Gwonseon-gu and Nonghyup Hanaro Conduct Volunteer Work at Subok Rehabilitation Center

On June 28, Gwonseon-gu in Suwon City conducted volunteer work at a farm located at 473-2 Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin City, which is operated by Subok Rehabilitation Center (Director Jung Chun-bun), together with the Nonghyup Hanaro Volunteer Corps.

Subok Rehabilitation Center operates an organic natural ecosystem experience farm and grows various vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and red peppers to supply to the facility's residents.

On this day, 20 members of the Nonghyup Hanaro Volunteer Corps, 5 civil servants from Gwonseon-gu, and 20 residents from the rehabilitation center harvested 30 boxes of potatoes. They also pulled weeds and watered the bean, corn, and red pepper fields.

Yu Ong-nam, head of the support project team at Subok Rehabilitation Center, said, "The residents who normally only live at the facility were very happy to come out into nature and experience farming activities such as harvesting potatoes with volunteers." He added, "We hope to have opportunities like this more often in the future."