It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
FIEGE is once again supporting five projects for socially disadvantaged children in the Münsterland region for Christmas. This year, the employees of the Greven-based family business have fulfilled almost 300 wishes of kids that might otherwise have remained unfulfilled. Last Monday, the gifts were handed over to the youth facilities.
The same procedure as every year: the employees of the logistics company FIEGE have once again volunteered as Christmas elves for socially disadvantaged children. As has become a tradition during the advent season, the large Christmas tree at the FIEGE headquarters in Greven was adorned with numerous wish lists from young people who are supported or cared for in various institutions in the Münsterland region. This year, the campaign initiated by the Josef Fiege Foundation was also carried out at the X-Dock, the new FIEGE office building at Münster's harbour.
In just under two weeks, a total of almost 300 packages were collected. Last Monday, they were handed over to representatives of the following organisations: H4 – Jugendarbeit Hansaviertel of the city of Greven, Lernen fördern e.V. in the Steinfurt district, the Verbund sozialtherapeutischer Einrichtungen NRW e.V. in Lengerich as well as the Vinzenzwerk Handorf e.V. and the Outlaw Kinder- und Jugendhilfe gGmbH in Münster. The gifts will now be distributed by the organisations to the children and their families to ensure that they are all under the Christmas tree in time.
Kai Alfermann, who together with Martina Schlottbom, Frank Sievers and Christoph Mangelmans forms the board of the Josef Fiege Foundation, says: "Our annual Christmas campaign is a truly cherished tradition. I am always happy to see the smiling faces of my colleagues as they browse the wish lists on our Christmas trees. Their enthusiasm is also reflected in the lovingly wrapped gifts, which often still have small greetings messages attached." The FIEGE employees pay for the gifts themselves. Only wish lists that are still hanging on the tree after the campaign has ended are taken over by the foundation. ‘We are very grateful that the campaign has been so well received by our team. Most of all, however, we hope that we can put at least as big a smile on the faces of the children who receive our gifts,’ says Alfermann.
