Osan City Community Social Security Council Holds '2025 Kind Shop Honors Day'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Kind shops that have led community sharing activities in Osan City gathered in one place to share the results of their donation activities and welfare collaboration cases in the region.

The Osan City Community Social Security Council (Public Chair Mayor Lee Kwon-jae, Private Chair Kim Jung-hun) held the '2025 Kind Shop Honors Day' on the 15th at the Mulhyanggi Hall of Osan City Hall to promote a culture of community sharing and activate connections with local resources.

The event proceeded with the participation of approximately 50 kind shops that have consistently participated in community sharing through regular donations along with the community social security councils of 8 dong districts, as well as executives from each dong's community social security council. Participants shared the year's giving activities and expressed gratitude to donors who contributed to the development of local welfare.

The Osan City Community Social Security Council continues community-based sharing activities with a total of 124 kind shops across 8 administrative dong districts. Through coordination with dong community social security councils, the council has worked to resolve welfare blind spots by ensuring that sponsorship funds are practically delivered to neighbors in need.

To date, the council has laid a steady foundation for the local welfare community by promoting various projects centered on kind shops, including delivering thank-you letters, producing commemorative plaques for long-term donors, and publicizing welfare projects of dong community social security councils.

In particular, in 2025, in response to the increasing number of households in crisis in the region, the council shared cases of sponsorship fund utilization including emergency support, case management-type support, and customized programs for families in crisis. Participants also had an opportunity to reaffirm the meaning of giving by examining together how donations have created changes in residents' lives.

Mayor Lee Kwon-jae stated, "Thanks to the warm sharing of many sponsors, including kind shops, neighbors in difficult circumstances have been able to receive practical help. As small acts of sharing come together to create major change, going forward the city will actively support various public-private partnership projects so that we can move toward a city with no welfare blind spots."