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Christmas 2002: solidarity of a culinary kind<br />
with SOS children’s villages.<br />
sophy was the basis for an idea that came<br />
about in 2002 of supporting SOS children’s<br />
villages. We wrote to our partners and<br />
clients all over the world, asking them to<br />
send us their favourite recipes. For every<br />
recipe we received, SIG Combibloc gave a<br />
certain amount of money to SOS children’s<br />
villages. The result was a generous donation<br />
towards the financing of a family<br />
house in the SOS children’s village at San<br />
Jeronimo in Guatemala, and a cookery<br />
book with delicious recipes from all over<br />
the world. Because there are also countries<br />
in need in the Combibloc regions of Eastern<br />
Europe and Asia, these regions decided<br />
to donate their share to the Tomilino SOS<br />
children’s village in Moscow (CBEE) and<br />
the Chiang Rai SOS children’s village in<br />
Thailand (CBAS).<br />
Dr Teddy to the rescue<br />
Every year, countless children are involved<br />
in road accidents. In cases of this<br />
kind, fast emergency medical assistance is<br />
important. But all their injuries aside, small<br />
patients are hit particularly hard by shock.<br />
A teddy bear who brings comfort and consolation<br />
makes it easier for doctors to reach<br />
their young patients at an emotional level.<br />
For this reason, SIG Combibloc chose a<br />
very special Christmas charity drive for<br />
2001, one that called on the creativity of<br />
business acquaintances and clients from all<br />
over Western Europe, the Near East and<br />
South America. For every picture of a bear<br />
submitted, SIG Combibloc donated teddy<br />
bears to selected relief organisations. The<br />
resonance was heart-warming: we were<br />
sent bear pictures and figures that had<br />
been created with a great deal of thought<br />
and imagination.<br />
And a promise is a promise: 1,500 teddy<br />
bears were sent to different relief organisations.<br />
In Germany, for example, 500 of<br />
the soft toys went to the German Red Cross<br />
(DRK) in Aachen. The resonance was also<br />
excellent at our subsidiaries in Switzerland,<br />
the Benelux countries, Spain, France and<br />
Brazil. A selection of the best bear pictures<br />
were exhibited from 7 to 25 March 2002 in<br />
the Foyer of our SIG Combibloc administration<br />
building in Linnich. It goes without<br />
saying that SIG Combibloc will continue to<br />
take on responsibility in the future and remain<br />
committed to social projects of this<br />
kind.<br />
Spectrum 30/31<br />
The bear necessities of life: our Christmas<br />
project 2001.<br />
<strong>sig</strong>.<strong>biz</strong>/<strong>combibloc</strong> 03/03
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