S-OIL holds charity event “Sharing Tteokguk with S-OIL” in shantytown, Yeongdeungpo
● On Jan. 29, S-OIL CEO Al-Mahasher offered tteokguk (rice cake soup) together with 100 or so officers and employees.
- The refiner has offered tteokguk and delivered a New Year gift package to people living in single-room occupancy housing around Yeongdeungpo Station for eight years.
- The refiner also donated a vehicle to Kwangya Church for people living in the area to help their outpatient treatment and grocery delivery.
S-OIL Corporation(CEO: Nasser Al-Mahasher) held a charity event “Sharing Tteokguk with S-OIL” at Kwangya Church, Yeongdeungpo, Seoul on Jan. 29, the day before the Lunar New Year holidays. In addition, the refiner donated a new van to Kwangya Church for people living in the area to help their outpatient treatment, grocery delivery, etc.
At the church’s free meal center for the homeless, S-OIL CEO Nasser Al-Mahasher and some 100 S-OIL officers and employees made Tteokguk (rice cake soup) themselves and offered it to about 500 people, including old people living alone in single-room occupancy housing, disabled people, and homeless people around the area. In addition, they delivered a New Year gift package, which contained rice cake, beef, tangerines and ramens, etc., to 500 households living in single-room occupancy housing near Yeongdeungpo Station.
“I am very pleased to eat Tteokguk, the representative national holiday food of Korea, along with local residents and to help with their preparation for the Lunar New Year for two years in a row,” said CEO Al-Mahasher, who delivered a gift package in person to people living alone in single-room occupancy housing and offered Tteokguk to local residents. “I hope that needy people living here could feel S-OIL officers’ and employees’ warm love for them and they could spend a happy New Year’s Day, feeling less lonely.”
For eight years since 2007, S-OIL officers and employees have made and offered Tdeokguk to the homeless and people living in single-room occupancy housing around Yeongdeungpo Station. The refiner has provided diverse volunteer services for the underprivileged in communities. On Jan. 23, S-OIL donated 1,972 bags of rice worth 100 mil. won to Ulsan City, where its refinery is located, to help needy people in the region.
