SPC Group Vice President Hee-soo Huh and employees volunteered to reach out to residents of the local community in need of help as part of the SPC Group’s social contribution activities. They have volunteered to help serve free meals to elderly people at Anna’s House, a non-profit organization that helps homeless people, street children, and elderly persons, and run campaigns to celebrate the birthdays of the bereaved family members of firefighters who died in the line of duty. Some of SPC’s social contribution activities have been featured in this edition of SPC Magazine.
SPC employees help out at Anna’s House ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays
SPC Vice President Hee-soo Huh serves food at Anna’s House
SPC Vice President Hee-soo Huh and other SPC employees gathered together at Anna’s House, a soup kitchen in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province, on January 31, 2024, helping serve free food to elderly people and giving out free SPC products and hot packs to the elderly who could not afford meals and fuel for heating ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays.
SPC employees shared the holiday spirit with the elderly by serving them free meals
Vice President Huh and SPC employees served a warm meal to 550homeless people and gave out free bread from Paris Baguette and hot packs in an effort to reach out to members of society in need.
SPC employees give out bread and milk to the elderly and homeless people
Employees of SPC subsidiaries also volunteered to give back to local communities near their workplaces. On January 30, 2023, SPC Samlip donated some 6,000 Samlip holiday gift sets and bread to 14 welfare organizations in the following areas: Dongjak-dong, Seoul; Siheung, Gyeonggi-do; Seocheon, Chungnam; and Daegu. That same day, employees of BR Korea visited a children’s welfare facility and a community welfare center in Eumseong, Chungbuk Province to clean the areas around the facilities and donate holiday gifts. SPL provided some of its products and food to 100 financially disadvantaged households.
On January 31, Paris Croissant donated 140 bags of rice weighing 10kg each to some 30 welfare facilities in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province at the Lunar New Year Holiday Food Sharing Event organized by the city of Seongnam. Paris Croissant has been participating in this charity event for 19 years. On the other hand, employees of SPC PACK volunteered to help people with disabilities at a welfare center for the disabled on February 6. All of the SPC subsidiaries are actively involved in giving back to society through volunteering and donation to help the socially disadvantaged class.
“By volunteering at a soup kitchen and donating our products, we wish to help people in need have happy holidays. SPC will continue to help local communities as well as the socially disadvantaged class through various social contribution activities,” an SPC employee said.
Every year, SPC Group employees volunteer in various social contribution activities.
SPC remembers firefighters who sacrificed their lives to save lives
SPC employees celebrate the birthdays of the bereaved families
Paris Baguette started the Firefighters Support Campaign in collaboration with the National Fire Agency in 2023. As part of the campaign launched to express gratitude to firefighters for saving lives and keeping us safe, SPC employees started to celebrate the birthdays of the bereaved family members left behind by firefighters who died while performing their duty. The event was initiated at the suggestion of Firefighters’ Families Hope Sharing, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping bereaved families of firefighters who died in action.
SPC employees visit the fire departments where deceased firefighters served, celebrate the birthdays of their children and parents, and offer refreshments to express gratitude for the sacrifices they made to save lives and provide encouragement and support for their bereaved families.
Firefighters celebrate the birthday of a bereaved family member
The first celebration of the year took place on January 23 and 30 at Taebaek Fire Station in Taebaek, Gangwon-do Province and Uichang Fire Station in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. Paris Baguette employees visited the two fire stations and celebrated the birthdays of four bereaved family members: the daughter of deceased Seung-min Huh and three sons of deceased Jang-bo Shim.
On Firefighting Day (November 9) in 2023, Paris Baguette employees delivered firetruck-shaped cakes to children of firefighters as a token of gratitude for their service in an event organized in collaboration with the National Fire Agency. This special cake was all the more special because it was designed by an SPC researcher whose spouse is a firefighter. Marking the first anniversary of the cake, SPC plans to donate part of the proceeds to Firefighters’ Families Hope Sharing on Firefighting Day.
Inspired by the philosophy of sharing and win-win partnership adopted by SPC Chairman Young-in Huh, SPC strives to ensure that its social contribution activities are planned meticulously and executed consistently. We at SPC will continue to give back to society in order to make Korea a better place for all to live in.