He came here again this year without fail. Jeonju Community Center employees are counting bills and coins with his warmth. It’s seventy-two thousand and eighty nine hundred and eighty won. The ending tells us that he has carefully collected coins for donation. People call him a faceless angel who secretly donates. An angel who has already been visiting for 21 years left a memo saying, “It was a difficult year with corona. I believe you will overcome it.”
This is reporter Jeong Jin-myeong.
[기자]
In the morning of today (29th), a phone call arrives at the Nosong-dong Community Center in Jeonju.
He had a box of donations in a nearby church.
It is a’faceless angel’ who has come this year without fail.
I have been there for 21 years.
Perhaps because of the theft of donations last year, the faceless angel disappeared after donating to a church 200 meters away, not near the community center.
[송병섭/전주시 노송동주민센터 주무관 : 잘 보이지 않게 숨겨 놓으셨고요. 놓은 시간이 길지 않았던 것 같았습니다.]
The box contained a piggy bank, a bundle of cash of 50,000 won, and a piece of paper with words on it.
All donations are 70 million won.
On the paper, there was written consolation that he would overcome the corona and encouragement of the heads of boys and girls.
Again this year, he did not reveal who he is or why he is donating.
[조정익/인근 주민 : 올해도 하염없이 가져다주시고 그래서 시민의 한 사람으로서 기분이 참 좋네요.]
Angel’s good works began in April 2000.
I donated a piggy bank costing 580,000 won for the first time.
Since then, I secretly left it near the community center for 1 million to 80 million won.
Last year, 60 million won was stolen and recovered in 4 hours.
All donations until this year amounted to 730 million won.
Over 5,700 generations have been helped.
[백현규/전주시 노송동 주민자치위원장 : 어려운 사람, 또 불우학생들한테 장학금으로 지원나가고 있거든요.]
Although it is difficult for everyone due to Corona 19, a warm procession of sharing continues not only in Jeonju but also throughout the country.