YG donates over 180 million won for year-end charity

Singers and employees from YG Family take part in coal briquette delivery campaign on Monday, December 27, 2010. [YG Entertainment]

YG Entertainment announced through its press release on Tuesday that it has donated over 180 million won for charity this year.

YG Entertainment, which is heading the public charity campaign “WITH,” recently donated some 184 million won accumulated from their sales of albums, mobile music, concerts and other music-related merchandise of its artists.

Of the total amount, 100 million won went to Holt International Children’s Service Seoul in the form of scholarship and another 79 million won to children suffering from rare diseases.

The remaining five million won was used for purchasing 10,000 coal briquettes to warm households during wintertime. Employees, as well as singers from YG including Se7en, Bing Bang, Gummy and Sean took part in the massive delivery of the briquettes to over 500 households in needy areas.

“As small as our efforts is, we still hope this may be of some help to people spending a warm winter,” YG official said, quoting from the press release. “The sum may not be much compared to the love we received from our fans but we will continue to work harder to improve ourselves and share that love.”