The 12th New Life Concert

To help children with disease, low-income families and multicultural families, the 12th New Life Concert began at 7 p.m., being attended by over 9,000 WeLoveU foundation members and citizens. It was hosted by the Intl. WeLoveU Foundation and sponsored by Seoul Metropolitan City, Gyeonggi Province, Suwon City and Sejong General Hospital. In this event, people from all walks of life such as foreign envoys in Korea, local government heads, government officials in charge of social welfare as well as Chairwoman Zahng Gil-jah and Chief Director Lee Kang-min participated with the foundation members. Although celebrities were very busy at the end of the year, the members of the cast—Sponsor Chairman Lee Soon-jae (actor), Goodwill Ambassador Kim Seong-hwan (actor), PR Ambassador Lee Seung-hun (vocalist), Kim Hyeung-guk (vocalist), Baek Mi-hyeon (vocalist), Kim Jae-hun (vocalist), Yun Tae-gyu (vocalist), Im Chang-jae (vocalist), etc. came to this meaningful event and willingly brightened up the stage, setting aside their other schedules.

In the first part of the event—Donation Delivery Ceremony, Chairwoman Zahng Gil-jah expressed her gratitude to all people who put their warm hearts together. She said, “At this moment, your helping hand becomes someone else’s hope and light in the darkness.” Quoting the words of Albert Einstein, “Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value,” she encouraged the participants, saying, “Now it is a very hard time to live even for myself. Your life living for others is the life of value.” Sponsor Chairman Lee Soon-jae complimented the members, saying, “I give thanks and honor to the WeLoveU Foundation members for their volunteer activities with great love, even in many difficulties.”

Foreign embassies in Korea highly appreciated the international activities of the WeLoveU Foundation for helping foreign countries suffering from water shortage, and wished the foundation to continue to help the world suffering from many disasters. Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Mun-su sent a congratulatory video message encouraging the members.

That day, medical and living expenses were delivered with gifts to 40 families―low-income families and multicultural families including children with rare disease. While Chairwoman Zahng Gil-jah and Sponsor Chairman Lee Soon-jae were warmly encouraging the families who had hard times and delivering hopeful messages along with medical and living expenses to them, the WeLoveU members gave a big applause with love. The donations are supposed to be used to support children in Nepal and Cambodia, too.

In the second part―the New Life Concert, the stage for beneficiaries and the WeLoveU Foundation members was opened by a witty host Kim Seong-hwan and with cheerful dance of the New Life Children’s Choir. The concert presented joy and emotion with the message of hope: Lee Seung-hun, Baek Mi-hyeon and Kim Jae-hun displayed soft and emotional performance; Kim Heung-guk, Kim Seong-hwan and Yun Tae-gyu showed exciting and passionate performance; and Im Chang-je sang the song of memories. All these received the enthusiastic welcome from the audience. Kim Heung-guk who delivered the message of encouragement to the audience, said, “Although the songs and laughter we deliver are only crumb of comfort, if each and every one comes together, it will be a great encouragement.” He presented a big laughter through his passionate dance.

The beneficiaries were deeply moved during the whole time while they were with the WeLoveU members. A head of a multicultural family from the Philippines expressed his feelings, “We had an exciting time with the WeLoveU members at this warm place, and were treated with delicious food and watched the nice performance. We really enjoyed it. We will raise our children to help others. We will never forget the love we received today, and we will make a happy family.” Kajal, who came from Bangladesh ten years ago, kept smiling that day. He said, “My health is not good and my family is having a hard time, but we are greatly encouraged by the concern and comfort of the WeLoveU Foundation members. At first I did not know Korean language and suffered from unfamiliar food. But Korean people helped me much, so I could get accustomed to the new surroundings. I give thanks for your goodwill and much help.”

At the end of the concert, vocalist Im Chang-jae said, “All you here are the people who give and receive with heart, and share love with heart.” The songs of love, sung by those who chose the valuable life that considers their neighbors in need more than themselves, were welling up in all their hearts as bright and powerful energy that engraves love and hope in them and fulfills dreams.