Homeplus holds drawing contest for children
Homeplus CEO Lee Jae-hoon delivers a congratulatory a speech during an award ceremony held on YouTube for its children's drawing contest on Thursday. Courtesy of Homeplus
By Kim Jae-heun
Homeplus together with its ePARAN Foundation and the Korea Association for UN Environment held an online drawing contest for children.
The young contestants featured their artworks on the ePARAN Foundation's official website. The award ceremony was broadcast on the official YouTube channel of Korea Association for UN Environment.
The creations by the winners are also available on the foundation's website.
The contest celebrates its 19th anniversary of being hosted by ePARAN Foundation this year. The aim is to teach children the importance of preserving the environment in the era of global warming.
The contest was held between April 29 and May 31 with 11,200 elementary school students participating.
The top awards went to sixth-grader Kim Joo-hwa at Dongseong Elementary School in Busan and third-grader So Hee-seob at Mansu Elementary School in Jeonju. Kim drew a sprout growing on a spot that a child cleaned up before and So depicted himself traveling over a clean country flying on the back of a seagull.
“I hope more children will participate in this contest and become interested in the environment,” Kim said during the award ceremony.
Prof. Hong Chang-ho of Child Art College at Hanseo University, who was the head of the judging panel for the drawing contest, said there were many fresh works that highlighted the theme of protecting the environment through fresh ideas and expressions of emotions.
Meanwhile, Homeplus also hosted an event handing out “eco-friendly kits” to the first 10,000 participants. The kit consisted of three types of plant seeds: carrots, kidney beans and lettuce. This is part of the retailer's education program for children to get them to participate in environmental protection activities by experiencing the process of planting and growing plants.
In addition, Homeplus also opened courses such as “Homeplus Culture Center” for children to learn about green projects online.
“I am more glad and grateful to be able to join a special award ceremony in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope that children with good ideas who care about the environment come together and create a healthy Earth,” Homeplus CEO Lee Jae-hoon said.