On Saturday, 02 February 2019, the symbolic handover of the cheque from the Krombacher Zipfelmützen campaign took place in the sold-out Commerzbank Arena shortly before the kick-off of Eintracht Frankfurt’s match against Borussia Dortmund.

The Krombacher brewery and Eintracht Frankfurt have been involved in the social environment for years. During Advent 2018, the Zipfelmützen campaign initiated by Krombacher once again took place, where fans were able to purchase the limited edition caps exclusively for the penultimate home match of Eintracht Frankfurt’s first leg against Bayer Leverkusen 04 on 16 December 2018 for a good cause. Thanks to the lively participation of the fans, 30,757.68 euros were collected in the end. The proceeds will remain in the region and will go in equal parts to VITA, the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer, Frankfurter Tafel e.V. and the Frankfurt Station Mission.

Our board member Uwe Menger and the representatives of the other institutions were delighted to receive the donation cheques.

A big thank you to the Krombacher brewery and Eintracht Frankfurt for repeating this great campaign, as well as to the fans who contributed significantly to the impressive donation result.

For the third time, eGentic GmbH from Sulzbach supports our research work with a donation.

The two managing directors Henning Munte (centre) and Marko Reinbacher (right) came to the Foundation House on 5 December to hand over the cheque for 10,000 euros to Dr Jens-Uwe Vogel. To show them our work, they were also given a guided tour of the house with Dr Vogel.

Many thanks to the directors and all the staff! We wish you a wonderful Advent season.

Arnold GmbH from Frankfurt has been supporting our research work for several years – and this was also the case in 2018.

On 4 December, Foundation Managing Director Dirk Kammertöns (3rd from left) took the opportunity to personally receive the donation cheque of 2,018 euros from Markus Bernsteiner (3rd from right) and his team.

We would like to thank the company for its continuous commitment and wish Mr Bernsteiner and all employees a peaceful and reflective Advent season.

This year, Sven Mattis, Managing Director of Wire Cut Prototypes GmbH, decided to support our foundation with a donation. He has already been committed to the association “Hilfe für krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e.V.” for many years.
On 20 November, Board Member Rudolf Starck therefore visited the company to receive the generous donation cheque – 10,000 euros.
We say a heartfelt thank you to Mr Mattis and his staff for giving our research such a high level of support and wish everyone a peaceful Advent season.

Instead of Christmas presents, BULL RESEARCH CONSULTING from Dreieich is supporting the work of our foundation this year with a cheque for 1,000 euros.

BULL RESEARCH CONSULTING is a personnel consultancy that supports its clients across all sectors in their search for specialists and managers. In addition to its daily work in the field of recruitment, social commitment is very important to BULL RESEARCH CONSULTING.

Therefore, on 6 November, Mrs Laura Krüger (left) and Mrs Janine Simon (right, both managing directors of BULL RESEARCH CONSULTING) came to our research house to hand over the donation cheque to the foundation’s managing director Mr Dirk Kammertöns.

We would like to thank both ladies and wish them and the staff a blessed Advent season.

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Mr Laber and his wife decided to support the work of our Foundation instead of giving presents.

The couple came to the Research House on 30 August with a cheque for 1,200 euros to present the generous donation to Managing Director Dirk Kammertöns (left).

We thank them for their support and wish them many more years with their loved ones.

Confirmation students are also interested in cancer research – like the confirmation students from Hofheim-Marxheim.

The group of young people from the Protestant Thomas Parish had decided to make a donation to our foundation: a proud 2,465.83 euros were collected.

In addition to an official handover of the donation, the girls and Pastor Constanze Schellenberg (back left) were given a guided tour of the laboratories in our research house, during which Dr. Vogel (centre back) expertly explained all the processes to them.

We thank the young people for their commitment and wish them all the best for the future.

Under the motto “1 cent per metre – 4 euros per lap”, Brother International GmbH held the Golden Ring for the fifth time this year. This time, the challenge “All against Kohlstrung” was also on the agenda, because a donation result of 20,000 euros was the goal – and the runners achieved it. Jörg-Stefan Schmitt (left, Head of Corporate Communications) and Yannick Müller (Corporate Communications) came to the Research House for the donation handover on 27 June. Managing Director Dirk Kammertöns (right) and Claudia Ries (Foundation Marketing) were very pleased about the visit.

The fifth edition of the charity run set a new record with 150 runners. The 3,485 laps run also represent a new record. In addition to employees and their families, business partners and friends of the printer manufacturer were once again invited to complete their laps for a good cause on the sports field on Huizener Straße in Bad Vilbel. FV Bad Vilbel, which Brother has supported for over 30 years, once again provided plenty of runners from its youth teams in addition to the premises.

“We try to motivate our runners a little more every year, so that ultimately we can keep increasing the amount donated to cancer research in Frankfurt. That’s why we also invited the foundation to be here for the first time and present itself, to give the good cause a tangible face. Our company motto at your side means not only standing by our customers, but also taking social and moral responsibility. That is why I am pleased that we have cleared the 20,000 euro hurdle” explains Brother Managing Director Matthias Kohlstrung.

In five years, 75,000 euros in donations have been collected.

We are already looking forward to the next edition of the Golden Ring Run and would like to thank you very much for your great commitment so far.