PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project in Gamchun Cultural Community of Busan, South Korea
26 April 2017 - 12:11AM
Business Wire
PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL
COMMUNITIES™ project that helped to revitalize the streets of the
Gamchun Cultural Community in Busan, South Korea. The Colorful
Communities program provides PPG volunteers and products along with
financial contributions to bring color and vitality to communities
where the company operates around the world, such as in Busan,
where PPG has a manufacturing facility.
Through cooperation with the Saha-gu social welfare center, a
local nonprofit organization, more than 120 PPG employees and their
family members came together to volunteer for six hours painting
murals to help revitalize local streets in the town of “Gamchun,”
which is an economically distressed area within the City of Busan.
PPG provided about $23,000 to assist with the project, including
128 gallons of PPG paint products.
Recently the “Gamchun Cultural Community” was established,
transforming streets and vacant homes neighboring the town of
Gamchun into arts or exhibition areas. It has become a must-see
tourist spot attracting more than 700 visitors each day, but
poverty continues to challenge the nearly 9,000 residents of
Gamchun, about 25 percent of whom are over the age of 65 and many
of whom need special care. This Colorful Communities initiative
aimed to improve the local environment for the benefit of both
senior citizens and visitors.
“It is a great pleasure for us to be engaged with our local
community, to share PPG’s values by painting colorful murals on the
streets of Gamchun with our employees and families,” said James Do,
president of PPG Korea. “PPG will continue to support our neighbors
and work to revitalize our community.”
As part of the volunteer mural-painting event, Do presented a
check to Hee Bae Lee, executive director of the Saha-gu social
welfare center, and a local children’s band performed.
“This event was meaningful both because we helped support our
community, and because our employees were able to include their
families in the effort,” said Hannah Lee, PPG human resources
director, North Asia.
The Colorful Communities program is PPG’s signature initiative
for community engagement efforts, with the aim to protect and
beautify the neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. The
program increases PPG’s commitment to invest in communities and
supports projects that transform community assets, providing PPG
volunteers and donated PPG products. In 2015 and 2016 combined, PPG
completed nearly 60 Colorful Communities projects, and it expects
to complete about 75 more this year.
PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to
PPG communities around the world. We donated nearly $10 million in
2016, supporting hundreds of community organizations across 25
countries. By investing in educational opportunities, we help grow
today’s skilled workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in
fields related to coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG
employees to multiply their impact for causes that are important to
them by supporting their volunteer efforts and charitable giving.
Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com and follow @PPG_Communities on
Twitter.
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™
At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the
paints, coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for
more than 130 years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve
our customers’ biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find
the right path forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate
and innovate in more than 70 countries and reported net sales of
$14.8 billion in 2016. We serve customers in construction, consumer
products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets.
To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.
We protect and beautify the world and Colorful Communities are
trademarks and the PPG Logo is a registered trademark of PPG
Industries Ohio, Inc.
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