Love Run was a Samsung Semiconductor festival held every spring and fall. But in 2020 as part of our efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and practice social distancing, we turned Love Run into Love Walk.
Love Run was a campaign to run around the Samsung Nano City
Campus as a group to stay in shape and to donate to a good
cause. As part of our vision “Together for Tomorrow! Enabling
People,” this social commitment activity soon became a Samsung
Semiconductor tradition. It started in 1998, and by the time
the event was turned into the contactless Love Walk in 2020,
there were 1
million people
participating.
- Yoo Dosik, Mugungwha Electronics
When Dosik is not working at Mugungwha Electronics, he’s the
company basketball player-coach.
The manual wheelchair he
had to rely on before, made it
difficult to
play
since he
had to use his arms to control the wheelchair. With his new
motorized wheelchair, he’s now able
to play the game freely on the
court.
- Lee Dahye, college student
When she was 7 years old, Dahye was diagnosed with Myotonic
Dystrophy.
It
wasn’t easy for her to keep her
balance and with her manual wheelchair, she had to
have someone push her around. With
the custom motorized wheelchair, she’s now
able to move around by herself.
- Kim Youngkwon, Memory Semiconductor Equipment Innovation
- Hur Wonki, Semiconductor Material Development
We at Samsung Semiconductor plan
to continue to
walk for a cause
and give back to the local
communities with the steps we take
together.
49th Walk (Spring 2023)
19,312participants
239,224,335Won raised
50th Walk (Fall 2023)
15,587participants
195,100,501Won raised
In 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we
changed the annual Love Run to Love
Walk. Love Walk is a new way of
giving back to society, donating the steps we take when we
go on
walks as well as when we walk to
and back from work. When we reach our step goal within two
weeks, the steps are converted into money for charity. The
money is donated to those in need around the Hwaseong,
Yongin, Pyeongtaek, and Asan areas where Samsung
Semiconductor business sites are located.
The proceeds from the Love Walk are being used for projects to help neighbors in need in the local community, and since 2022, we have been sponsoring eco-friendly vehicles at welfare facilities near our business site.
The Love Run, which began during the challenging period of the 1998 IMF financial crisis, has reached its 50th edition in 2023. For over 26 years, Samsung Semiconductor has consistently practiced sharing. Are you curious about how the donations have helped and who has benefited? From supporting underprivileged children with poor living conditions through the Love Run to aiding individuals with mobility issues through the Love Walk, let's replay Samsung Semiconductor's history of giving.
Total Participants
1,212,013
Total Donations
7,952,193,646KRW
Support Eco-Friendly Vehicles for Welfare Facilities
To promote both the mobility of vulnerable groups using these facilities and environmental protection, we support eco-friendly vehicles for welfare facilities near our business sites.
When we first started Love Run in 1998, 2,512 people participated and raised 12.5 million Won. Since then, as of the 45th Love Walk, we have seen a total of more than 1.1 million participants who came together to raise a cumulative sum of 6.84 billion Won.
Sponsoring children
in need
300 million Won was
donated to children in
need in Yongin and Hwaseong.
Improving welfare facility conditions Semicon Love House
Built 8 Semicon Love Houses to provide shelters for children and job opportunities for those in need.
Funding cafes for job creation
Supported 13 cafés that hired the elderly, people with disabilities and members of multicultural families in need.
Supporting
multicultural families
in
need
Mother Class
Donated 310 million Won to help immigrant spouses of Korean citizens to settle down in Korea.
Donating wheelchairs Taking Steps Together
Donated 935 million Won to providing custom wheelchairs to persons with physical and mobility impairments.
*Taking Steps Together is a social
contribution project aimed at providing
support to persons with disabilities in local
communities. Part of the Love Run
(and now Love Walk) funds
go to this campaign.
Sponsoring children
in need
300 million Won was donated to children in need
in
Yongin and Hwaseong.
Improving welfare facility conditions Semicon Love House
Built 8 Semicon Love Houses to provide shelters
for
children and job opportunities for
those in need.
Funding cafes for job creation
Supported 13 cafés that hired the elderly, people with disabilities and members of multicultural families in need.
Supporting
multicultural families
in
need
Mother Class
Donated 310 million Won to
help immigrant
spouses of Korean
citizens to settle down
in Korea.
Donating
wheelchairs
Taking Steps Together
Donated 935 million Won to
providing
custom wheelchairs to
persons with
physical and mobility
impairments.
*Taking Steps Together is a social contribution project aimed at providing support to persons with disabilities in local communities. Part of the Love Run (and now Love Walk) funds go to this campaign.
In 2021, through the 45th Love Walk, we were able to donate custom mobility aids to 46 people. We firmly believe that when taken together, our small steps can become a big step toward a better future, and that’s why we will continue to carry on the campaign.
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