Auction of Hope: Uniting in the Fight Against the Invisible Enemy for the Future of our Children.
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Today we would like to tell you about one of our unique initiatives carried out in the company with the participation of our employees, volunteers from the “Evum Foundation” and our defenders. We organized a charity lottery to collect funds for the purchase of medicines for children with cancer, who are currently being treated in the oncology departments of children’s regional hospitals in Chernihiv and Lviv.
Every year, our company holds charity meetings, auctions and lotteries to support children with cancer, this has become a really good tradition for us.
This year, we decided to take a non-standard path and achieve several goals: not only to help children, but at the same time to support the Armed Forces and involve our defenders in this important and good cause. Therefore, we very carefully developed the concept of holding the lottery and selected the lots in accordance with the goals of the event.
One of the lots has a very symbolic meaning for all residents of Chernihiv and the region – it is our flag with the signatures of the commander of the Northern Command and Valery Zaluzhny personally.
It was the units of the Northern Army that defended the region and prevented the enemy from entering the city, and in the end liberated Chernihiv Oblast and drove the enemy away. We made a request to the unit and of course our defenders were happy to respond and help us with this lot.
We also decided to help the employees of the State Emergency Service and order kits from the “Pes Patron Fund”, 100% of the profits from which will go to the needs of the State Emergency Service. Unfortunately, our country is now one of the most mined in the world, so the work of deminers is extremely important, they clean our native land from explosives and give us the opportunity to freely visit our forests, grow bread and safely admire the picturesque nature.
Olya Mitkina (COO Deputy) took the most active part in the creation and organization of our charity lottery and cooperation with our defenders. Thanks to her, the flags with the signatures of the North Command and Valery Zaluzhnyi arrived on time and became real gems of our charity lottery.
“Helping children with cancer has been one of the priorities of the Speroteck company for many years in cooperation with “Evum”. Oncological diseases are the most difficult test for the body of any person, and even more so for children. Treatment is also not cheap at all. It is very difficult for families to cope with this on their own. Therefore, I believe that any involvement in such support is vital for children. Financial assistance for medicine, a gift for a holiday or an event to raise their morale – all this is important and necessary.”
“I really liked the format of the charity lottery this year. Of course, the lottery is a matter of fortune and the chances of losing are very high, but this is exactly the event where the main thing is not winning, but participation.”
“The theme of the lots, which are combined with the current life in Ukraine, was very popular. It is wonderful that our defenders gladly joined the formation of the pool of lots, who once again emphasized that they are the daily guardians of our turbulent and difficult present.”
We announced the lottery in advance to our colleagues so that they could choose a certain number of lucky numbers and increase their chances of winning prizes. Almost all numbers were bought and on the day of the lottery – with the help of a randomizer, we determined the winners in each category of lots.
Denys Ivanina (QA Department) became the happy owner of one of the flags with the signatures of the leadership of the North Command and Valery Zaluzhnyi. Denys is a leading volunteer of the Koryukiv community and takes an active part in helping and supporting our defenders. So he could not pass by such an important matter:
“This giveaway was a case of what is extremely important today — support for children who need it, and as a bonus, a chance to win an interesting prize. Of course I joined. When I saw among the prizes a flag with the signatures of Valerii Zaluzhnyi and the North Command, there was no hesitation at all to join. Such symbolic things are highly important both for the motivation of volunteers, who are currently my main entourage, and for the military, to whom I will be able to pass it on in the future.”
“I “took” one number, chose the number 24 – banal, but it is my birthday and also the current year. And for the first time in my entire life I won something in a draw, and I won exactly what I needed!”
There was one sincere request from the defenders – to take a photo of the children from the oncology department together with the flag as a memorial, as a daily reminder that our children are our future. It is for them and for their healthy and happy life that our defenders are now fighting against the enemy encroaching on our country and our independence.
Of course, we fulfilled their wishes, Serhii Zosimenko personally took the flag to the department and took some photos for the defenders.
“After the lottery, one of the flags came to our department and we immediately went to our patients. Both doctors and children were happy to touch a part of history and the signatures of those who are currently creating it and standing in defense of our country.” “Valerii Zaluzhnyi forever became an example of a true defender and a strong insurmountable rock for every Ukrainian. And now his surname and signature with a heart have become the symbol of the Iron General.”
“One of the names on the flag is very dear to me personally, because Viktor Nikoliuk, who also left his signature on the flag, helped us on that terrible day when we evacuated children with cancer from the Chernihiv Children’s Hospital during active hostilities. The guys held back the enemy for many days in a row so that we had at least some chance to take the children safely to Lviv.”
As a result of our lottery, we managed to collect more than UAH 30,000, and of course the company’s management doubled this amount. All collected funds were spent on the purchase of medicines and equipment for children.
We are sincerely grateful to everyone who participated in the organization and conduct of this event. Such important matters remind us that together we are strong, together we can do everything!
#Speroteck Dream Team