Events in 2004

In the beginning of the year The Organization of People Suffering from Civilization Diseases has organized a charity collection on their annual conference to help children suffering from cancerous diseases. Money raised this way, 12 532 Sk in total has been donated to the Fund of Dorothy Kantha.

Day of the Daffodils was held on the 2nd of April, 2004. Local elementary- and high school students have been distributing daffodils for the third time in the history of the fund. Aim of the event was to draw attention to the fight against cancer and to the fact that the number of people suffering from cancerous diseases increases from year to year. The most active participants were the students of the Komensky elementary school, the Selye János high school, the Drien street elementary school in Bratislava and the Elementary School in Keszegfalva. On The Day of Daffodils the fund has received donations of over 47 300 Sk.

4th of June was once again about children due to the amusing afternoon of Children’s day on the stage of Tiszti Pavilon in Komárno for the third time. Over 241 children had a performance during the programme, they were all greeted with refreshments and presents by the organizers. The biggest interest was drawn by the play of students of the Eötvös elementary school, the drum solo of Dávid Hodek, the play of mentally challenged children; the gymnastic performance of students from Újgyalla and by the performance of the band Rosnička from Ógyalla. The peak point of the event was the moment, when 300 balloons were let in the air by the participants in the spirit of anticancer fight. Spectators had donated 9 700 Sk for the foundation.

The Fund of Dorothy Kantha together with The Fund of Miroslav Šatan and the organization NEO had organized the „Football match of Stars” on 26th of June. The Slovak stars of sport: Miroslav Satan, Lubomír Visnovsky, Róbert Vittek, J. Ledzéni, J. Muzlay, P. Satan, P. Cvik, E. Satan, famous humorists: Stano Radic, I. Maiga, P. Habera, J. Grexa were playing against the team of stars of Komárno, in which we could find Németh Szilárd, Szabó Attila, Rafael R., Szabó Z., Jankovic, Polcik and Peltzner. From the charity entry fees and tombola’s 62 000 Sk has been collected, from which 31 000 Sk was given to the foundation. The programme was very successful as it had more than 2500 spectators. The score of the football match was a 6:6 draw. The peak point of the programme was the moment, when Miroslav Satan in the name of his foundation has handed over a donation of 100 000 Sk in value for 4 cancerous children. The same way has Maria Kantha given 5 children a present of 100 000 Sk in value. The Match of Stars finished with a distribution of signatures, making a lot of adults and children enjoy this charity programme.

The Third Football Marathon in Komárno, has been held on the 30th of October, 2004 and due to the great interest from the players matches have been held up to late night hours. In 5 categories, 74 teams were playing during the Marathon, and spectators could enjoy 180 goals on 37 matches. Amongst the teams, 4 women’s teams have played as well. We have made people discover, how much sport can do for our health and also could support the recovery of children suffering from cancer. Income from the football marathon was 12 500 Sk, mostly consisting of the 20 Sk entry fees from the players.

Fund of Dorothy Kantha and the Art School in Komárno had organized the Third Christmas Charity Evening together. More than 70 students had a performance during the programme. Special guest of the concert was the pianist Škuta Miklós. The foundation has given a donation of 15 850 Sk to the primary school next to the Children’s Hospital in Bratislava. This money has been collected fom the charity entry fees. The peak point of the event was the moment when the foundation gave material gifts in 500 000 Sk of value to the lead surgeon of Children’s Clinic in Bratislava. The gift contained a Philips type ECG System, a HP type computer and printer, non-allergic bed-linen, medicines, Christmas decorations, books and DVDs. Besides these, the foundation gave material presents and gifts of money to 10 additional children in 41 000 Sk of value.

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