Child joy for Christmas: 15,000 packages for Romania and Ukraine!

Child joy for Christmas: 15,000 packages for Romania and Ukraine!

In the Vöcklabruck district region, the young ÖVP launched an impressive fundraiser to help children in Romania and Ukraine. Under the motto "Christkindl in the shoe box", shoe boxes were filled with toys, school material and other gifts and collected in many communities of the district. JVP district chairman Fabian Egger emphasizes: "We prepare children who are threatened by need, war and poverty together for Christmas." This initiative receives support from Christian Mader, the district party chairman of the OÖVP, who praises the responsibility of the young people to work for needy children, such as .

Helmut Atzlinger and his team from Landlerhilfe are ready to transport the collected donations. Next week, astonishing 15,000 Christmas packages by truck will be sent on a 2300 km long trip to Ukraine and to Romania. 115 volunteer drivers will take part in this important mission. Atzlinger, actively at Landlerhilfe for 25 years, explains: "When I bring the packages to the children in Ukraine and Romania - that's Christmas for me." The response to the campaign is overwhelming, since not only the already collected packages come from youth groups, but also from 350 kindergartens and schools in Upper Austria. Since the foundation of this initiative 15 years ago, 240,000 packages have been handed over, such as .