GM Korea and Cooperating Companies Share Warmth With Local Community While Walking 10,000 Steps
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GM Korea and its cooperating companies held the "10,000-Step Sharing Walk" event on the 12th at Incheon Grand Park in Namdong-gu, Incheon.
About 700 people took part in the event, walked a course of about 6 km, and raised donations through a system that accumulated KRW 1 per step.
The donations were delivered to five organizations and groups, including Bupyeong Home-Based Senior Support Center, and will be used to support vulnerable groups and improve welfare facility conditions.
GM Korea and its cooperating companies said on the 14th that they held a walking event for employees and put their community-sharing spirit into practice. Cooperating companies refers to the group of GM suppliers in South Korea. The event, called "10,000-Step Sharing Walk," was hosted by GM Korea and the cooperating companies.
The event was held on the 12th at Incheon Grand Park in Namdong-gu, Incheon. Its slogan was "Walk Together, Give Together."
The event was organized to put health and sharing values into practice and to promote mutual growth between suppliers and the local community. It took place as GM Korea and employees from cooperating companies walked together.
About 700 people attended the event, including Hector Villarreal, president of GM Korea, Bang Seon-il, vice president of purchasing at GM Korea, Park Chan-dae, mayor of Incheon, and Heo Woo-young, chairman of GM Korea's cooperating companies association, as well as GM Korea employees, board members of the cooperating companies association, and employees of member companies.
The event combined participants' walking and donations, converting the number of steps directly into donations. Participants completed a walking course of about 6 km at Incheon Grand Park, and under the step-linked donation system, KRW 1 was accumulated per step. Once 10,000 steps were achieved, KRW 10,000 per person was raised, and the steps participants collectively logged were connected to sharing with welfare organizations and groups in Incheon.
The donations raised in this way were delivered to five organizations and groups: Bupyeong Home-Based Senior Support Center, Hanultari Temporary Shelter, Shelter by the Riverside, Eun Gwang-won, and the Love Rice Sharing Movement Headquarters. The funds will be used to purchase daily necessities, convenience items, and clothing, as well as for building waterproofing work, and will support vulnerable groups and improve welfare facility conditions.
Afterward, the event included a donation handover ceremony and a program to mark the successful completion of the walk. Participants reflected on the time they had spent walking together and wrapped up the event by reaffirming the meaning of sharing.
Hector Villarreal, president of GM Korea, emphasized that the event showed the meaning of GM Korea and the cooperating companies' joint commitment to health and sharing. He added that he hopes the steps taken together will lead to broader changes in the local community.
Regarding the earlier event, GM and the cooperating companies said the significance of this collaboration lies in mutual growth in practice and contributions to the local community. Heo Woo-young, chairman of GM Korea's cooperating companies association, stressed that the event was made possible through the joint participation of GM Korea and member companies of the cooperating companies association, and that it carried meaning as a practice of mutual growth values.
The two sides also said they plan to continue expanding and maintaining this direction. GM said it will continue to expand growth-oriented social contribution activities in the future based on the participation of suppliers and the local community. GM Korea and the cooperating companies also said they plan to keep carrying out various mutual-growth activities that connect suppliers and the local community.
Heo Woo-young, chairman of GM Korea's cooperating companies association, said the association plans to continue sharing activities that contribute to the local community together with GM, based on communication and cooperation among member companies. He explained that this aligns with its direction of continuing social contribution, sharing, and activities that link suppliers and the local community.
GM Korea's cooperating companies association was launched in 1984, with 155 member companies at the time. It now has 260 member companies. The association serves as a focal point for mutual development and co-growth between GM Korea and its suppliers. Since 2008, it has also carried out various sharing and support activities every year, practicing mutual growth with the local community and social responsibility.
GM Korea is promoting a multi-brand strategy and offering a diverse product portfolio for domestic customers. It also operates a nationwide service-center network and provides high-quality services based on GM headquarters-certified technology and standardized procedures.
Source: TECHWORLD · Park Gyu-chan
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406898
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