Lotte Home Shopping Small Library 100 Special Hall Adds Dreams to Healing Space
Nov 27, 2025
Lotte Home Shopping has been continuing its eco-friendly learning space 'small library' project to help future generations of children learn and grow through books with the Salvation Army's Korean Military Bureau.
Under the slogan 'Where the World's Biggest Dream Grows', learning spaces have been built in libraries and community children's centers around the country so that all children can enjoy equal educational opportunities. Starting with the first store in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, 'Small Library' was established across the country. Starting in 2022, textile panels that re-processed clothing waste in an upcycling manner have been made into furniture to add eco-friendly value, and the scope of support has been expanded to special schools and medical facilities. So far, the cumulative donation has been more than 3 billion won, with 200,000 book support and 4.8 million visitors.
On the 13th (Thursday), the 100th special hall was opened at the Seoul Children's Hospital, the only public hospital in Korea specializing in rehabilitation of children with developmental disabilities located in Naegok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.
Prior to the event, a celebratory performance of the Seoul Star Harmonia Orchestra', consisting of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities at the Seoul Children's Hospital, was held, giving a special impression. The event began with a video screening of the preparation process for the 100th 'Small Library', followed by a signboard ceremony and a donation book unveiling ceremony. Lotte Home Shopping employees participated in experience activities such as pressing crafts and writing wish message cards with children, and conducted volunteer activities such as classifying and organizing donated books.
The 100th Special Hall of Children's Hospital in Seoul is even more meaningful as Lotte Home Shopping executives and customers participate together from the selection of the target site to the creation of the site. The final destination was selected through a vote of executives and employees, and about 1,000 donated books of executives and employees were placed inside the library. In Lotte Home Shopping's representative program 'Choi Yurasho', 1,004 won was accumulated per order through a sharing broadcast and used as a construction cost. Inside the library, bookshelves and desks made of fiber panels that upcycled about 3 tons of waste clothing were placed to add eco-friendly value. The Small Library 100 Special Library will be used as an open cultural space that provides rest and learning to children who are tired during the treatment process in the future.
In addition, Lotte Home Shopping is practicing the value of sustainable resource circulation by using discarded banners and fiber panels that have been reprocessed for waste clothing in library furniture and sculptures. The eco-friendly upcycling attempt was first introduced in 2022 at Gumi 'Haepyeong Nuri Small Library' in Gyeongsangbuk-do. At the in-house idea contest, the upcycling idea proposed by MZ generation employees was implemented as a real business, and 1 ton of clothing waste was reborn as a bookshelf and desk. Using upcycling materials in the outdoor space of Namsan Library in Seoul, it will be expanded to a total of six areas, including Seoul Jeongjin School, Bucheon Gogang-dong Regional Children's Center, Hanam Bobas Hospital, and Seoul Children's Hospital, and 17 tons of waste fiber has been turned into a learning space for children so far.
Under the slogan 'Where the World's Biggest Dream Grows', learning spaces have been built in libraries and community children's centers around the country so that all children can enjoy equal educational opportunities. Starting with the first store in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, 'Small Library' was established across the country. Starting in 2022, textile panels that re-processed clothing waste in an upcycling manner have been made into furniture to add eco-friendly value, and the scope of support has been expanded to special schools and medical facilities. So far, the cumulative donation has been more than 3 billion won, with 200,000 book support and 4.8 million visitors.
On the 13th (Thursday), the 100th special hall was opened at the Seoul Children's Hospital, the only public hospital in Korea specializing in rehabilitation of children with developmental disabilities located in Naegok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.
Prior to the event, a celebratory performance of the Seoul Star Harmonia Orchestra', consisting of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities at the Seoul Children's Hospital, was held, giving a special impression. The event began with a video screening of the preparation process for the 100th 'Small Library', followed by a signboard ceremony and a donation book unveiling ceremony. Lotte Home Shopping employees participated in experience activities such as pressing crafts and writing wish message cards with children, and conducted volunteer activities such as classifying and organizing donated books.
The 100th Special Hall of Children's Hospital in Seoul is even more meaningful as Lotte Home Shopping executives and customers participate together from the selection of the target site to the creation of the site. The final destination was selected through a vote of executives and employees, and about 1,000 donated books of executives and employees were placed inside the library. In Lotte Home Shopping's representative program 'Choi Yurasho', 1,004 won was accumulated per order through a sharing broadcast and used as a construction cost. Inside the library, bookshelves and desks made of fiber panels that upcycled about 3 tons of waste clothing were placed to add eco-friendly value. The Small Library 100 Special Library will be used as an open cultural space that provides rest and learning to children who are tired during the treatment process in the future.
In addition, Lotte Home Shopping is practicing the value of sustainable resource circulation by using discarded banners and fiber panels that have been reprocessed for waste clothing in library furniture and sculptures. The eco-friendly upcycling attempt was first introduced in 2022 at Gumi 'Haepyeong Nuri Small Library' in Gyeongsangbuk-do. At the in-house idea contest, the upcycling idea proposed by MZ generation employees was implemented as a real business, and 1 ton of clothing waste was reborn as a bookshelf and desk. Using upcycling materials in the outdoor space of Namsan Library in Seoul, it will be expanded to a total of six areas, including Seoul Jeongjin School, Bucheon Gogang-dong Regional Children's Center, Hanam Bobas Hospital, and Seoul Children's Hospital, and 17 tons of waste fiber has been turned into a learning space for children so far.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
