Hoon-Sook Moon's Aewon presents ballet to 1,000 Neglected Children

[Newsis] Volunteer Organization Aewon Creates Spring in Winter… 1,000 Neglected Children Invited to Ballet Performance

Volunteer Organization Aewon (Chairman of Board Hoon-Sook Moon) held the “Nutcracker” charity ballet performance by the Universal Ballet at the Universal Art Center in Jayang, Seoul, for the Christmas season.

On the 19th so far, this event is one of the main enterprises of the Volunteer Organization Aewon. After being hosted for the first time in 1997, it has invited a total of 25,000 children and adolescents up until now.

At this event, 27 organizations including community child centers and comprehensive social welfare centers invited 1,000 children, adolescents and volunteers that were cared for by the organizations.

Volunteer Organization Aewon distributed Christmas presents for the children and adolescents that participated, and added much joy to the venue by unfolding events such as photos ops with character dolls.

The children and adolescents that benefited from this day’s event held another event where they gathered empty milk cartons, recycled them into toilet paper at the Community Service Center, and then donated them to convalescent homes for the severely handicapped. This was an event that Volunteer Organization Aewon to increase the self-awareness that if people receive love, they share the love with others, and at the same time, to increase the dignity in people by enabling them to also donate something themselves.

Chairman of Board Hoon-Sook Moon said, “The goal of opening this event every year is to provide the opportunities to encounter various arts, and thus, sublimate them into cultural and artistic programs that can satisfy the underlying needs of these people,” and revealed, “I hope it has been an event where, through learning the way of sharing, for example by donating milk cartons, personality education could be provided to children.”

On this day, Seoul City and Volunteer Organization Aewon cohosted the event with the supervision of the Universal Ballet and the Seoul Foundation for Art and Culture. Ilhwa, which operates the “Dream Seed Development Fund” for the children who are the dream seeds of the future, as well as the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation, sponsored the event…

[Segye Times] Heartwarming ‘Nutcracker’ Ballet Performance for Disadvantaged Children and Adolescents

At the Universal Art Center in Neungdong on the 18th… Volunteer Organization Aewon, 19thEvent for Christmas

Volunteer Organization Aewon (Chairman of Board Hoon-Sook Moon) will be opening the “Nutcracker” ballet performance at the Universal Art Center in Neungdong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, on the 18th at 3 p.m.

At this event where 1,000 children, adolescents and volunteers from 27 organizations including community child centers and Volunteer Organization Aewon were invited, a program where milk cartons are gathered and donated was commenced. Once the participants gather milk cartons, they will be recycled into toilet paper, which will then be donated to the “House of Hope,” a living facility for seriously handicapped people.

Aewon has shown a lot of interest in the personality education for children and adolescents. It enabled children and adolescents in cultural blind spots experience world-class cultural art; and through the process of having them return the love that they received to society, Aewon means to inspire their dignity and cultivate their character as well.

On this day, the event is planned to proceed in the order of a donation of binoo packs, a delivery ceremony for the donation fund, the first part of the “Nutcracker” by the Universal Ballet, an intermission, the second part of the “Nutcracker” by the Universal Ballet, a photo op with character dolls and a commemorative gift presentation.

The “Nutcracker” is the 19th charity ballet performance, and one of the representing enterprises of Volunteer Organization Aewon. And after being established in 1997, it has so far invited 25,000 children and adolescents, further cultivating their dreams.

This event was hosted by Seoul City and the Volunteer Organization Aewon, supervised by the Universal Ballet and the Seoul Foundation for Art and Culture, and sponsored by Ilhwa and the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation.

Chairman of board Hoon-Sook Moon said, “It is a ballet performance that we prepare for the season of Christmas, which calls for altruism and love; so unlike other performances, the ballet company’s attitude is quite serious,” and emphasized, “Our goal is to sublimate into cultural and artistic programs that develop the dreams of children that have encountered ballet for the first time, and that satisfies underlying needs as well as external needs.”…