Coupang Invites Underprivileged Children and Disabled Wheelchair Soccer Team to 'Coupang Play Series'

Plans to Continue Social Contribution Activities in the Future

Coupang announced on the 1st that it invited a total of about 60 vulnerable children and disabled Power Soccer (electric wheelchair soccer) players to the first match between Team K League and Tottenham held at the Seoul Sangdam World Cup Stadium on the 31st of last month as part of the Coupang Play Series.

Children from vulnerable groups and a wheelchair soccer team for people with disabilities, invited to the '2024 Coupang Play Series,' are watching a game at the Sangam World Cup Stadium.
[Photo by Coupang]

The Coupang Play Series is an annual sports event directly hosted, organized, and broadcasted by Coupang Play. Every year, it showcases matches featuring prestigious overseas clubs and the K League together. This year, Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League, captained by Son Heung-min, Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga, where Kim Min-jae belongs, and Team K League, composed of players from the Korea Professional Football League, participated.

In this Coupang Play Series, Coupang invited children from Yeongnak Borinwon supported by Save the Children and Dongjak Isu Social Welfare Center, as well as disabled wheelchair soccer teams from the Korea Disabled Power Soccer Association, providing them with the opportunity to watch the match. Kim Hee-kwon, head of the ESG Business Division at Save the Children, said, "It will be a precious memory for children who are usually very interested in soccer," adding, "This opportunity to watch the match allowed the children, who are the future of our society, to take a step toward their dreams."

Earlier, in March, Coupang also invited children with intractable diseases to the 'MLB World Tour Seoul Series 2024 with Coupang Play.' In May, in celebration of Family Month, they conducted social contribution activities by giving gifts and cheering for patients at Seoul National University Children's Hospital. Coupang plans to carry out more diverse social contribution activities in the future to fulfill its corporate social responsibility.

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