Starring in the third season of the musical "The Brothers Were Brave" and becoming rich with rice as members of DC Inside, SHINee Gallery and fan pages sent congratulations rice instead of flower wreaths, idol group SHINee's Onew donated 100kg out of 430kg of congratulations rice to a children's welfare center.

An official of Dreame (representative Noh Seunggu), who was in charge of the congratulations rice service, revealed "Following the request of SHINee Gallery, on April 10th 100kg of congratulations rice, which was being kept at the musical performance hall along with rice wreaths, was delivered to a children's welfare center located in Seoul Kangnamgu Suseodong." This rice is the congratulations rice that SHINee's Onew's nationwide fans sent instead of flower wreaths in prayer for the success of the musical "The Brothers Were Brave" and in support of Onew, who is appearing in a musical for the first time. Timed with Onew's musical performance and appearing as though there was a promise in advance among fans, thousands of members of Onew's fan clubs and fan pages gathered small amounts and all sent Dreame congratulations rice. Adding to the 100kg DC Inside SHINee Gallery members sent, SHINee's fan page Shakizi sent 130kg, and Onew's fan pages Only Onew and Onew dot com sent 40kg and 20kg respectively. Including 140kg of rice that anonymous fans sent, a total of nine cases equaled 430kg of rice.

Approximately equal to 100 million won, 430kg of rice is an enormous amount that is enough to feed one meal to 3,600 malnourished children. It is currently planned that the remaining congratulations rice, which is at the performance hall and is being stored by Dreame, will be donated to children in difficult situations, as according to the wishes of Onew and his fans. After 100 million won worth of garland expenses finished its role as garlands, it was used as rice purchase and donation and became double the value of regular garlands. The reason to not view wreath expenses as just a waste is right here. Rice being taken and shared among hungry people, this is a heart warming story reminiscent of Kim Mandeok.


Source: Yonhap News
Original article: Daum
Translation credit:live laugh love@soompi
credit to SHINee World group in Facebook

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