BBQ University Student Volunteer Group 'Ollivers' Holds 1st Inauguration Ceremony

Chairman Yoon Hong-geun of Genesis BBQ Group, executives, and the first Oliverus delegation are taking a commemorative photo after the launch ceremony at the BBQ headquarters in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 10th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] Yoon Hong-geun, chairman of Genesis BBQ, reaffirmed his commitment to social contribution activities from the beginning of the year.

According to BBQ on the 11th, Chairman Yoon attended the inauguration ceremony of the first university student volunteer group ‘Ollivers’ held at the BBQ headquarters in Songpa-gu, Seoul, the previous day, and gave a congratulatory speech saying, “I hope Ollivers will deliver BBQ’s warm heart in detail to even the invisible parts of society.” The inauguration ceremony was attended by executives including Chairman Yoon, Vice Chairman Yoon Kyung-joo, CEO Lee Seung-jae, and the Ollivers representatives.

Ollivers is a compound word combining BBQ’s signature golden olive oil ‘Olive’ and ‘US,’ meaning us. It is a volunteer group with the meaning of ‘Together with BBQ, as one’ and the purpose of ‘Let’s share love and warmth with society together.’

The first group of Ollivers consists of 20 university students selected through document screening and interviews at the end of October last year. Since November last year, they have been conducting plogging (volunteer activity picking up trash while jogging) at Ttukseom Hangang Park and delivering BBQ chicken to child care facilities and independent living centers in Gwanak-gu. On the 9th of this month, as their first volunteer activity of the new year, they have been carrying out various volunteer activities such as delivering pet food, cleaning and repairing kennels and internal facilities, and bathing abandoned dogs at the ‘Saranghaejoo Abandoned Dog Protection Center’ located in Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Ollivers said, “We felt sincerity in the fact that the BBQ headquarters also directly participates and spares no active support,” and added, “We hope that Ollivers will continue as the 2nd and 3rd groups, establishing continuous university student social contribution activities and becoming a representative social contribution activity that breathes warm hope into society.”

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