Lotte Card Supports Children with Pediatric Cancer

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Lotte Card has stepped forward to support children with pediatric cancer and their families.

On the 9th, Lotte Card held a donation ceremony at its headquarters in Jongno-gu, Seoul, in partnership with the Korean Childhood Leukemia Foundation, delivering funds for a rest center for children with pediatric cancer and their families, as well as employee social contribution funds.

Lotte Card Director Jeong Sang-ho (CEO) and Seo Seon-won, Secretary-General of the Korean Childhood Leukemia Foundation, attended the ceremony. Since 2018, Lotte Card has been supporting the "Pediatric Cancer Rest Center" in collaboration with the Credit Card Social Contribution Committee. This year's donation amounts to 290,746,615 won and will be used for the opening of the eighth pediatric cancer rest center.

The pediatric cancer rest center is an independent accommodation space where children with pediatric cancer and their families living in local areas can stay while receiving treatment. Rest centers have been opened near Daehak-ro and Gyeonggi Station, close to major hospitals in Seoul, to minimize physical exhaustion from commuting. Bedding, tableware, and daily necessities are provided to help those staying at the rest centers achieve psychological stability. Since the first opening, a total of 24,445 people have used the rest centers through April 2026.

A Lotte Card representative, speaking by phone with this newspaper, stated, "We have continued supporting the pediatric cancer rest center since 2018 to alleviate, even slightly, the burden of outpatient visits for families of children with pediatric cancer."

Meanwhile, it is known that approximately 1,000 to 1,300 children in Korea are diagnosed with pediatric cancer each year. This corresponds to about 13 to 14 cases per 100,000 children. According to statistics from the Central Cancer Registry of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, pediatric cancer accounts for about 1 to 2 percent of all cancer cases and is the leading cause of death among children's diseases. However, it is known that the cure rate is high when detected early. Early detection is considered the most important factor.

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