Events in 2005

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, 11 440 Sk in total has been donated to the Fund of Dorothy Kantha.

Day of the Daffodils was held on the 8th of April, 2005 that was organized by the Fund of Dorothy Kantha with the help of The Anticancer League. Local elementary- and high school students have been distributing 4000 daffodils. Aim of the event was to draw attention to the fight against cancer. The most active participants were the students of the elementary school in Nemesócsa and in Csicsó, the Eötvös and the Work street elementary schools in Komárno; the Selye János and L. J. Šulek high schools and the Drien street elementary school in Bratislava. On The Day of Daffodils the fund has received donations of over 62 550 Sk. This way we could send gifts to 13 children of 75 000 Sk and presents of an additional 1000 Sk.

In 2005, the Children’s day programme was held on the 27th of June on the stage of the Tiszti Pavilon in Komárno. Over 240 children had a performance during the programme, 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 show of the Nádas club. It was the club, where Veronika Várföldi has performed, who has absolved the chemotherapy along with Dorothy. The peak point of the eve was the moment, when 300 balloons were let in the air by the participants in the spirit of anticancer fight. Spectators have donated 12 700 Sk for the foundation. We didn’t forget about the children who couldn’t come to the occasion either: we have given 5 walkmans with earphones, cassettes, DVDs, toys and books of 25 000 Sk in value to the patients of the Children’s clinic in Bratislava.

The Fund of Dorothy Kantha together with The Fund of Miroslav Šatan and the organization NEO had organized the second „Football match of Stars” on 23th Jule. Famous sportsmen and TV stars of Slovakia have appeared in the guest team, like Miroslav Šatan, J. Ledzéni, P. Satan, P. Cvik, E. Satan, Rasto Pisko, Ibi Maiga, Robo Beno. Similar stars have formed the home team, such as Attila Szabó, J. Ferenczi, S. Koncz, M. Martonosi, Zoltán Szabó, J. Kufel and Gyuri Peltzner. Organizers paid a great attention to make the event well advertised. Thanks to this, the event had 2500 spectators and 60 100 Sk has been collected from the entry fees. Half of this was given to the Fund of Dorothy Kantha. The match ended with a 7:7 draw. After the match, Miroslav Satan has given gifts of money to 6 ill children in 140 000 Sk of value. After this Maria Kantha had presented 13 cancerous children as well with gifts of money in 140 000 Sk of value and material gifts of 25 300 Sk in value. The Match of Stars finished with a distribution of signatures, making a lot of adults and children enjoy this charity programme even more. The income of the match was given to 6 children by the foundations, who were residents of a camp helping cancerous children in Barretstown, Ireland. Besides this money an additional 30 000 Sk has been sent to the children.

The Art School in Komárno and The Fund of Dorothy Kantha had organized the fourth Christmas charity evening together on 12th December. On this occasion, the foundation had given material- and money donations to 10 children in 30 000 Sk value. Furthermore, the Fund of Dorothy Kantha presented the Children’s Clinic in Bratislava with two special monitors in 500 000 Sk of value. Along with this donation, the overall sum of money given to the oncology department of the Children’s hospital in Bratislava has surpassed 2 500 000 Sk. On the charity Christmas concert the foundation had given 80 000 Sk to the primary school in front of the Children’s Hospital in Bratislava making the school joining the project called CowParade possible. The foundation received this money from the organization called “Nadácia pre deti Slovenska”. During the Christmas concert 25 900 Sk has been collected from the donations of the audience. From this money and other sources we were able to send gifts to additional 15 children as presents of 3000 Sk in value and gifts of money of 80 000 Sk.

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