With Hapcheon Daeya Cultural Festival
Procession of Hometown Love Donation Contributions
Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 19th that the hometown love donation fund exceeded 300 million KRW as the 39th Daeya Cultural Festival took place, accompanied by a continuous stream of hometown love donations.
It has been 8 months and 18 days since the hometown love donation system was implemented on January 1st.
As of the 18th, there were 1,352 participants in Hapcheon-gun's hometown love donation system, with a cumulative donation amount of 305.68 million KRW. Donors who gave 100,000 KRW or less, which are fully tax-deductible, accounted for the majority with 1,237 people, and there were also 74 high-value donors who contributed 1 million KRW or more.
Chairman Lee Jong-woon of Deokjae Construction in Hapcheon-gun is participating in the hometown love donation campaign.
In particular, the return gifts that were most preferred included Hapcheon's specialty products such as Hwangto Hanwoo beef, pork, and Yeongho delicacies.
The person who surpassed the 300 million KRW hometown love donation mark was Chairman Lee Jong-woon of Deokjae Construction, who attended the opening ceremony of the Daeya Cultural Festival on the 18th and donated 5 million KRW to the hometown love donation fund.
Chairman Lee is a native of Banggok, Yongju-myeon, and currently operates Deokjae Construction located in Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk Province. His affiliated companies include Sangmyeong Construction, Sky Building, Youngbin Industrial Safety, Youngbin Development, and Youngbin Tower.
He also serves as a director of Osang Education Foundation and as an industry-academic cooperation professor at Daegu Catholic University.
Chairman Lee showed a warm spirit of affection for his hometown by attending the Daeya Cultural Festival and simultaneously making a hometown love donation. Furthermore, he practiced warm neighborly love by re-donating the return gifts (worth about 1.5 million KRW) he received after the donation to underprivileged neighbors in Yongju-myeon.
Lee Tae-gyun, chairman of the Ulsan Hapcheon Alumni Association, and his children, Lee Soo-hyun (39 years old) and Lee Soo-hak (31 years old), donated a total of 3 million KRW, with 2 million KRW and 1 million KRW respectively.
Chairman Lee is the representative of Ulsan Waste Good Environment located in Ulju-gun, Ulsan. He has continuously shared warmth with neighbors in need by donating 5 million KRW for flood victims in 2020 and 5 million KRW for child welfare funds in 2022.
Seeing their father donate to their hometown, the brothers also joined together to support their hometown Hapcheon through donations. In addition, members of the overseas Hapcheon Alumni Association also participated in hometown love through donations on the same day.
Chairman Lee of Deokjae Construction said, “I am glad that participating in the hometown love donation system has helped the development of my hometown Hapcheon-gun,” and added, “I hope other expatriates will also join Hapcheon-gun’s hometown love donation system to continue their love for their hometown.”
County Governor Kim Yoon-cheol said, “Thank you for remembering and sending your generous love to your hometown Hapcheon,” and added, “Starting next year, we will promote resident welfare projects using the accumulated donation funds.”
Meanwhile, the hometown love donation system allows individuals to donate up to 5 million KRW annually to local governments other than their place of residence, receiving tax deductions and up to 30% return gifts (local specialties and Hapcheon love gift certificates).
Donations up to 100,000 KRW are fully tax-deductible, and amounts exceeding 100,000 KRW receive a 16.5% deduction. Donations can be made through the ‘Hometown Love e-Um’ website and at all Nonghyup branches nationwide.
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