[Photo] Dongmyeong Church Donates 202 Bags of 'Love Rice' to Dongdaemun-gu

On the 25th, Visiting Dongdaemun-gu Office to Deliver 'Love Rice' for Helping Marginalized Neighbors

Dongmyeong Church delivered 202 bags of rice to help neighbors to Dongdaemun-gu at 11 a.m. on the 25th in the plaza of Dongdaemun-gu Office. (Photo by Yoo Deok-yeol, Dongdaemun-gu Mayor, third from the left; Choi Hak-sik, Senior Pastor of Dongmyeong Church, center)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol) announced that Dongmyeong Church (Senior Pastor Choi Hak-sik) visited Dongdaemun-gu Office at 11 a.m. on the 25th and donated 202 bags of ‘Love Rice’ prepared to help marginalized neighbors.

Since 2016, Dongmyeong Church has consistently donated rice, cash, and other items to Dongdaemun-gu to practice neighborly sharing. Despite difficulties caused by COVID-19 this year, the church delivered 2,020 kg of ‘Love Rice’ (10 kg per bag, valued at approximately 5.85 million KRW) to Dongdaemun-gu.

With this, Dongmyeong Church has donated a total of 544 bags of rice (valued at about 18 million KRW) and 400,000 KRW in cash to Dongdaemun-gu from 2016 to this day.

The district plans to distribute the ‘Love Rice’ received on this day to basic livelihood security recipients and lower-income groups in Yongsin-dong, Jeonnong 1-dong, Jegi-dong, Dapsimni 1-dong, and other areas.

Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, said, “We thank Dongmyeong Church for donating rice to help marginalized neighbors even during these difficult times of COVID-19,” and added, “The rice we received will be properly delivered to those in need.”