12 companies sponsor various products… Experience booths are also popular
(Goyang = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Ho-cheon = The ‘2022 National Multicultural Family Badminton Competition’ held on the 10th at the Goyang Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do, jointly hosted by Yonhap News and the Goyang City Sports Association, was a festival of harmony and communication.
About 380 participants from multicultural families from all over the country watched and cheered every player’s game from start to finish and cheered whenever a good play came out.
Those who wanted to experience the origami class, nail art, and tattoo sticker booths on one side of the venue continued to visit. Companies presented warmth to multicultural families through sponsorship relays.
Commemorative photo with Yonex Korea players |
= Shin Kang-min, representative of the Ministry of Youth, oath =
○… The athlete representative oath was made by Shin Kang-min (14) of Goyang Special City, who participated in the youth men’s singles. On behalf of the 270 contestants, Shin pledged with a spirited voice, “I will abide by the rules of the game and do my best to play the game fairly.”
= Popularity of Yonex Korea’s demonstration game =
○… Yonex Korea presented demonstration games of its team along with sponsorship of goods. Teams Kim Yong-hyeon and Lee Sang-min and Kim Jae-hyeon and Lee Gyeong-joon played a set of demonstration matches, receiving applause for their strong fighting spirit, strong smashing, and quick defense.
The contestants could not hide their happy faces as they took commemorative photos with mobile phones with the players who finished the demonstration game.
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Origami experience at multicultural family badminton venue |
= Footsteps leading to the experience booth =
○… The experience booth served as a lubricant for the operation of the event. In the origami class run by the Foundation for Paper Culture, children holding the hands of their mothers and fathers sat together and devoted themselves to origami with serious expressions.
At the booth operated by the Seoul Beauty Academy Atelier, mothers who wanted to do nail art continued to visit. The Unicommunication booth, which offers tattoo stickers, is popular with both children and adults.
= Former lawmaker Jasmin Jasmin “Unity through sports” =
○… Jasmine Jasmin, a former lawmaker from a multicultural family, attended the opening ceremony and made the event shine.
Former lawmaker Lee, who is currently a member of the Social and Cultural Subcommittee of the National Integration Committee, said, “As a result of a survey of 28 countries in the UK last year, Korea ranked first as the country with the most conflicts. I think all conflicts can be reconciled through sports.” He emphasized that sports are a place of unity.
= Medical support group “May you maintain a healthy life through exercise” =
○… Five people, including medical staff from the National Medical Center and members of the Korean Multicultural Solidarity, came out to take care of injured or sick participants at the free clinic prepared at the venue.
Kim Jae-yoon, head of the Department of Pediatrics at the National Medical Center and head of the Korea Multicultural Solidarity, said, “As this is a competition held in the context of Corona 19, each participant must pay attention to quarantine.” said.
= Sponsored various items by 12 companies =
○… Education, food and beverage companies, etc. sponsored various items. Daekyo Group’s Kids’ School donated 1,000 books for children and teenagers, and Morning Glory donated 400 stationery sets. Kolmar Korea Holdings, FB Holdings, CJ CheilJedang, CJ Foodville Tous Les Jours, Dong-A Pharmaceutical, Dong-A Otsuka, Korea Eundan, UK Uncle Kim, and Hugel sponsored food and beverage, jelly, and beauty products.
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