Events in 2006

The charitable programme “For Children with Hockey” was organized by the Fund of Dorothy Kantha and the ice hockey club Hurricanes in Komárno. Amateur hockey players of Komárno formed a team that was lead by Tibor Horján and faced the team of VIP Bratislava made of celebrities and public figures. The captain of the opposing team of star guests was Jozef Lohyna and various other sportsmen from Komárno have strengthened the team such as Mihály Riszdorfer, Richárd Riszdorfer, György Tarr and Zoltán Szabó. Spectators could enjoy an exciting match, that had a final result of 1:10, yet the real winners were the children. Altogether 11 200 Sk in donations has been collected for them. In the breaks, children could compete on the ice as well. The mini competition has been won by Attila Pipper, student of the Jókai Mór elementary school.

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, 8 060 Sk in total has been donated to the Fund of Dorothy Kantha.

In April, together with the Anticancer League, the foundation had organized the Day of Daffodils for the fifth time. The Flower shop Florist Tímea had given 5000 little plastic daffodils to the foundation, that were once again distributed by the students of local elementary- and secondary schools in Komárno and its outskirts. 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 66 110 Sk in total.

In June, the children’s day programme “Children for Children” has been held on the stage of Tiszti Pavilon in Komárno for the fifth time in its history. Over 220 children had a performance during the programme, the biggest interest was drawn by the play of students of the Eötvös Elementary and nursery schools; the play of mentally challenged children; the gymnastic performance of students from Újgyalla and by the singing presentation of the students of the Komensky street and Selye János high schools. The peak point of the eve was the moment, when represents of the foundation have handed over a donation of 20 000 Sk to the principal of the elementary school in front of the children’s clinic in Bratislava. This way the school could finish their project on arte-therapy and could engage in creating bracelets and necklaces and could try out painting on glass and linen. At the end of the show, participants along with their parents have sung two songs then 300 balloons were let in the air in the spirit of anticancer fight. Spectators have donated 10 500 Sk for the foundation.

The Fund of Dorothy Kantha together with The Fund of Miroslav Šatan and the organization NEO had organized the third „Football match of Stars” this time in the Vion stadium in Zlaté Moravce. Patroness of the event was Iveta Radičová. She started the match with the first kick along with Serafína Ostrihoňová, mayoress of Aranyosmarót. The 600 spectators could witness an exciting match once again, seeing such figures on the field as Miro Šatan, Peter Bondra and Ibi Maiga along with Attila Szabó,Zoltán Szabó and „Pulyka” in Šatan’s team. The match has ended with an 8:8 draw. The three organizing institutes together have donated gifts of over 220 000 Sk of value. Gift of the fund was 100 000 Sk from this. 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 for the foundation was 7 500 Sk from entry fees and tombola’s.

In the beginning of December, the local city government of Nagymegyer has organized a charity night together with the parents of Gergely Nagy, who has passed away. Gergely Nagy has been fighting his disease for 4 and half years. Performers of the programme were the choir of the Bartók Béla elementary school, György Derzsi, Martin Malachovsky and the chamber orchestra of the art school in Nagymegyer. For the proposal of the Fund of Dorothy Kantha, guitarist Zsófia Boros and the violin virtuoso Tibor Bertók have performed as well. Residents of Nagymegyer and the surrounding cities have collected a sum of 300 000 Sk in total for charity purposes. Peak moment of the night was Ágnes Nagy presenting a symbolic checkbook of 100 000 Sk to the principal of the Children’s hospital in Bratislava. A similar donation has been given to the organization of Plamienok and to Maria Kantha, JUDr. , manager of the Fund of Dorothy Kantha.

The foundation together with the elementary school in front of the Children’s hospital in Bratislava has organized a Christmas exchange in the front hall of the Children’s hospital. Teachers and volunteers have been offering goods made by the children –postcards, vases, candles and other small ornaments- on the location. Children have been crafting these ornaments as a part of their arte-therapy treatment. The income of the event has been 24 069 Sk.

The Fund of Dorothy Kantha and the Art School in Komárno had organized the Christmas Charity Evening together for the fifth time in its history. This time it has been held in the Culture Hall of the city. In the hallway, various crafted goods were exhibited, all made by the children including cups, painted glasses, shirts, necklaces, postcards and candles. . Children have been crafting these ornaments as a part of their arte-therapy treatment. In the concert hall, atmosphere has been outstanding again; performers once again have been the students of the art school. The Fund has given a donation of 100 000 Sk to the children who have been treated against cancer. Besides this, the Children’s Clinic in Bratislava has been donated special bioptic needles of 200 000 Sk in value. The income of the charitable concert, namely 23 000 Sk have been given to the elementary school next to the hospital. Besides the above mentioned donation, an additional 12 700 Sk have been handed over to the parents of Máté Borka by the representatives of the foundation and by the mayor of the local department of Izsa. This money has been collected on the conference between the local authorities and the fund.

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