{"id":3000000076,"date":"2017-11-22T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/newsroom\/wework-korea-serves-up-meals-for-2-000-seniors\/"},"modified":"2020-04-03T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T19:41:32","slug":"wework-korea-serves-up-meals-for-2-000-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/employee-spotlight\/wework-korea-serves-up-meals-for-2-000-seniors","title":{"rendered":"WeWork Korea serves up meals for 2,000 seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of the seniors in South Korea live below the poverty line, a fact that Matt Shampine finds troubling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother and grandmother here could very well be in that group,\u201d says Shampine, general manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/l\/south-korea\">WeWork Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shampine and 25 other employees at WeWork Korea wanted to find a way to help. On November 18, they joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/korealegacy\/videos\/1869389179754575\/\">Korea Legacy Committee<\/a> to help prepare meals for over 2,000 seniors at the Seoul Senior Welfare Center.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/12\/WeWork_Korea.jpg\" alt=\"WeWork Korea\" class=\"wp-image-3000000077\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Two WeWork members\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/knowre.com\/\">Knowre<\/a> CEO David Joo and <a href=\"https:\/\/sokoglam.com\/\">Soko Glam<\/a> Founder Charlotte Cho\u2014also came out for the event.<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t the only event that the WeWork Korea team sponsored. They also raised money for the Korea Legacy Project at the opening party for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/buildings\/samseong-station--seoul\">WeWork Samseong Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/12\/WeWork_Korea_gives_back_1.jpg\" alt=\"WeWork Korea gives back 1\" class=\"wp-image-3000000078\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs WeWork Korea continues to grow our community here in Seoul, it&#8217;s important that we do everything that we can to help and support all of those in our neighborhoods and city,\u201d says Shampine. \u201cThese two events this past weekend were just the beginning of our support for the senior citizens here in Seoul.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees, members join forces to support elderly residents of 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