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At the beginning of the Weeks of Social Contribution each year, HMC holds the inauguration ceremony for the year's Voluntary Services Corps for Rice Distribution and give instructions for delivering rice to homes and organizations throughout the country. The prepared rice is first delivered to each volunteer, and finally delivered to the selected homes and organizations in local communities.
A 20kg-bag of rice may not sound like much for those who can afford it, but it is an essential commodity for the needy to prepare for the winter. HMC employees deliver rice to the needy wherever they are, be it remote rural areas or impoverished urban areas.
HMC always seeks to find ways to practically and realistically assist the needy members of our communities.
The Rice Distribution Program is part of the greater efforts made by the Voluntary Services Corps of HMC employees to fulfill the slogan 'Moving the World Together'. The 50,000 employees of HMC serve their local communities in both small and large ways
Hyundai-Kia Motors Group is currently leading active programs of sharing the spirit of the season with the needy, as the company is in its official Weeks of Voluntary Services. The company has delivered tons of rice to low-income households and organizations, made a handsome donation to the Rice-Love Taxi Drivers' Corps, and held a feast for the elderly who are without family support. Hyundai-Kia held the inauguration ceremony for the Rice-Love Voluntary Services Corps comprised of the company's employees at the Agricultural Union's Grain Distribution Center (Seocho Gu, Seoul). The ceremony was attended by Chairman Yu Hong-jong of the corps; Secretary General Shin Pil-gyu of the Common Social Welfare Fundraising Committee; and a hundred or so other members and representatives of the company. The Rice-Love Voluntary Services Corps, consisting of 2,000 employees from 16 companies of Hyundai-Kia delivers rice in cooperation with the Common Social Welfare Fundraising Committee to the households of needy children, the disabled, and the elderly without any family members. The Rice-Love Campaign of Hyundai-Kia, which celebrates its third anniversary this year, will continue until December 23, delivering five-hundred-million-won-worth of rice (in 20kg-packages) to over 12,000 households across the country.
In addition, HMC is also delivering a donation of 420 million won to the Rice-Love Taxi Drivers' Corps on December 7. HMC has been officially supporting the voluntary services organization consisting of taxi drivers in Seoul since 2004.
With the donation from HMC, the members of the Taxi Drivers' Corps can deliver 10kg of rice to more than 1,200 households every month, while also operating a free food stand in Jungryang Gu.
Hyundai-Kia Motors Group is also going to co-host a feast of entertainment and banquet for 500 elderly citizens without families with the 'Organization for Neighborly Love' at a wedding hall near Namsan.
In his speech for the Inauguration Ceremony for the Rice-Love Voluntary Service Corps, Chair Yu emphasized that "Hyundai-Kia has always worked hard to become a company that delivers hope to all members of the community through various social commitment programs." He further added that "the members of the company wish the distribution of rice would help those in great times of need during winter."
After the inauguration ceremony, Chair Yu and Secretary General Shin of the Common Social Welfare Fundraising Committee visited households of the elderly citizens themselves along with another hundred members of the company to deliver packages of rice While offering encouraging messages.
Hyundai-Kia also made a donation of 10 billion won to the Common Social Welfare Fundraising Committee on December 4, and distributed a 1-billion-won-worth of life necessities to low-income households and social organizations around the country.
At the beginning of the Weeks of Social Contribution each year, HMC holds the inauguration ceremony for the year's Voluntary Services Corps for Rice Distribution and give instructions for delivering rice to homes and organizations throughout the country. The prepared rice is first delivered to each volunteer, and finally delivered to the selected homes and organizations in local communities.
Hyundai-Kia Motors Group is currently leading active programs of sharing the spirit of the season with the needy, as the company is in its official Weeks of Voluntary Services. The company has delivered tons of rice to low-income households and organizations, made a handsome donation to the Rice-Love Taxi Drivers' Corps, and held a feast for the elderly who are without family support. Hyundai-Kia held the inauguration ceremony for the Rice-Love Voluntary Services Corps comprised of the company's employees at the Agricultural Union's Grain Distribution Center (Seocho Gu, Seoul). The ceremony was attended by Chairman Yu Hong-jong of the corps; Secretary General Shin Pil-gyu of the Common Social Welfare Fundraising Committee; and a hundred or so other members and representatives of the company. The Rice-Love Voluntary Services Corps, consisting of 2,000 employees from 16 companies of Hyundai-Kia delivers rice in cooperation with the Common Social Welfare Fundraising Committee to the households of needy children, the disabled, and the elderly without any family members. The Rice-Love Campaign of Hyundai-Kia, which celebrates its third anniversary this year, will continue until December 23, delivering five-hundred-million-won-worth of rice (in 20kg-packages) to over 12,000 households across the country.