'Suwon Sarangui Bapcha' Food Truck Service Resumes After 3 Years Halted Due to COVID-19

Volunteers from the Suwon Sarang Food Truck are washing rice.

The "Suwon Love Meal Truck," which was suspended due to the spread of COVID-19, will resume its activities as a "Visiting Meal Truck" after three years.

The Suwon Love Meal Truck is a meal truck operated by the Suwon Volunteer Center since 2013 to provide free meals to the elderly and vulnerable groups. It is sponsored by IBK Industrial Bank and supported by the Korea Volunteer Center Association.

The Suwon Volunteer Center announced on the 5th that starting this year, the Love Meal Truck will operate not only for low-income elderly and vulnerable groups but also for young people.

According to the Love Meal Truck operation plan, from April 6 to May 25, it will operate near Maetan Park by Maetan Multipurpose Gymnasium, and from June 1 to 29, it will operate every Thursday at Yeonmu-dong Administrative Welfare Center targeting the elderly and vulnerable groups. Meals will be served from 11:20 a.m. for about an hour.

The "Visiting Love Meal Truck" for young people will operate during final exam periods (first and second semesters) at four universities in the Suwon area: Kyonggi University, Ajou University, Sungkyunkwan University, and Suwon Women's University.

The center plans to operate the Love Meal Truck in the second half of the year in four districts: Paldal, Jangan, Gwonseon, and Yeongtong.

Choi Young-hwa, director of the Suwon Volunteer Center, said, "We have restarted the Love Meal Truck, which was suspended due to the spread of COVID-19, and it will be an actively visiting meal truck that breaks away from the existing method. We will expand the target from vulnerable groups such as homeless people and low-income elderly to young people who skip meals."

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