A view of a ceremony to open the Lotte Confectionery Sweet Homes in Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, the seventh such facility in Korea.

Lotte Confectionery Sweet Homes have been set up with proceeds from Pepero, popular chocolate covered sticks, being distributed by Lotte Confectionery in cooperation with the Save the Children charity.

Save the Children is an international non-profit NGO organization designed to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, economic opportunities as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters.

Lotte Confectionery Sweet Homes are being built in rural farming and fisheries districts where children suffer from insufficient play and learning space compared to their counterparts in large cities.

They serve as a regional children’s center for safety, play and education. Beneficiaries are given nutrients and fresh fruits each season on top of assistance in activities related to physical training.

Lotte Confectionery Sweet Homes was opened in Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, the seventh such facility in Korea. In 2013, the first Lotte Confectionery Sweet Home was built in Wanju, Jeollabuk-do.

That was followed by Yechoen, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Yeongweol, Gangwon-do, Hongseong, Chungcheongnam-do, Yeonggwang, Jeollanam-do, and Bonghwa, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

Lotte Confectionery plans to sponsor “Sweet Picnic,” an annual event inviting user of the new Lotte Confectionery Sweet Home and teachers. There are also social contribution activities being done from the proceeds of sale of Xylitol gum.

Recognizing a connection between dental health and health care, the company has been endeavoring to ensure people’s healthy dental care for decades.  

The company has also provided dental care to poor families in the area under its Doctor Xylitol Bus Program.

A dentist and a dental hygienist treat a patient under the 2019 Doctor Xylitol Bus Program for dental care services. (Photos: Lotte Confectionery)

The company’s has been conducting the dental program in cooperation with the Korean Dental Association under the catchphrase “Korea with Healthy Dental Care.” One of the company’s representative dental health care programs is the Doctor Xylitol Bus Program for dental care services.

 
The Doctor Xylitol Bus Program made its debut in 2013 by touring the Sohwa Sisters’ House in Gwangju.

Under the program, about 70 tours have been made up to this year. Some 600 dentists, dental hygienists and volunteers participated in the tours in which about 5,000 dental patients were given treatment on 6,000 dental problems.

Meanwhile, Lotte Confectionery have been aggressively conducting social contribution activities through donation of its products, as was of late the holding of “Special Sales for Pepero Love-Sharing” the company sponsored in cooperation with the Beautiful Store and MIRAL Welfare Foundation.

The company plans to continue to conduct warm heart-sharing events to support a variety of welfare and social organizations down the road.