(Photo1) Opening speech of the ‘12th Love Marathon’, President Chang Soon-Heung of Handong Global University

Handong Global University hosted the 12th ‘Love Marathon’ on the 11th of May, 2019.

The ‘Love Marathon’ is a regional sharing project where disabled participants in Pohang and a non-disabled helper will complete the marathon course together and has been held annually since 2008.

Under the theme of "Following footsteps, Walking Together," the event was hosted by Handong Global University and organized by ▲Handong Global University's ‘Love Marathon’, TFT ▲Pohang City, ▲Pohang City’s Sports Committee for the Disabled.

About 700 people attended the event and it was held at Handong Global University from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The marathoners started from the Hyoam Chapel stairway at Handong Global University, encouraged each other, and completed a 3-kilometer run on a nearby course.

In addition to the marathon, the 12th ‘Love Marathon’ featured various booth experiences, celebratory performances and stage events.

"Handong Global University Cheerleading club", and dance club "HaHyang" and "MIC" performed before and after the marathon, and ▲booth for the awareness for the disabled ▲booth for health ▲booth for information on employment and information for the disabled ▲public relations and other booths were run.

(Photo2) Photograph of the 12th ‘Love Marathon’ attendees

The ‘Love Marathon’ has not only been a one-off event but has been an occasion to spark community interest in the underprivileged, including the disabled.

"By making ‘Love Marathon’ run on the values of love, humility and service, an ethical code upheld by Handong Global University, and thus becoming a place of communication, the ‘Love Marathon’ hopes to extends to the entire city of Pohang, becoming the first step toward establishing the right culture in Korea together," said the ‘Love Marathon’ TFT of Handong Global University.

"I hope today will be a time of thinking and caring for friends, neighbors and us rather than ourselves," said Chang Soon-Heung, president of Handong Global University. "There is great strength and joy in the kindness, consideration, smile, praise, greeting that we can give our neighbors first, even if it’s not necessarily grandeur."

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