Yangcheon-gu, Food Donation Relay 'Food Bank Evaluation Seoul City 1st Place'

Highest Score of 94.21 in Evaluation of 28 Workplaces
Recognition of the 'Nationwide First Food Donation Relay' Project

At the opening ceremony of the 1 Dong 1 Food Market (Mok 3-dong) last July 1, Lee Gi-jae, Yangcheon District Mayor, met with residents. Provided by Yangcheon District.

Yangcheon-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Gi-jae) announced on the 22nd that the "Yangcheon-gu Food Bank·Market Center," which plays a role as a social safety net in the region through donations of food and daily necessities, was selected as the first place in the "2024 Seoul Food Bank Market Comprehensive Evaluation."

This evaluation is conducted every three years by Seoul City in collaboration with Seoul Itda Food Bank to improve the operational efficiency of food banks and markets and the quality of welfare services. It was carried out through preliminary and on-site evaluations targeting a total of 28 food banks and markets across 25 autonomous districts in Seoul.

The district's Food Bank·Market Center received uniformly good evaluations across six assessment areas: △ securing personnel and finances △ operation management △ customer management △ community cooperation △ business performance △ qualitative evaluation, achieving the highest total score of 94.21 points.

In particular, it received a perfect score in the "customer management" area for securing donated goods stably through donor management and regularly collecting user feedback to improve service quality.

Additionally, the "One Neighborhood, One Food Market" project, which installs a small store in the idle space of the local community center and operates it as a mobile food market for users with mobility difficulties, and the "Food Donation Relay Campaign (Food Bank Drive)," the first large-scale campaign targeting apartment complexes nationwide, contributed to building a community network and received high praise.

The district operates two Food Bank·Market branches in Sinjeong-dong and Sinwol-dong. Last year, it received donations of food and daily necessities worth about 3 billion KRW and approximately 1.1 million items, which were delivered to about 25,000 low-income vulnerable people. Participation in donations from local businesses such as bakeries and side dish shops is also continuing.

Mayor Lee Gi-jae said, "Although the overall income level in society has risen and food is more abundant than before, there are still many people around us who worry about their daily meals. We will continue to implement various policies to revitalize the food bank project and to spread a culture of sharing so that vulnerable groups are not left out."

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