MBC Dream Soccer Foundation provides 1,000 soccer balls to promote youth soccer
2024-08-30 17:11:04
This project will provide soccer supplies worth 22 million won, including soccer balls and air pumps, to 100 local children's centers across the country to revitalize youth soccer.
Attending the handover ceremony were Chairman Kim Jin-guk, representatives of each local children's center, Ok Kyeong-won, representative of the Korea Association of Regional Children's Centers, the project entrusted organization, and MBC President Ahn Hyeong-jun.
Kim Jin-guk, chairman of the foundation, said, “We have been steadily expanding our soccer supplies support project over the past four years with the goal of increasing opportunities for underprivileged children to experience soccer,” and added, “Soccer balls are more than just physical education tools for children, they are the seeds of new dreams and hopes.” “I look forward to it,” he said.
Ok Kyeong-won, CEO of the Korea Association of Community Children's Centers, said, "I think soccer will improve children's health and have a positive effect on their mental health," and added, "We will work hard to convey the foundation's warm heart to children."