Guro-gu Prepares 110 Tons of Kimchi for Love, Delivered to Low-Income Families

Supporting 11,338 Boxes Through Collaboration with Private Companies, Welfare Foundations, and Local Communities

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Despite COVID-19, the kimchi sharing event in Guro-gu is a "bumper harvest."

Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) is supporting 110 tons of love-filled kimchi prepared together with private companies, welfare foundations, and the local community to low-income residents in the area.

Guro-gu announced on the 2nd, "Every year, the helping hands to support neighbors in need have increased, securing 8,062 boxes in 2018, 8,671 boxes last year, and this year 11,338 boxes of 10kg kimchi."

This year, most organizations purchased kimchi to donate instead of holding kimchi-making events to prevent COVID-19.

Starting with 272 boxes from the district volunteer cooperation members on the 13th of last month, Emart Guro and Sindorim branches donated 150 boxes on the 19th, the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation donated 260 boxes on the 20th, the Guro Saemaeul Women's Association donated 530 boxes on the 23rd, the Seoul Metropolitan Food Bank Market Center donated 70 boxes on the 24th, and the T-Buke Social Welfare Foundation donated 2,250 boxes on the 26th.

Local social welfare facilities also support and share neighborly love with 2,544 boxes of kimchi secured through sponsorships and kimchi-making events.

MN Tech (140 boxes), Oryu-dong Presbyterian Church (140 boxes), Saemaeul Geumgo Gaebong Main Branch (163 boxes), Guro Hope Welfare Foundation, Oryu 2-dong Saemaeul Geumgo, Oryu-dong Nambu Church (170 boxes), Joyful and Happy Church (30 boxes), and volunteer cooperation groups in each neighborhood prepared a total of 2,247 boxes of kimchi and donated them to each neighborhood community center.

During this month, Global Financial Sales (315 boxes), Jeong Jaemyeon Internal Medicine Clinic (300 boxes), KT&G Welfare Foundation (1,300 boxes), Nexgen Partners Group (600 boxes), and Together Love Field (500 boxes) will also participate in kimchi sharing.

A Guro-gu official said, "Although difficulties in kimchi supply were expected due to COVID-19 and rising ingredient costs, we were able to prepare more kimchi than originally planned thanks to help from all walks of life," and added, "We thank many people who joined together for their neighbors despite the difficult situation."

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