SK Innovation adds seven libraries in rural and fishing communities, bringing the total to 32

[Financial News] SK Innovation Co., Ltd. added seven small libraries for children in rural and fishing communities this year. Since launching the program in 2024, it has established libraries at a total of 32 sites and donated more than 33,000 books, supporting more than 2,000 children.
SK Innovation Co., Ltd. announced on the 10th that it had held the opening ceremony for the Happy Dream Library on the 8th at Goa Regional Children's Center in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Jaeseung Jeong, a professor in KAIST's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, attended the event and delivered a special lecture.
After establishing libraries at 15 sites in rural and fishing communities in 2024 and 10 more last year, SK Innovation Co., Ltd. added seven this year, including sites in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do; Jinan, Jeonbuk State; and Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province. The program was funded through the 1% Happiness Sharing Fund, established with donations of 1% of base salaries by employees of SK Innovation Co., Ltd.'s affiliates.
Since last year, the program has been carried out in partnership with Kyobo Book Centre and Save the Children. In the 2026 Children's Book Dream Project, which ran for a little over two months starting in July this year, SK Innovation Co., Ltd. employees, members of the public and Kyobo Book Centre took part and donated more than 12,000 books.
A survey conducted by Save the Children among children participating in the program found that, compared with before the program, reading frequency increased by 87% and interest in reading by 160%. Satisfaction with library use was rated 4.5 out of 5.

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