Gwangmyeong-si Food Bank Selected as 'Food Bank and Market of the Year'

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province has selected the Gwangmyeong-si Food Bank Market Center as the 'Excellent Food Bank & Market of the Year.'

The Excellent Food Bank & Market of the Year selection competition is a newly introduced project by Gyeonggi Province since the launch of the 8th local government administration. It aims to encourage basic food banks in each city and county that are working hard to provide fresh and abundant donated food to those in need of basic living and emergency livelihood protection, thereby further revitalizing the donated food provision projects.

Earlier, Gyeonggi Province received recommendations for a total of six basic food banks and markets as candidates through independent evaluations conducted by each city and county, and conducted a final evaluation. The selection evaluation was based on quantitative indicators such as the performance of donated goods provision and securing the number of users and donors, as well as qualitative indicators such as the business office’s own policies and key projects.

The Gwangmyeong-si Food Bank received the highest score in the quantitative evaluation indicators for its excellent donated goods provision amount and achievements in discovering users and donors. In terms of qualitative evaluation, it was found to have promoted distinctive independent projects such as the 'Evening Market,' 'Fresh Egg Provision Project,' and 'Gwangmyeong Village Refrigerator.'

Gyeonggi Province will support the Gwangmyeong-si Food Bank Market Center, selected as the 'Food Bank & Market of the Year,' with an additional staff member (Food Coordinator) and facility remodeling starting next year.

Park Geun-tae, Director of the Welfare Project Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "I hope that the announcement competition for the Excellent Food Bank & Market of the Year will become an 'opportunity' for basic donated food provision sites in the province to develop further," and added, "Please continue to show great interest in revitalizing donated food provision projects."

Meanwhile, since April, Gyeonggi Province has been utilizing 118 food bank service vehicles across the province equipped with wrapping stickers promoting the discovery of welfare blind spots to raise awareness of welfare blind spots within the province.

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