Suwon City Holds 27th Social Welfare Day Commemoration Event "The Future of Suwon Care"

Suwon Metropolitan City (Mayor Lee Jae-jun) held the 27th Social Welfare Day commemoration event "The Value of Social Welfare and the Future of Suwon Care" on the 29th at Suwon Culture Center's Bitnuri Art Hall, encouraging social welfare workers.

The event, hosted by Suwon Metropolitan City and organized by the Suwon Social Welfare Council, proceeded with a Social Welfare Day memorial ceremony and cultural performances. Mayor Lee Jae-jun of Suwon Metropolitan City, Kim Mi-kyung, chair of the Suwon Metropolitan City Council, city councilors, social welfare workers, citizens, and provincial and city representatives attended.

At the memorial ceremony, commendations were presented to 37 merit awardees who contributed to the development of social welfare, and a Social Welfare Business Ethics Declaration was read aloud.

Afterward, award-winning works from the 27th Social Welfare Day Artificial Intelligence (AI) Video Contest were screened. The Suwon Social Welfare Council held a contest on the theme of "The Value of Social Welfare and the Future of Suwon Care" and selected six outstanding works. Three works were presented on the day, including the grand prize winner Nam Jae-hyeok, the best excellence award winner Kang Min-hyung, and an excellent award entry from the Good Neighbors Center's client advocacy team.

At Bitnuri Art Hall, promotional booths were operated to raise awareness about integrated care support services combining medical and long-term care, credit recovery council projects, and good neighbors initiatives. The commemoration event was sponsored by Starfield Suwon and Samsung Electro-Mechanics.

Mayor Lee Jae-jun of Suwon said, "Suwon Saebit Care, in its fourth year of operation, is establishing itself as a welfare safety net that connects with citizens' lives and is developing into an integrated care system encompassing medical, long-term care, and care services. It was only possible to establish this system because social welfare workers, volunteers, and supporters have been present in the field together with us."