[Photo] Cheongho Buddhist Culture Center Shares Compassionate Kimchi with Residents of Nonhyeon 2-dong, Gangnam-gu

On the 17th, 220 boxes (10kg each, worth 20 million KRW) of kimchi, prepared together with staff from Nonhyeon 2-dong Community Service Center at the main office, were delivered to low-income households in the area through the community center staff

Lee Jong-wook, Chairman of Cheongho Buddhist Culture Center, and related personnel took a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] On the 17th at 10 a.m., Cheongho Buddhist Cultural Center held a ‘Sharing Compassionate Kimchi Making’ event for neighbors in need in the community as part of the 2022 Hope Ondol Warm Winter Project, together with staff from Nonhyeon 2-dong Community Service Center at the main center.

Sponsored by Cheongho Buddhist Cultural Center, this event used eco-friendly napa cabbages grown directly in Ganghwado, the mecca of kimchi, and plenty of domestic ingredients, resulting in products full of not only great taste but also love and sincerity.

The donated 220 boxes of 10kg kimchi, valued at about 20 million KRW, will be delivered to low-income households in the area through the community service center staff starting from that day, becoming a source of strength to overcome COVID-19.

Established in 1991 by former director Jeongdae Lee, a lay Buddhist of Cheongho, who donated 26 billion KRW of personal assets, Cheongho Buddhist Cultural Center carries out various projects including Buddhist, cultural, and welfare businesses, and donates more than 30 million KRW annually in scholarships for youths from underprivileged families in the community, serving as a strong support for future dream talents.

Lee Seon-hyung, head of Nonhyeon 2-dong Community Service Center in Gangnam-gu, said, “We thank the executives and staff of Cheongho Buddhist Cultural Center for their help to neighbors in need every year, and we hope that this year’s Compassionate Kimchi will become a dream and hope for the marginalized local residents.”

The ‘2022 Hope Ondol Warm Winter Project’ is a public-private cooperative fundraising campaign by Gangnam-gu and the Seoul Social Welfare Community Chest to help neighbors in need during winter and to spread a culture of donation and sharing, operating from November 15 to February 14 of the following year.

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