Seventeen, VIXX, and Cross Gene donate 10 tons of rice to charity
They exceeded their goals of raising 3.6 Billion KRW ($3.1 million) and this is the highest amount of donations received from Gangnam's 25 administrative divisions since 2004.
The Gangnam district office also stated that a day care center collected donations of 1,000 KRW ($1) and 2,000 KRW ($2) and donated a total of 700,000 KRW ($605). Collections from local residents amounted to 33 million KRW ($28,000).
The donations didn't just come from regular citizens as idol groups were also revealed to have donated. Idol groups such asVIXX,Seventeen, andCross Genealso donated 10 tons of rice to low-income families.