On the 25th, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it has significantly expanded the hometown love donation program's thank-you gifts from the existing 30 types by selecting 26 additional types, bringing the total to 56 types.
The additional selection of thank-you gifts was promoted to achieve the dual effect of providing various benefits to donors and opening sales channels for local businesses.
To select additional thank-you gifts for the hometown love donation program, Buk-gu conducted an open recruitment of suppliers for three weeks from the 16th of last month to the 7th of this month, resulting in the submission of 26 products. Subsequently, on the 18th, a thank-you gift selection committee was held, and all submitted products were finally selected as thank-you gifts to expand the diversity of gift choices for donors.
The selected thank-you gifts consist of a total of 26 types, including 2 tourism services such as free admission tickets to Gwangju Family Land, the largest amusement park in the Honam region located in Buk-gu; 4 crafts such as the 5.18 fist rice lunch bag symbolizing democracy; 5 processed foods representing Gwangju such as Mudeungsan watermelon coffee; 6 agricultural and livestock products including smoked duck, which represents the five flavors (Omi) of Gwangju and is a specialty dish of Buk-gu; and 9 industrial products including a Buk-gu symbol-making kit.
A Buk-gu official stated, "Through the open recruitment of suppliers, various thank-you gifts representing Buk-gu have been discovered, which is expected to greatly help activate the hometown love donation program," adding, "We will promptly complete the supplier agreement procedures so that donors can enjoy various thank-you gift benefits, and we will continue to promote various hometown love policies for regional revitalization."
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