LG Electronics Life's Good Volunteer Group Spends Heartwarming Time With People With Disabilities Ahead of Holiday
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LG Electronics employees' voluntary volunteer group Life's Good carried out holiday sharing activities at a welfare facility for people with disabilities ahead of Chuseok.
On the 15th, the volunteer group made songpyeon and jeon, delivered rice cake gifts, and played yutnori together at the Yeomni Day Care Center for the Disabled in Mapo District, Seoul.
The funding for this volunteer activity came from donations through the employee cafeteria's donation menu, and LG Electronics has continued volunteer work in partnership with the Korea Social Welfare Society since 2014.
LG Electronics announced on the 17th that the Life's Good volunteer group, a voluntary group made up of LG Electronics employees, visited a welfare facility for people with disabilities ahead of Chuseok and carried out holiday sharing activities. The volunteer work took place on the 15th.
The Life's Good volunteer group visited the Yeomni Day Care Center for the Disabled in Mapo District, Seoul, and prepared Chuseok foods together with the people with disabilities who use the center. The volunteers made songpyeon and fried jeon as part of the sharing activities. They also delivered rice cake gifts they had prepared in advance.
The volunteers and the center's users also played yutnori together, creating a meaningful time to mark the holiday. The Yeomni Day Care Center for the Disabled is an affiliated institution of the Korea Social Welfare Society and a welfare facility for people with severe brain lesions.
The LG Electronics Life's Good volunteer group has continued to carry out various volunteer activities for neighbors in need in partnership with the Korea Social Welfare Society since 2014.
The funding for this volunteer activity came from donations raised through the employee cafeteria's 'donation menu.' The donation menu is a daily giving program in which the number of side dishes is reduced compared with a regular menu, and a substantial amount from the reduced side dishes is set aside as a donation.
LG Electronics began operating the donation menu program in 2011. Through it, cumulative donations have approached KRW 300 million.
LG Electronics also runs a separate program that encourages employees to voluntarily take part in volunteer activities. Volunteer leave on weekdays is supported for up to 8 hours a year, and the program began in 2013. From 2013 to the present, employees have used more than 40,000 hours of weekday volunteer leave.
Source: TECHWORLD · Park Gyu-chan
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407056
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