CJ Nanum Foundation Supports Food Sharing for Lunar New Year at Regional Children's Centers Nationwide

Bibigo Wang Gyoja and Hanip Tteokgalbi Provided
CJ CheilJedang 'Cuisine K' Young Chef Recipes
Live Cooking Class Also Held

The CJ Nanum Foundation announced on the 6th that it conducted the '2024 CJ Donors Camp Lunar New Year Food Sharing and Live Cooking Class' for about 2,000 children at 100 local children's centers nationwide.

CJ employees volunteering at the 'CJ Donors Camp Lunar New Year Food Sharing and Live Cooking Class' held at Cheoneung After-School Daycare Center in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, are making food with children.
[Photo by CJ Nanum Foundation]

Through the Nanum platform CJ Donors Camp, which has over 4,000 registered local children's centers nationwide, the CJ Nanum Foundation supports special food sharing at local children's centers across the country during holidays when vulnerable children are likely to feel isolated. Since 2019, it has provided holiday meals to a total of over 25,000 children during the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays.

This year's Lunar New Year food sharing prioritized selecting 100 local children's centers nationwide, focusing on those located in island and mountainous areas or with a high proportion of children from multicultural families, through the CJ Donors Camp website. The food packages were composed of popular menu items among children from previous food sharing programs, such as CJ CheilJedang Bibigo Wang Gyoja and bite-sized tteokgalbi.

The day before, a live cooking class was held at the CJ The Kitchen studio so that children could make and share holiday foods themselves. The cooking class featured a total of four items, including 'Yullan,' a traditional Korean snack made with chestnuts, 'Japchae Mandu,' a representative dish of the Lunar New Year, and a unique drink that changes color when stirred, designed to satisfy both children's tastes and nutrition. These menus utilized some of the self-produced recipes reinterpreted by seven young chefs belonging to CJ CheilJedang's Korean cuisine young chef training project 'Cuisine K.' Chef Shin Yong-jun and sommelier Kim Ha-eun, who participated in recipe development, along with two children from Dodam Local Children's Center in Bucheon, participated in the cooking demonstration.

A CJ Nanum Foundation official stated, "We plan to continue various programs so that all children can grow up healthily with equal opportunities."

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