[Photo] Choi Ho-kwon, Yeongdeungpo District Mayor, Attends Love Kimchi-Making Event

[Seoul District News] Choi Ho-gwon, Yeongdeungpo-gu Mayor, Attended the '2022 Love Kimchi Making Event' on the Morning of the 16th at the Annex Yard in Front of the Social Welfare Council... Kim Tae-woo, Gangseo-gu Mayor, Led Kimchi Sharing for the Underprivileged Wearing an Apron on the 16th... Lee Ki-jae, Yangcheon-gu Mayor, Attended the Donation Ceremony for Diot & Love Kimchi Sharing on the 16th... Oh Seung-rok, Nowon-gu Mayor, Held a Compliment Piggy Bank Fundraising Delivery Ceremony on the 16th... Ryu Kyung-gi, Jungnang-gu Mayor, Signed a Business Agreement with Seoul Social Service Institute to Resolve Blind Spots in Care on the 16th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] On the morning of the 16th, Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, attended the ‘2022 Love Kimchi Making Event’ held in the yard in front of the Social Welfare Council annex of the district office and made kimchi.

Hosted by the Yeongdeungpo-gu Women's Federation Council and sponsored by Samsung Life Service and KDB Industrial Bank, this event was organized to provide kimchi to underprivileged neighbors in the community during the winter season and to foster a spirit of sharing within the community.

About 370 boxes of kimchi made that day will be delivered to low-income households such as single-parent families and people with disabilities in the area through the Yeongdeungpo-gu Social Welfare Council.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “I thank the members and volunteers of the Women's Federation Council who practiced heartfelt sharing for neighbors in need despite the cold weather,” and added, “I hope the residents receiving the kimchi will feel the warmth of their neighbors and have a warm winter.”

As the winter kimchi-making season arrives, heartwarming Love Kimchi Sharing events for the underprivileged are being held throughout Gangseo-gu (Mayor Kim Tae-woo), bringing touching warmth.

On the 16th, a ‘Kimchi Sharing Event’ prepared jointly by the Hwagok 1-dong Community Service Center, civic groups, and Hwagok Senior Welfare Center was held at Healing Church located in Hwagok-dong.

About 70 participants, including Mayor Kim Tae-woo, the Tongchin Association, and volunteers, made 2,400 heads of kimchi and delivered 10kg each to 480 vulnerable households such as elderly living alone and single-parent families.

Mayor Kim Tae-woo said, “Although our skills are not perfect, we made the kimchi with care thinking of the elderly who will spend the cold winter,” and added, “I hope the kimchi filled with warm hearts will be of some help to neighbors in need.”

On the same day, members of the Saemaul Women's Association at Hwagok 6-dong Community Service Center packed 1.5 tons of kimchi into 15kg boxes and delivered them to 100 households of middle-aged single-person households (ages 50-64) and elderly living alone.

Also, at Gonghang-dong Community Service Center, members of the Residents' Autonomy Committee and local residents directly made kimchi and delivered 200 boxes of 9kg each to the underprivileged in the area, adding more meaning to the event.

Additionally, on the 18th, a Gangseo Market Kimchi Sharing event with the Saemaul Women's Association will be held at the Agricultural and Fishery Food Corporation.

About 200 people, including members of the Saemaul Women's Association, the corporation, and distribution organizations, will gather to make kimchi. The kimchi, totaling 14 tons in 1,400 boxes of 10kg each, will be delivered to low-income families and welfare facilities in the area.

Moreover, residents' autonomy committees, Yeokmaeul Volunteer Group, Hope Dream Group, and even companies will participate in kimchi sharing events throughout the region.

The warm-hearted gestures from all walks of life continue, making the spirit of neighborly love in Gangseo-gu very strong despite the cold weather.

Mayor Kim Tae-woo said, “I deeply thank everyone who readily extended their warm hands for the kimchi sharing event for the underprivileged despite the cold weather,” and added, “The district will also make multifaceted efforts to ensure vulnerable groups can spend a warm winter.”

On the afternoon of the 16th, Lee Ki-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, attended the ‘DOTN Love Kimchi Sharing Donation Ceremony’ held in the Open Participation Room of the district office and took a commemorative photo with donor CEO Kim Jae-hyung and Jung Moon-jin, Secretary General of the Yangcheon Love Welfare Foundation.

The 5 million won donation from DOTN was designated for the ‘2022 Love Kimchi Sharing Project’ to support vulnerable groups in the area to have a nutritious winter through kimchi.

Mayor Lee Ki-jae said, “I hope the donation will be of some help to vulnerable groups in the area who feel a heavy burden from kimchi-making costs,” and expressed sincere thanks to the DOTN officials for practicing warm sharing.

On the afternoon of the 16th at 4 p.m., Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, held a ‘Praise Piggy Bank Fundraising Delivery Ceremony’ in the mayor’s office.

The Praise Piggy Bank is a fundraising campaign conducted with the local daycare centers (home, public, private) association to support vulnerable children and youth. From 2013 to 2021, a total of 133,171,399 won was raised.

This year, 3,788 children from 128 daycare centers participated in the fundraising, including 58 public daycare centers, 21 private daycare centers, and 49 home daycare centers in the area.

The delivery ceremony was attended by Mayor Oh Seung-rok, Han Jeong-hee, representative of public daycare centers, Kim Myung-sook, representative of private daycare centers, and Jung Hyun-sook, representative of home daycare centers, and proceeded with the piggy bank delivery and commemorative photo session.

The funds collected from 3,788 Praise Piggy Banks will be used through the Nowon-gu Welfare Foundation to support vulnerable children and youth.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “It is meaningful that children voluntarily participated in the fundraising event,” and expressed gratitude, saying, “We will make sure the precious money collected by their small hands will be used to help neighbors in need.”

Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi) announced on the afternoon of the 16th that it signed a business agreement with the Seoul Social Service Institute (CEO Hwang Jeong-il) to strengthen public care cooperation.

According to this agreement, the district will be able to provide emergency care to abused children and elderly who were previously excluded from support under existing services such as long-term care services or Care SOS Plus, or who could not receive care services due to difficulties involving private institutions.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, said, “This agreement will greatly help eliminate blind spots in care by establishing a public care cooperation system,” and expressed gratitude to the Seoul Social Service Institute for working together to build a dense care safety net.

On the 16th, Jo Seong-myeong, Mayor of Gangnam-gu, visited Jinseon Girls' High School and Sudogong Technical High School to check the preparation status for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) exam sites.

The district will operate 19 CSAT exam sites on the exam day (the 17th) with 11,640 examinees. Additionally, two separate exam sites for confirmed COVID-19 cases will be operated, and emergency duty will be carried out to manage confirmed examinees, notify them, and support transportation to exam sites.

Dongdaemun-gu Mayor Ilpyeong Lee (center in photo) is taking a commemorative photo with Hongseok Lee, CEO of Musong LTC (left in photo), and magician Leo (Jinseop Kim, right in photo), director of Musong LTC and district ambassador.

Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) announced on the morning of the 16th that Mosong LTC, a medical device company, donated 50,000 dental masks as a warm winter gift during a visit to Dongdaemun-gu Office.

Mosong LTC is a medical device company that developed a non-blood sampling diagnostic device and has greatly contributed to the health improvement of the public. Recently, hoping for the end of the COVID-19 resurgence and a day when people can communicate without masks, they donated 50,000 dental masks (worth about 7 million won).

The donation ceremony was held in the mayor’s reception room on the 5th floor of Dongdaemun-gu Office, attended by Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, Lee Hong-seok, CEO of Mosong LTC, and magician Leo (Kim Jin-seop), director of Mosong LTC and Dongdaemun-gu public ambassador.

Mayor Lee Pil-hyung said, “I was very worried about the recent resurgence of COVID-19 infections, so I am grateful to Mosong LTC for showing warm kindness to Dongdaemun-gu at such an appropriate time,” and added, “The donated masks will be distributed to facilities frequently used by the elderly, such as senior centers, to help them overcome COVID-19 healthily.”

Magician Leo was appointed as Dongdaemun-gu public ambassador in 2019 and travels around Dongdaemun-gu, communicating with residents through magic and bringing joy.