Last weekend, Freiraum Frankfurt held a charity event in their store. Limited pocket flasks by Finlandia Vodka in five different designs were for sale benefiting drinking water projects in Kenia. Before I saw them, I figured that I am (1) not old enough or (2) not desperate enough for something like this, but they looked really cool, so I had to get one. You never now, right?? ;-)
This one is designed by Viva con Agua and combines different symbols of water and life.
Thanks to Adrian for this nice little party with good vibes, good people and good drinks for a good cause!!! Hopefully more of these in the future.
Oh, and it also came with a little bottle of Finlandia Vodka. Drink responsible, it reads. But most of all: Drink in style.
I’ll admit, that during my day-to-day-life I don’t get to watch or read the news stories very often, and that also this is not the original theme of this blog, but what has happened earlier this month to people in Haiti is nothing short of heart shattering. CNN has five 360° videos on the current situation here.
Haiti may be a place that’s far, far away for you, but also people from your community could be directly affected by this tragedy. I found out, that the family of two basketball players, who play for MTV Kronberg (close to Frankfurt) has lost six of their family members, including three kids. I don’t know David or Dominik personally, but I was interested in their story, because I do know some other players of that team and attend their games quite often.
Their dad went back to Haiti – shortly after visiting his family there for Christmas – to assist people in need as a doctor. Their adoptive brother from New York immediately took a flight to the Dominican Republic to supply the family with water, food and medicine. That’s what family is about. I think, we all can learn something from that.
You can read more by clicking these links (in German):
I know times are tough for everyone, but we cannot compare what’s going on to the people of Haiti, that already went through so much, but still were happy people and in the right direction with their country. So on behalf of the Duclervil family I ask you to show your support accordingly to your possibilities – it is still needed. Here’s how:
The 5€ admission of the up-coming home game of MTV Kronberg is applied to their campaign and there will also be a tombla with some SKLINERS stuff (and I guess certainly more, but that was the only thing I heard about this) as well as a box for additional contributions: Saturday, 30 January – 19:30 – Altkönigschule, Le-Lavandou-Straße, Kronberg – I’ll be there!
For a donation, they have their own donation account (German account – #368091088 – „Riepel/Die Familie braucht dich“ – BLZ 51050015: Nassauische Sparkasse) and also listed those of organizations here on their site. (By the way, NIKE, David’s employer, is going to double the donations made by its employees, which is also a great move.)
Freiraum Frankfurt (Brückenstraße 36, Frankfurt) has a charity sale event going on this evening (Friday) starting at 19:00 (more details). It was supposed and still is for drinking water projects in Kenya, but they also have a box for your Haiti donations. Personally, I also think that this is going to be a cool event, so I hope I can be there!
Many well known musicians contributed to an album titled ‘Hope for Haiti Now‘. All proceeds will benefit support for Haiti.
UNDRCRWN, a brand that’s largely inspired by basketball, now offers limited ASSIST HAITI tees (all proceeds will go to YELE, Wyclef Jean’s organization).
There are many, many, many other possibilities and this leads me to all those organizations you know and heard about, if you want to contribute that way. Many hearts and souls will be thankful.
I think this post is now long enough and y’all know what to do, so I just leave you with some wise words on this subject by Jay Smooth.
