At a “raffle for a good cause”, employees of Gas-Union GmbH had the opportunity to buy technical equipment and furniture in the form of raffle tickets. This great campaign raised a proud sum of 7,650 euros.

At the end of September 2022, the Managing Director of Gas-Union GmbH, Dr. Tillmann Hosius, presented the donation cheque to our Managing Director Marcus Klüssendorf.

A big thank you to the employees of Gas-Union and to Dr. Hosius for this great idea for a donation.

A big thank you to Giuseppe Marino from Eiscafé Venezia in Sossenheim for a wonderful afternoon and the great donation of over 2,000 euros.

On 25 June 2022, there was a carefree and happy atmosphere on the Kirchberg in Sossenheim. Giuseppe Marino, owner of the ice cream parlour Venezia, had initiated a fundraising campaign under the motto “Sossenheim holds together” for the benefit of the research work of our Frankfurt foundation for children with cancer. He donated the proceeds from ice cream sales on this day and rounded up the sum to 2,000 euros at the end.

Also involved in this wonderful event were, among others, the day care centre “Regenbogenland” with a flea market “Alles fürs Kind” and the owner of the kiosk at Kirchberg.

Italian flair was provided by the band “The Duo Casual Band” and several old Fiat 500s.

Overjoyed, Giuseppe Marino held up the symbolic donation cheque towards the end of the event, which he then proudly presented to our board member Uwe Menger.

We would like to thank all the people who contributed to the success of this special day and to the fantastic donation sum.

P.S.: The donation amount has subsequently increased to no less than 2,405 euros.

On 4 June 2022, the time had finally come: After a forced break of two years, the 4th Benefit Oldtimer Star Ride and Oldtimer Meeting of the Oldtimer- und Motorsportverein Freigericht e. V. took place for the benefit of children with cancer.

A remarkable 7,000 euros were raised for the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer from the participants’ entry fees alone. The patron of the event, CDU member of the state parliament Max Schad, together with organiser Dirk Herrmann and Gründau’s mayor Gerald Helfrich, were delighted about this great result. The donation cheque was happily accepted by the foundation’s managing director, Marcus Klüssendorf.

Around 100 vehicles had started at 5 different locations on Whitsun Saturday morning to meet in the afternoon at the car park of Möbel Höffner in Gründau-Lieblos. There, about 300 more lovingly prepared classic cars could already be admired from the morning onwards.

The two bands “Weitsicht” and “Second Spring” provided good musical entertainment in the afternoon with a benefit concert.

Thanks to numerous “culinary donations”, the physical well-being was also well catered for.

A big THANK YOU to Dirk Herrmann and his team for their great personal commitment to the organisation as well as to all the people who – in whatever form – contributed to the great success of the event and the considerable amount of donations.

At 9 years old, Hanna is our youngest donor this year. She baked delicious muffins for her grandmother’s birthday party and distributed them in exchange for a donation. This resulted in a considerable donation, of which she handed over 250 euros to our foundation on 28 April.
It always touches us in a special way when children help children who are not doing well. A huge thank you to Hanna for her super idea and the valuable support of our research work for the benefit of children and young people with cancer.
After an exciting tour of our research house with Dr Florian Rothweiler, Hanna presented the donation cheque with justifiable pride. We were very happy about the visit.

The Lydia and Herwart Jobski Foundation (with 11,376.70 euros) and the Frankfurter Sparkasse (with 10,000 euros) are supporting the funding of a research project to characterise chemotherapy resistance in children and young people with cancer. The project, led by Dr. Jens-Uwe Vogel, is investigating how infection with the human cytomegalovirus (a herpes virus) alters the effectiveness of cancer therapeutics. The knowledge gained contributes to improving therapies for childhood and adolescent cancers or to developing new therapeutic options.
During a visit to our Foundation, the donors were informed about the latest results from this important research project.
We would like to thank the Frankfurter Sparkasse for its long-standing support and the Lydia and Herwart Jobski Foundation, established in 2021, for its generous support of research and science.

To the press release of Frankfurter Sparkasse

The Frankfurter Karneval-Verein 1911 and its MaaGard and the 1st Nieder Carneval Club initiated a great fundraising campaign in December 2021: Under the motto “Frankfurter Vereine vereinen sich” (Frankfurt clubs unite), the two clubs called for a donation marathon. A proud 1,722.22 euros were collected. On 22 January 2022, the two chairmen Frank Himmelein and Peter Stoner presented the donation to our managing director Marcus Klüssendorf with a beautifully designed donation cheque in the “Nidda-Kampfbahn” restaurant.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who took part in this great campaign.

Research and development cost money. A medium-sized company like the East Westphalian drive manufacturer Marantec Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG knows only too well. Normally, sales staff like Jürgen Stoller and Dirk Arnold, who are on the road for the company in the Rhine-Main area and southern Germany, sell innovative drive solutions. Now, in January 2022, they were on a different mission: the two sales area managers presented our foundation’s managing director, Marcus Klüssendorf, with a donation from the company in the amount of 1,600 euros.

The donation was made on the initiative of the two Marantec sales representatives, who used an internal employee competition to draw attention to the good cause. No matter which of the two came out on top: In the event, they wanted to forego their own prize money, especially since the success “was definitely a team effort, which was actively supported by the colleagues in the internal sales department”, Jürgen Stoller emphasises. Instead, he suggested that Marantec make a donation. This suggestion met with benevolent approval from the company.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the two initiators and Marantec for this great commitment.