▲ 지역사회보장협의체, 홀몸어르신 생신축하 실시 <사진제공=의정부시 흥선동>  © 경기북부/강원 브레이크뉴스

[김일중 기자 = 경기북부/강원] 1월 28일 의정부시 흥선동행정복지센터는 설 명절을 맞아 흥선동 지역사회보장협의체에서 1월 생신을 맞으신 홀몸어르신을 위해 홀몸어르신 생신 축하 행사를 비대면으로 실시했다고 밝혔다.

홀몸 어르신 생신 축하 사업은 외롭게 홀로 생활하고 있는 저소득 어르신들의 생신 기쁨을 함께 나누고 자원연계 등을 통해 고독감 해소 및 맞춤형 복지서비스를 제공하기 위해 매달 진행하고 있으며, 5년 동안 100여 명의 홀몸어르신의 생신을 챙겨드렸다고 했다.

1월 28일 진행된 1월 홀몸어르신 생신 축하 행사는 철저한 코로나19 방역수칙을 준수하며 생신 케이크, 식료품 및 휴대용 소화기 등으로 구성된 선물꾸러미를 어르신 댁 문 앞에서 전달하는 비대면 방식으로 진행했다고 전했다.

이날 생신을 맞이하신 김00 할아버지는 “설 명절을 맞아 특별한 것 없이 조용히 지나갈 줄 알았는데 생일을 챙겨줘서 고맙고 행복하다”고 말했다.

유준영 흥선동 복지지원과장은 “어르신을 공경하고 섬기는 효(孝)를 적극 실천하고 홀몸어르신 돌봄에 최선을 다하겠다“고 밝혔다.

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* 아래는 위 기사를 '구글 번역'으로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]이다. 

* Below is the [full text] of an English article translated from the above article as'Google Translate'.

Heungseon-dong, Uijeongbu City Local Social Security Council held a non-face-to-face birthday celebration for the elderly

Relief from loneliness and provide customized welfare services

[Reporter Il-jung Kim = Northern Gyeonggi/Gangwon] On January 28, Uijeongbu City Heungseon-dong Administrative Welfare Center held a non-face-to-face birthday celebration event for the elderly who had their birthday in January at the Heungseon-dong Community Security Council on the occasion of the Lunar New Year holiday. said to have been carried out.

The birthday celebration project for seniors living alone is held every month to share the joy of birthdays with low-income seniors who are living alone and to relieve their feelings of loneliness and provide customized welfare services through resource connection. He said that he had celebrated the birthdays of about 100 single elderly people over the past five years.

The birthday celebration event for seniors in January held on January 28 was conducted in a non-face-to-face manner by delivering a gift package consisting of a birthday cake, groceries, and a portable fire extinguisher in front of the door of the elderly person's house while observing strict COVID-19 quarantine rules.

Grandpa Kim 00, who celebrated his birthday that day, said, "I thought the Lunar New Year would pass quietly without anything special, but thank you for taking care of my birthday and I'm happy."

Jun-young Yoo, head of the Welfare Support Division in Heungseon-dong, said, “I will actively practice the filial piety of respecting and serving the elderly, and I will do my best to care for the elderly alone.”

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