Lim Youngwoong = A real hero...Donation of 'emergency treatment expenses for children with childhood cancer' → Accumulated amount of KRW 80 million achieved
Sep 02, 2024
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The Korea Foundation for Pediatric Cancer announced on the 2nd that `The prize money donated under Lim Young-woong's name will be used to pay for emergency treatment for children suffering from childhood cancer, leukemia, and rare and incurable diseases.'
The foundation's emergency treatment cost support project is a project to protect the livelihood of the family when difficulties arise in the family due to sudden expenditures such as hospitalization, drug costs, and treatment distribution costs.
Good Star is a donation platform service that supports the good influence of stars, and it is operated by watching videos and songs of singers who participated in the singing competition in the app, cheering with missions in the app, and donating prize money according to the ranking.
Lim Young-woong, who achieved a cumulative donation of 86.44 million won through a good star, has recently attracted another attention with the release of the movie 'Im Young-woong | I'm Hero the Stadium'. The movie topped the box office in terms of sales, with sales of 1.42 billion won on the first day of its release.
Hong Seung-yoon, director of the Korea Foundation for Pediatric Cancer, said "We are grateful for delivering hope and courage to our children. We support Lim Young-woong's activities to convey hope and courage through sharing beyond music and movies."
Meanwhile, the Korea Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a non-profit foundation registered with the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2001 and is carrying out various business activities such as support for treatment and surgery for children with childhood cancer, leukemia and rare diseases, support for outpatient and emergency treatment, emotional support, blood donation campaign, and operation of a children's shelter for childhood cancer.
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