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Busan Metropolitan City Joins the Local Community to Provide Seasonal Food Support for Older Adults at Senior Welfare Centers

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, announced that it held a donation handover ceremony at 2:00 p.m. yesterday, August 26, in the International Protocol Room at Busan City Hall, together with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Busan Metropolitan City Association of Senior Welfare Centers, to support healthy eating among older adults in the local community.

Attendees included the Director General of the Social Welfare Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, Kim Il-su, President of the Busan District of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the donor organization, and Lee Eun-sook, President of the Busan Metropolitan City Association of Senior Welfare Centers.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is supporting healthy eating among older adults in the local community by providing food packages and kimchi-making sets worth a total of KRW 130 million in 2026.

In June, the Church provided 2,200 summer food packages worth KRW 80 million for older adults at risk of nutritional imbalance due to extreme heat and hot weather.

In November, it plans to provide winter kimchi-making sets worth KRW 50 million to help ease the financial burden on older adults facing winter cold and rising food ingredient prices.

This donation is particularly meaningful because it goes beyond a one-time delivery of goods by providing season-specific food support to older adults who are vulnerable to extreme heat and cold.

The donated goods will be entrusted to the Busan Metropolitan City Association of Senior Welfare Centers and delivered through senior welfare centers across the city to vulnerable older adults in need of nutritional support.

Hwang Soon-gil, Director General of the Social Welfare Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, said, “Periods of extreme heat and cold require especially careful attention and support for older adults in terms of nutrition and health management. We are deeply grateful to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing sustained support that takes these seasonal conditions into account, from summer food packages to winter kimchi-making sets. Busan Metropolitan City will continue to do its utmost to build a stronger welfare safety net for older adults.”