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"My wish is to change my grandmother's old padding."



The story of a child who made a wish to buy a new down jacket for her grandmother as a Christmas present leaves a calming impression.



According to Seo-gu, Gwangju today (26th), a story of filial piety has arrived in the future of the 'Hope Plus Wish Fulfillment Project', which celebrated its 9th this year on the 24th.



This project for children from low-income families with difficult family circumstances is an event where children write a wish letter to Santa before Christmas, become Santa in the district and deliver gifts of less than 300,000 won.



Every year, most children write down gifts they wanted, such as stationery, clothes, and bicycles, but one child's letter that arrived this year was a little different.



He asked Santa for a 'Grandma Gift' instead of his own.



The main character of the letter that touched the heart of a ward office official was 11-year-old A, and this was written on the wish application.


"I want to buy you a padding for grandma. It's her birthday in a month, and my grandfather passed away a few days ago. My grandma's padding is old, so I want to change it, but I don't have the money. Every time my grandma's birthday, I couldn't give her a present."


Group A thought of her grandmother first even though her bag was worn out and the strap was broken.



At the end of her letter, she even said, "The strap on my bag has fallen off and I need a bag. It keeps going down."



In addition, the story of a 6-year-old child who sent, "I want to eat a lot of meat with my mom and dad, older sister, older brother and younger brother. I want to have a meat grilling pan" also drew attention.



Meanwhile, Seo-gu received a total of 111 stories from the 7th of last month to 30 days, and on the 5th, 93 gifts were selected.



The selection criteria were decided based on business purpose, environmental characteristics, hard work, and sincerity.



An official from Seo-gu said, "With the participation of many meaningful people, we were able to grant the wishes of 93 children."