Red Cross 'Gangbuk Volunteer Sharing Center' Renovated

Free Meal Service of Love Also Used as Office... Opening Ceremony of Korean Red Cross Gangbuk Volunteer Sharing Center Held on the 18th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangbuk-gu (Mayor Park Kyum-soo) has renovated the Korean Red Cross 'Gangbuk Volunteer Sharing Center.'

This facility houses the Korean Red Cross Volunteer Society Gangbuk District Council (Chairperson Kwon Young-hee)'s sharing project kitchen (cooking room) and office. The sharing kitchen serves as a free meal service for the Love Side Dish Sharing Project.

The Love Side Dish Sharing Project is a volunteer activity that delivers nutritious side dishes twice a week to vulnerable households such as elderly living alone and children at risk of food insecurity. Red Cross members and volunteers prepare side dishes considering nutritional value and deliver them to the respective households. The supported households are determined through a joint survey conducted by Red Cross volunteers and social workers (welfare planners) from the local community center.

The Volunteer Sharing Center is located on the 1st floor at 23, Hancheon-ro 170-gil, Suyu-dong, Gangbuk-gu. It is near the 4.19 Democracy Cemetery Station on the Ui-Sinseol Line of the urban railway. Last November, following the construction of the new Gangbuk Saemaeul Hall, the Saemaeul Association office moved near the 4.19 Intersection, and the sharing kitchen was relocated and reopened here.

Gangbuk-gu transformed this place into a kitchen capable of producing large quantities of side dishes by carrying out kitchen facility construction. Cooking utensils were purchased, and basic kitchen equipment such as sinks, ventilation fans, refrigerators, and heating and cooling systems were newly installed.

At the opening ceremony on the 18th, Chairperson Kwon Young-hee said, “The previously old and worn cooking room has been completely renewed, making it much easier to carry out the sharing project.”

Gangbuk-gu Mayor Park Kyum-soo expressed gratitude, saying, “I thank the Korean Red Cross Gangbuk District Council for consistently practicing true sharing even during the COVID-19 situation,” and added, “I hope this sharing center becomes a place overflowing with warm hands and a venue of service that gives hope to marginalized neighbors.”

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