Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (Director General Lee Dohyun, hereinafter Jeonbuk Hyundai) players' training facility, the Jeonbuk Hyundai clubhouse, was transformed into a "children's observatory."
Jeonbuk Hyundai held clubhouse tours and celestial observations for 40 children selected through recruitment on the 12th and 13th and their families.
Unlike last year, this year's "Mercury project" is being held in a new space rather than at Jeonju World Cup Stadium.
The participating children toured the indoor training facility, fitness room, treatment room, dining hall and meeting room, which are not usually open to the public, and directly experienced the site that captures the players' efforts and daily lives.
In the subsequent celestial education, participants learned basic concepts about celestial bodies easily and engagingly through explanations by a professional instructor, and also took part in celestial observation experiences using a telescope.
The "Mercury project" is an astronomy education contribution program planned to provide children, the future generation, with an opportunity to experience space, an unknown realm.
Park Young-gyu, guardian of Park Jin-myeong, a child at Jeonju Hwajeong Elementary School, said, "First of all, it was an honor to be able to tour the clubhouse, which is not easily accessible.
He said, "It was more impressive to be able to vividly experience celestial bodies through this program, which we had only known vaguely until now, and above all, it was a more meaningful time because it was a program we could participate in with our child."
Jeonbuk Hyundai operated the "Mercury project" four times last year in cooperation with the National Jeonbuk Meteorological Science Museum (Jeonju Meteorological Office), and it is scheduled to be held four times again this year.
Participating children wore commemorative T-shirts bearing the Hyundai Motor hydrogen brand HTWO logo while taking part in the program, symbolically experiencing the sustainable values for future generations and the philosophy of the "Mercury project."
In 1998 Hyundai Motor, based on a belief in a better future, challenged the development of hydrogen electric vehicles, an unknown realm, and promoted the "Mercury project."
Jeonbuk Hyundai, embodying this philosophy, reinterpreted "a better future" as "children, the future generation" and "an unknown realm" as "space" to plan the brand CSR program "Mercury project."
A Jeonbuk Hyundai official said, "The reason we were able to continue the program this year following last year was thanks to the active cooperation of the National Jeonbuk Meteorological Science Museum (Jeonju Meteorological Office)," noting, "As a result, participant satisfaction is also showing high levels."
He added, "As a distinctive social contribution activity that blends sports and science, it is even more meaningful in that children and guardians can make memories together," and said, "We will continue to plan social contribution activities colored by Jeonbuk Hyundai to contribute to the local community."
[Photo] Provided by Jeonbuk.
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