Youngtong-gu Maetan 3-dong Conducts Foot Massage Volunteer Service
Suwon NewsPublished 2013.05.23 13:31
The Foot Love, Neighbor Love Volunteer Group in Maetan 3-dong, Youngtong-gu (headed by Park Kwang-jin) announced on the 23rd that it visited Haksori Village in Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gun, North Chungcheong Province on the 20th, a sister volunteer partnership area.
Prior to the visit that day, the volunteer group conducted a preliminary survey of Ochang-eup Office and Haksori Village on the 22nd of last month to understand local conditions.
Haksori Village is inhabited mostly by elderly residents over 60 years old, and the group heard that they are busy with farm work during farming season. The visit was planned for this day after the rice transplanting season had ended.
Volunteer members provided massages to approximately 30 elderly residents gathered at the community center for the feet, legs, and lower back to alleviate neuralgia, a chronic condition common among seniors.
The Foot Love, Neighbor Love Volunteer Group was founded by members who completed the "Foot Care Specialist Course" through an academic-institutional partnership program in 2008, and has been conducting volunteer activities at community centers throughout Youngtong-gu and visiting nursing facilities since a launching ceremony held in July of the following year. This spring, the group was selected for the "Social Volunteer Support Project" as part of the specialized volunteer activities and talent-sharing promotion initiative.
Park Kwang-jin, head of the volunteer group, said on the day, "I felt sympathy as I held the hands and feet of farmers deeply calloused from hard farm work, but I was able to feel a sense of fulfillment," and added, "Whenever the opportunity arises, we will make frequent visits."
Send a news tip to Suwon IlboYour tip becomes the news · Your identity is protectedSend tipPrior to the visit that day, the volunteer group conducted a preliminary survey of Ochang-eup Office and Haksori Village on the 22nd of last month to understand local conditions.
Haksori Village is inhabited mostly by elderly residents over 60 years old, and the group heard that they are busy with farm work during farming season. The visit was planned for this day after the rice transplanting season had ended.
Volunteer members provided massages to approximately 30 elderly residents gathered at the community center for the feet, legs, and lower back to alleviate neuralgia, a chronic condition common among seniors.
The Foot Love, Neighbor Love Volunteer Group was founded by members who completed the "Foot Care Specialist Course" through an academic-institutional partnership program in 2008, and has been conducting volunteer activities at community centers throughout Youngtong-gu and visiting nursing facilities since a launching ceremony held in July of the following year. This spring, the group was selected for the "Social Volunteer Support Project" as part of the specialized volunteer activities and talent-sharing promotion initiative.
Park Kwang-jin, head of the volunteer group, said on the day, "I felt sympathy as I held the hands and feet of farmers deeply calloused from hard farm work, but I was able to feel a sense of fulfillment," and added, "Whenever the opportunity arises, we will make frequent visits."
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