St. Nicholas day brought not only sweets to children in Children´s home in Tachov

Of course, St. Nicholas and the devil did not miss the opportunity to remind the children that they should be good not only in December when Christmas is getting closer, but all year round. And, because the devil looked really scary, all the children, some with tears in their eyes, promised to be really good.

During the afternoon the children together with their teachers and the afore-mentioned guests sang Christmas carols accompanied by clarinet, tambourine, hammers and even bagpipes.

But the whole program did also contain one official part as well. The afore-mentioned representatives of Kolowrátek came to the Children´s home to hand over a cheque for 60.000 crowns, which was added to the cheque for 30.000 crowns given earlier.

The total amount of 90.000 crowns was collected at the Hunters´ ball held on November 15^th in the hall of the former school in Přimda. The ball was organized by the employees of the Kolowrat forests and it was decided that all takings from ticket sales, raffle tickets and the moufflon auction would go through Maxmilian, Francesca and Dominika Kolowrat-Krakowský´s endowment fund to the benefit of the Children´s home in Tachov.

The first cheque for the amount of 30.000 was officially handed over during the ball. Only a few people believed that the amount would be so much higher, which was confirmed by JUDr Dominika Kolowrat-Krakowská, who personally handed the cheque over to Mr. Zdeněk Kropáč, the director of the Children´s home. „We are absolutely delighted by the amount of money collected during one single evening. This donation should go to leisure activities for children, such as various activity clubs, trips, stays in the mountains and the like. New tables and chairs for the dining room in the Children´s home were also purchased from this funding,“ Dominika Kolowrat-Krakowská revealed.

There are only few days left in the year 2013 and therefore the representatives of Kolowrátek and The Kolowrat forests are planning how to support children from the Children´s home in Tachov in the following year. Right at the beginning of spring children can look forward to a trip to The Kolowrat forests, where foresters and hunters will show them for example how to afforest and what it takes to take care of forests.

Employees of Strom Praha, which represents the renowned brand of agricultural, horticultural, municipal and golf equipment John Deere in the Czech republic, promised to participate as well. Children will be able to touch some of this equipment and to see how it works in practise.

However, before then, a lot of water will run through the forest streams. First, there is a winter ahead of us, which children associate with Christmas and snow fun. Let´s hope that the children will, also thanks to the help from Kolowrátek, enjoy Christmas more than any time before.