Lotte Donates 1 Billion Won for Wildfire Damage Recovery Fund

Lotte Distribution Group and Lotte Wellfood
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Lotte Group announced on the 26th that it will donate 1 billion KRW to support the rapid recovery of areas affected by large-scale wildfires and to assist the displaced victims.

Shin Dong-bin, Chairman of Lotte. Provided by Lotte.

Lotte Group has donated 1 billion KRW to the Community Chest of Korea. The funds will be used for emergency relief activities such as recovery efforts in the affected areas, purchasing relief supplies for displaced victims, and setting up shelters.

Along with the donation, Lotte affiliates will provide daily necessities and food products to the displaced victims in the affected areas.

On the 25th, Lotte Distribution Group supported emergency relief supplies consisting of about 18,000 items of 17 types of daily necessities including bottled water, cup noodles, energy bars, and masks. The relief supplies were delivered to Uiseong County in Gyeongbuk Province and Sancheong County in Gyeongnam Province through the National Disaster Relief Association.

Lotte Wellfood donated food products worth 330 million KRW, and Hotel Lotte contributed emergency relief sets valued at 50 million KRW to the affected areas.

Thirteen Lotte affiliates, including Lotte Fine Chemical and Lotte Chilsung Beverage located in Ulsan Metropolitan City, plan to deliver 20,000 bottles of water to Ulju County in Ulsan Metropolitan City, which suffered wildfire damage.

A Lotte representative said, “We extend our deepest condolences to the victims affected by the wildfires and will support efforts to ensure a swift recovery.”