Seoul City Hosts 'Citywide Food Sharing Event' for Chuseok... Donation Collection Boxes Installed
Promotion of Community Sharing Events by Autonomous Districts for 3 Weeks Before and After Chuseok
Donation Item Storage Boxes Installed and Operated in Residential Areas such as Community Service Centers and Apartment Management Offices
[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] To celebrate the Chuseok holiday, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is promoting the ‘Chuseok Nationwide Food Sharing Event’ to support vulnerable groups during the three-week period before and after Chuseok, until October 16.
Citizens who wish to participate in the sharing event can donate food and daily necessities at designated locations by district, such as local community centers or apartment management offices, throughout the event period. Acceptable donation items include canned food, canned beverages, ramen, rice, and other long-lasting food products. Donations of meat, frozen foods, and items nearing their expiration date are restricted. In addition to food, daily necessities such as clothing, tissue paper, and toothpaste can also be donated.
To increase citizen participation, Seoul has designated about 50 locations with active fundraising activities in densely populated residential areas (up to two per district) as base institutions, where donation collection boxes will be installed and campaigns conducted.
Donated items collected at the base institutions will be promptly gathered at 37 food banks and markets across the districts, then sorted and inspected before being delivered to food-vulnerable groups in the area, including families in urgent crisis, low-income multicultural families, and flood victims. Last year, food donations worth approximately 790 million won collected through the Chuseok food sharing campaign were provided to 29,000 neighbors in need and 246 welfare facilities in the Seoul area.
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Hadongjun, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Safe Care Welfare Division, said, “This event was planned to share the warmth of Seoul citizens with vulnerable groups who find it difficult to celebrate the holiday due to recent high prices and ongoing infectious disease threats,” and added, “We hope many people will participate in sharing so that no one is left out and everyone can have a warm Chuseok.”
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