[Cheonji Ilbo Gumi = Reporter Ha-hyun Kang] Shincheonji Volunteer Group, Gumi Branch (managed by Won-ho Lee), conducted a water purification service in Geumcheon on the 23rd August with the slogan 'Green for nature'. 

This voluntary initiative is part of the 'One Soil, One River of Love Movement' that Gumi City has been promoting since 2012.

On that day, 37 volunteers from Shincheonji Volunteer Group (Gumi branch) received gloves and rubbish bags from the city council and divided the 7km stretch from Geumsan Intersection to Geumsan Mountain into two groups. The cleaning operation was carried out from 9am to 1pm. 

Soon-yi Kim (54 years old, female, Songjeong-dong, Gumi-city), a participating volunteer, said, “I will forever remember the day I helped clean out the river in the cool rain.”

Volunteers cleaned up the area around Geumcheon by collecting rubbish such as plastic bottles, scrap, fallen leaves and cigarette butts that had fallen into the river bed.

Won-ho Lee, manager of Shincheonji Volunteer Group (Gumi Branch), said, “Next month, and with the support of Gumi City, we plan to receive an EM soil ball and will conduct regular volunteer service once a month. We will carry out this movement out of love for the local community.”

Meanwhile, Gumi City Council is raising its measure of love for the local community by encouraging the voluntary participation of local businesses, public institutions, military bases, and social groups through the One Soil, One River of Love Movement, and is carrying out river purification activities in eight areas.

Shincheonji Volunteer Group (Gumi Branch) applied for the One Soil, One River of Love Movement in Gumi City in 2014, and in December 2015, it received the Gumi Mayor's Excellence Award in recognition of its leadership in improving the river's quality through its activities.

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