An 'angel without a face' from Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, came again this year without fail.
According to Jeonju City, at around 11 am today (27th), an anonymous call was made to the Nosong-dong Community Service Center in Wansan-gu, saying, "I put a box under the rear wheel of a kindergarten car near Seongsan Church. Please use it for those in need."
Community center staff found a bundle of money, a piggy bank, and a paper box with notes at the site.
A total of 76,005,580 won was donated, including 50,000 won bills and coins.
The note read, "I hope it will be a small help to Jeonju students and child heads of households who have to give up their dreams due to lack of college tuition. I hope that you will do your best and achieve everything you want to achieve. Happy New Year."
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With this, the angel's good deeds, which began in 2000, have continued for 23 years until this year.
In 2019, the donation of 60 million won left near the Nosong-dong Community Service Center was stolen, but the angel's good deeds did not stop.
The cumulative donation amount so far this year has reached 884,733,690 won.
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According to the will of the angels, Jeonju City plans to use the donations for scholarships for local students and support for child heads of households.
Starting with leaving 584,000 won in April 2000, saying, "Please use it for neighbors in need," this angel left millions of won to tens of millions of won each year, never revealing his name or face, becoming an "angel without a face." is called.
A city official said, "Because of the good deeds of the faceless angels, Jeonju has been called the 'City of Angels', and citizens who follow him and sponsor anonymously are steadily appearing." .
(Photo = Yonhap News)