Social Commitment
Easter bunny campaign
We would like to continue our tradition this year! Our cute Easter bunnies have hopped to the Kinder- und Jugendheim in Baden-Baden (https://www.kjh-baden-baden.de) and to the Kinderhospiz “Bärenherz” in Wiesbaden (https://www.kinderhospiz-wiesbaden.de). We think that the Easter bunnies will once again give these children and young people a lovely Easter treat.
Ladybirds campaign
For 2023 we’ve changed the tradition a bit. Instead of Easter bunnies we’ve surprised the children and teenagers of the Kinder- und Jugendheim in Baden-Baden (https://www.kjh-baden-baden.de), the Bärenherz Kinderhospiz Wiesbaden (https://www.kinderhospiz-wiesbaden.de/de/) and the Kinderklinik in Heidelberg (https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/zentrum-fuer-kinder-und-jugendmedizin) with little chocolate ladybirds for the 1st of may.
We are confident, that these beautiful ladybirds were a nice surprise for the children and teenagers.
Easter bunny campaign
As in recent years, we decided to distribute our little Easter bunnies to the Kinder- und Jugendheim in Baden-Baden (https://www.kjh-baden-baden.de) and to the Kinderklinik in Heidelberg (https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/zentrum-fuer-kinder-und-jugendmedizin). We think, the Easter bunnies will give some nice Easter joy to those children and teenagers.
High-Speed Wifi at Kinder- und Jugendheim Baden-Baden
Andrea Hesch and Achim Meier, the two managers of children’s home Baden-Baden, were very happy about the donation of 4.500 € from SPS Consulting & Services GmbH, which will be used for a roll-out of high-speed WIFI at Children’s Home. Digitalization got a new push due to the Corona Crisis. High-Speed Internet is meanwhile essential. From one day to the next forms of teaching changed. Work sheets and teaching units had to be executed digital. At the beginning pupils had to getting used to this new form of school. On the other hand it was also a technical challenge as the Children’s home didn’t have a Wifi for the children and teenagers. Different digital equipment leads to social discrimination. Children and teenager living in a Children’s Home shouldn’t be even more disadvantaged. One more reason to push digitalization. To guarantee a WIFI without disruptions, some lines had to laid new. The use of simple WIFI repeater weren’t construcitve. There was some investions to be done, but the Children’s Home hadn’t the liquditiy.
Once again Ulrich Wenzel, managing director of SPS CS and friend of children’s home Baden-Baden supported the institution as he took a major part of the costs over. Due to the generous donation the children’s home gained some attractiveness and is now more sustainable and able to react to the changed forms of teaching. In parts contacts in every day life were restricted to the other children and teenager in the children’s home. Thanks to the new installed WIFI digital encounters were also possible.
Kinder- und Jugendheim
Baden-Baden
The joy of the children and teenagers were big, the tipi tent is finally a proper tipi tent.
The installation of the tent was made in less than one hour and with bright sunshine. A barbecue area was also built up in the middle of the tent, which will be inaugrate for sure soon. The children and teenager are able now to discover the new tent and its possibilities. We are very delighted that we can generate joy to the children and teenager of the youth home Baden-Baden with our donation
Easter bunny campaign
Until now we used the time before easter making our staff, consultants and further contacts a small easter-gift. As the major-part of our consultants and contact persons are working due to Corona-Virus remote, the small chocolate-bunnies couldn’t find their initially planned places.
That is why our bunnies took this year a special way – to children and teenagers in children’s home in Baden-Baden (http://www.kjh-baden-baden.de/), in Wiesbaden (https://www.kinderhospiz-wiesbaden.de/de/) and to the children’s clinic Heidelberg (https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/zentrum-fuer-kinder-und-jugendmedizin).
We think, that the easter-bunnies make the the children and teenager happy and give them a nice easter-pleasure.
Christmas donation
As in previous years we also donate in 2019 most of our christmas budget for people in need.
A big part of the budget goes to the „Deutsche Kinderkrebstiftung“. They stand up for cancer suffered children to help them in their healing process. The aim is to support the children to get the same life quality and future perspectives as children without cancer. The „Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung“ helps also affected families with qualified consulting and information. If the families are in a financial distress the foundation have the possibilty to support them as well.
„Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung“ supports and finances furthermore research projekts which are close to hospitals and put their focus on the small patients. In order that healing chances improves, safe treatments are guaranteed, new therapy methods can be found, late effects should be minimized or avoided completely.
Close to Heidelberg the „Deutsche Kinderkrebssstiftung“ runs their „Waldpiraten-Camp“ – an unique recreational facility, which helps cancer suffered children to gain new power and courage to find their way back to the everday life after their illness.
On the other hand we are supporting the project „Off Road Kids“. They take care about young kids from 12 years on, which are already living on the street. The foundation helps and supports the children finding their way back to life. We hope to enable the children to find their way with our help.
„Off Road Kids“ was founded in 1993 and is the only aid organisation in Germany which acts nationwide. „Off Road Kids“ runs own streetwork-stations in Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Cologne, the online-counselling „sofahopper.de“, the education and integration program PREJOB, the health protection program STREETWORK+, a hotline which provide advice for parents and the consulting „Family-Neustart“ especially for parents and families. The aid organisation have furthermore a children’s home and an own institute for pedagogy management. Objective of „Off Road Kids“ is as follows: Giving all young person looked after the best possible viable perspective.
Ambulanter Kinder- und Jugendhospitzdienst (Outpatient Children and Youth Hospice Service)
We decided to financially support the volunteers of the Kinder & Jugend Hospiz Dienst in Baden-Baden. The employees of the Kinder & Jugend Hospiz Dienst have one issue: to be there for and attend life-shortened sick children and their families, as well as grieving families.
It is not easy to imagine that your own child becomes incurable ill. The child himself, the siblings, the parents, even the whole family has to learn to enjoy beautiful moments, as well as to allow and endure heavy feelings. Children and teenager experience the loss of a family member in different ways. The employees oft the Kinder & Jugend Hospiz Dienst are helping here in many ways, too.
When we heard about the tireless commitment volunteers offer to those affected, they help them to find strength, courage and hope for the future, it was important to us to support the employees at least a little. If only to relax the one or the other financial situation.
Gesellschaft der Freunde
junger Kunst e.V. Baden-Baden (Society of friends of young art in Baden-Baden)
The Society of friends of young art is the art society of Baden-Baden. Their goal is to bring predominantly contemporary art closer to the members of the art society and the general public. They promote contemporary artists as in giving them the opportunity to put an exhibition, and it allows all members of the art society free access to such exhibitions.
Since October 2014, the fountain “Muschelträger” (The Shell Carrier) by sculptor Paul Seiler is standing without figure in Baden-Baden, because his bronze figure was stolen.
We support the initiative to restore this over 100-year-old bronze figure of a boy:
In cooperation with the Technical University of Darmstadt, existing photos of the original bronze figure will be digitized. In the following 3-D printing process a new mold is created therefrom and a new bronze figure arises.
Blindenwerkstätte Kornwestheim(Workshop for the Blind in Kornwestheim)
The Blindenwerkstätte Kornwestheim GmbH was founded in 1950. Though founder Georg Hofmann himself wasn’t blind, he believed in the idea of blind people working in a traditional craft. The Blindenwerkstätte Kornwestheim has, since then, developed into the largest basketry factory in German-speaking countries, in which exclusively blind and severely visually impaired young basket-makers work in a professional environment.
Metatop
The registered trademark Metatop® stands for sponsoring concepts with the aim of financially and materially supporting the complete broad range of associations and schools by facilitating connections with sponsors. Metatop helps to combine the interests of the organisations in the areas of sport, leisure, culture and education with the sponsoring and messaging goals of companies.
Deutsche Verkehrswacht Karlsruhe (German Traffic Society, Karlsruhe)
The Deutsche Verkehrswacht’s goal is to increase the road safety through information, education and training. In this area, we assist kindergarten teachers by financing teaching aids and training sessions
Sportverein Hohenwettersbach(Sport Club in Hohenwettersbach)
The Sportverein Hohenwettersbach offers many children and young people the opportunity to participate in sports and to keep in shape in many different areas (football, athletics, cycling, etc.). In promotion of youth sports, specifically football, we support the teams with sportswear and training camps.
UNICEF
Under the motto “There is a lot of suffering in the world. We help to alleviate it.” UNICEF helps poor people and people in need around the world. Among other things, we support UNICEF in their work by having all greeting cards, Christmas cards, etc. be produced by UNICEF.
Gnadenhof für Tiere e.V. (Sanctuary for Animals)
The Gnadenhof für Tiere e.V. has already been working with and for animals since 1999. In this time they have rescued many animals (mainly large animals, such as horses, sheep, cows, pot-bellied pigs, but also poultry of all sorts, as well as cats and dogs) and have connected many of them with animal-loving people. The team from Robin Hood collects food donations under the slogan ‘food for homeless, sick and old animals’ for the Gnadenhof für Tiere e.V. in Karlsruhe Neureut.
We support the Gnadenhof für Tiere e.V. with our food donations.
POLIZEI-aktuell (Police-the latest)
POLIZEI-aktuell is an information brochure for citizens, schools, vocational schools and the public sector, with a thematic focus on violence prevention, safety and youth protection. We support the initiative against violence.
Max Planck Gymnasium (Max Planck High School)
The students of the Max Planck Gymnasium participate in the 24-hour run for children’s rights. With our sponsorship, we both, support and motivate students but also support the donations campaign for local selected projects in the area of children’s rights.
Wirtschaftsjunioren Karlsruhe / IHK Karlsruhe (Young Executives Karlsruhe / Chamber of Commerce Karlsruhe)
The Wirtschaftsjunioren is a group of young self-employed and employed executives. They are focused on the communal and social future of our country. We support a variety of social activities with our sponsorship.