How it works

As part of the Asia Society Triennial, the virtual “Eat Chocopie Together” art initiative seeks to further extend love, compassion, and humanity to promote peace on earth. Conceived in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project offers virtual Chocopies to be shared digitally by anyone, to send to a friend as a warm greeting in this time of social distancing, symbolizing a gesture towards friendship. Furthermore, each virtual share automatically raises funds for The Korean American Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Community Action Fund, a charity set up to aid the Korean American community affected by the pandemic and to support the important work to address growing anti-Asian racism in our community.

Here’s how it Works Step-by-Step:

• Step 1: Open The Zoomed Map The homepage displays a map of the Korean peninsula, click anywhere on the map to open a zoomed map.
• Step 2: Select A Chocopie to Start Drag around to explore the zoomed-in map! There are five unique Chocopie designs available to share: LOVE, PEACE, SHARE, EAT, UNITE. Click on any Chocopie to activate the sharing process.
• Step 3: Enter Your Information Enter the Sender’s name, and email address, followed by the Recipient’s name and email address you would be sending the Chocopie to. You may add a personal message. Click Send when ready.
• Step 4: Check Email Congrats! The Chocopie is virtually shared! Your recipient friend will receive the Chocopie in an email sent to the account you have specified. Your friend has the option in the mail to click to “eat” the virtual Chocopie, thus closing the loop in a wonderful reciprocal gesture. Both Sender’s and Recipient’s names are acknowledged on the map at the location of your shared Chocopie.
  
  Because Chocopies are best enjoyed together, please check in with your recipient friend if they have not "eaten" your Chocopie after some time. All shared Chocopies will be automatically "eaten" after 7 days from the date of sharing.
  
  Note: It is possible that some of our emails may end up in your Junk mail folder. Do check your Spam and Junk email folders if you do not receive within minutes of sending. Please add our email to your address book.

Charity to Korean Americans Community Foundation COVID-19 Community Action Fund

By participating in “Eat Chocopie Together,” you are helping to raise funds towards the Korean American Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Community Action Fund supports non-profit partner organizations working at the front line of the pandemic providing essential services to the most vulnerable Korean Americans. With the funds, KACF will also support the important work to address growing anti-Asian racism in our community.

One complete share raises a total of US$2, when:
One Chocopie is shared with one friend = US$1 raised in sender’s name	+	The shared Chocopie is ‘eaten’ by a recipient = US$1 raised in recipient’s name

The project comes to an end when the campaign target is reached, or by June 27, 2021. An anonymous donor has already made a generous pledge of the total amount to support the efforts in reaching the goal.

Note: Users do not, at any time, contribute any money of their own. The participation of sharing and eating virtual Chocopies together raises the donation to the charity fund automatically.