levels throughout the city are also gathering warm gestures of compassion, hoping for harmonious families during the month of family for neighbors in blind spots of welfare.

On the 4th, the Community Welfare Council in Yurim-dong, Cheoin-gu, delivered decorative plants and board game gift sets to 126 low-income elderly residents and children.
The Residents Autonomous Committee in Yeokbuk-dong delivered long-life portraits taken in April in frames along with carnation-filled balloon flowers to eight elderly residents living alone.

On the same day, the Saemaul Women's Association in Gugal-dong, Giheung-gu, prepared refreshments including rice cakes, fruits, and boiled beef and distributed them to 20 senior citizens' halls. The Saemaul Women's Association in Yeongdeok 2-dong also delivered various rice cakes, fruits, and beverages to 8 senior citizens' halls.

On the same day, the Community Welfare Council in Jukjeon 3-dong, Suji-gu, delivered rice cakes, fruits, and beverages valued at 4 million won to 22 senior citizens' halls.

The Residents Autonomous Committee in Sanghyun 1-dong delivered items to 13 senior citizens' halls, and the Saemaul Women's Association in Sanghyun 2-dong distributed rice cakes, fruits, and beverages to 14 senior citizens' halls.

The Saemaul Women's Association in Mohyeon-eup, Cheoin-gu, also delivered various beverages and daily necessities to 39 senior citizens' halls in the area on the 3rd, and the Yurim-dong Sports Association provided refreshments including rice cakes and fruits to 32 senior citizens' halls.

Additionally, the Saemaul Women's Association in Dongbaek 1-dong, Giheung-gu, delivered fruits, beverages, and hand sanitizer to 19 senior citizens' halls in the area and to elderly residents in natural villages.

Previously, on the 2nd, the Sanghyun 3-dong Sports Association in Suji-gu distributed rice cakes, fruits, and Korean traditional sweets to approximately 400 low-income elderly residents through 14 senior citizens' halls.

Gestures of sharing for low-income children also continued on Children's Day.

On the 4th, the Community Welfare Council in Dongbaek 2-dong, Giheung-gu, delivered dining vouchers worth 30,000 won each to 20 children from low-income families, including single-parent households and basic livelihood beneficiaries.

The Community Welfare Council in Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, delivered 30 cakes to 30 low-income households the previous day, and the Community Welfare Council in Dongbaek 3-dong also provided dining vouchers worth 100,000 won to 10 single-parent households.

The Saemaul Women's Association in Yeongdeok 2-dong, Giheung-gu, also delivered homemade young radish kimchi to 8 senior citizens' halls and 20 near-poverty households on the 29th of last month.

Meanwhile, on the 2nd, an elderly resident in Yeongdeok 2-dong, Giheung-gu, anonymously donated 1 million won, requesting it be used to help neighbors in need.