Osan City Community Welfare Council Holds '2025 Good Store Honors Day'

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Good stores that have led community sharing activities in Osan City gathered in one place to share the achievements of their donation activities and cases of linking regional welfare.

The Osan City Community Welfare Council (Public Chair Mayor Lee Gwon-jae, Private Chair Kim Jung-hun) held '2025 Good Store Honors Day' on the 15th at Osan City Hall's Mulhyanggi Room to promote community sharing culture and activate local resource linkage.

The event was held with the participation of approximately 50 good stores and executives of community welfare councils in each ward who have consistently participated in community sharing through regular donations in cooperation with community welfare councils in 8 wards. Participants shared a year's worth of sharing activities and expressed their gratitude to donors who have contributed to local welfare development.

The Osan City Community Welfare Council continues to carry out community-based sharing activities with a total of 124 good stores across 8 administrative wards. Through linkage with each ward's community welfare council, the organization has worked to resolve welfare blind spots so that donations can be delivered to neighbors in need in a practical manner.

So far, the council has steadily laid the foundation for local welfare communities by implementing various projects centered on good stores, including delivering thank-you letters, producing bronze plaques for long-term donor businesses, and promoting welfare projects of community welfare councils in each ward.

In particular, in 2025, in response to the increase in crisis-stricken households in the region, the council shared cases of utilizing donations such as emergency support, case management-type assistance, and customized programs for families in crisis. Participants also examined how donations have created changes in residents' lives and had an opportunity to reconfirm the meaning of giving.

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae said, "Thanks to the warm giving of many supporters, including good stores, neighbors in difficult circumstances have been able to receive practical help. Since small giving comes together to create big changes, the city will continue to actively support various public-private cooperation projects to move toward a city without welfare blind spots."