Gwangyang Steelworks' 'Hope Root Volunteer Group' Delivers Warm Meals to Nearby Neighbors

Nutrition-Rich Side Dish Delivery Volunteer Service for Neighbors Struggling to Prepare Meals
Sharing Activities Expanded Beyond Gwangyang-eup, Bonggang, Okgok to Jungma and Gwangyeong

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks (Director Kim Ji-yong) ‘Hope Root Volunteer Group’ delivered side dishes to neighbors struggling to prepare meals together with the Jungma Disabled Welfare Center in Gwangyang City on the 15th, leading the spread of a sharing culture.

The ‘Hope Root Volunteer Group,’ composed of employees from the Quality Technology Department of Gwangyang Steelworks, started delivering side dishes to help neighbors who have difficulty preparing meals and are at risk of missing meals to live healthily.

Using their days off from shift work, they have been delivering side dishes for seven years now. On the second and fourth Thursdays of every month, the volunteers depart from the Gwangyang Disabled Welfare Center carrying bags full of side dish containers and visit neighbors near Gwangyang-eup.

The ‘Hope Root Volunteer Group’ did not stop there but further expanded the sharing culture, actively practicing the management philosophy of ‘Corporate Citizenship Growing Together.’ Since the Jungma Disabled Welfare Center newly opened last year, they have also started deliveries on the first and third Tuesdays for neighbors in Jungma and Gwangyeong areas.

The sharing activities of the Gwangyang Steelworks ‘Hope Root Volunteer Group’ are even more meaningful due to the participation of many people beyond the volunteers.

Employees from the two welfare centers who join in the delivery volunteer work, as well as nearby restaurants that prepare and sponsor delicious and nutritious side dishes, all join forces to support the healthy lives of neighbors in need of help.

Kim Eun-ho, the head of the volunteer group who participated in the service that day, said, “I am grateful to the members who joined even on their days off,” and added, “We will continue to make greater efforts to spread the sharing culture so that neighbors around us can live healthily and happily.”

Meanwhile, from January to April this year, Gwangyang Steelworks has been conducting the ‘Hope Sharing Lunchbox’ project to provide quality meals to neighbors struggling due to COVID-19, delivering a total of 24,000 lunchboxes to 650 people. They are actively working to realize ‘Community with POSCO,’ a model where companies and society develop together to coexist and prosper with the local community by supporting the healthy lives of neighbors.

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