S-OIL holds charity event “Sharing Songpyeon with S-OIL”

● S-OIL gives away Songpyeon and gift packages to 800 low-income households in Mapo-gu, Seoul, including elderly people living alone.
   - 30 Saudi students in Korea also participate in making Songpyeon, wrapping gift packages, and delivering them to households. 

On the occasion of Chuseok, S-OIL Corporation (CEO Nasser Al-Mahasher) held a charity event “Sharing Songpyeon with S-OIL” at the Seongsan Social Welfare Center, run by Ewha Woman’s University in Mapo-gu, Seoul on Sep. 3.

About 100 officers and employees of S-OIL made Songpyeon, half moon-shaped rice cake and offered it to 800 low-income households in the Mapo area, including recipients of National Basic Livelihood Security, single-parent families, disabled people, and elderly people living alone in Mapo-gu. In addition, they wrapped gift packages, which contained groceries and daily necessities, and gave them away to the 800 households. In the event, 30 or so Saudi students studying at universities in Korea also joined volunteering for making Songpyeon and delivering gift packages.

“I have made Songpyeon for the first time in four years since I came to Korea,” said Mohammad AlGhamdi, a junior at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Kookmin University, who participated in the event. “I’m very pleased to experience the traditional culture of Korea on Chuseok, the biggest holiday in Korea, and to help needy neighbors and I hope to continuously join diverse volunteer activities.”  

“We hope that our small help will be a warm gift to needy people who spend Chuseok lonely,” said an S-OIL official who made Songpyeon and delivered gift packages in person to elderly people living alone. “This charity event is particularly meaningful in that our officers and employees voluntarily participated in it. As a corporate citizen, S-OIL will continue its efforts for mutual growth with local residents.” 

S-OIL has held the charity event every Chuseok since 2007 and has endeavored to help local residents. As part of the effort, on Sept. 1, the refiner made about 120 million won worth of donations, including 1,971 sacks of rice, to the city of Ulsan ? the location of its factory ? as well as 111 million won to disabled groups and facilities.