Events in 2008

The charitable programme “For Children with Hockey” was organized by the Fund of Dorothy Kantha and the ice hockey club Hurricanes in Komárno. Once again, Tibor Horján, leader of the HK Hurricanes has been the head organizer of the event. This time four teams joined the tournament. Along with the HC Kramáre from Bratislava, the Sport V.I.P. and the local HK Hurricanes, the team of HC Kojetín from Moravia has joined the fight as well. The complete income of the tournament has been given to two local boys, Peter Prohászka and Ferenc Csillag by the Fund of Dorothy Kantha. At both of the boys, bone cancer has been diagnosed, in the meanwhile one of Peter’s legs had to be amputated and Ferenc was looking forward to an operation in Prague. One of the most cheerful fans of the doctors’ team from Bratislava was in fact the little Peter Prohászka. In total, 46 800 Sk has been collected from the income of tournament, yet the fund of Dorothy Kantha has given 30-30 000 Sk to the boys to help their recovery!

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, 9 575 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 seventh time. The Flower shop Florist Tímea had given 5 boxes of 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. Student have started preparations for the event back during the Easter holidays. 130 student have prepared 4500 daffodils to be distributed on 11th of April. 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. According to the participating student, more and more people are expressing their solidarity with the ill children and the number of people offering their help increases as well. The event created by the Anticancer League has an informational purpose as well: spreadsheets and various informational material is distributed along with the daffodils to draw attention to the importance of a healthy lifestyle and the necessity for checking our medical results every now and then. On The Day of Daffodils the fund has received donations of over 60 100 Sk in total.

On 15th of December The Fund of Dorothy Kantha, the Local Culture Centre and the Art School in Komárno had organized the Christmas Charity Evening together for the seventh time in its history. Before the concert, visitors could buy small Christmas presents in the hallway that has been prepared as a part of our Christmas Exchange programme. In the first part of the orchestra, students of the art school were in the spotlight, performers included Júlia Bundová, Matej Jakubík, Éva Baranyai, András Ölvecky who has sung a poem by Händel. Edina Török has played the piano and Kristína Márkusová has been playing on flute. As the closing bit of the first part, the chamber orchestra of the school have presented their play. After the play of the young actors, Maria Kantha has handed over presents in the name of the foundation to the cancerous children present at the programme in the value of 25000 Sk (829,84 €). In addition, 12 children have received a gift of a total value of 100000 Sk (3319,39 €). The oncology department of the Children’s Clinic in Bratislava has received a gift of 500000 Sk (16596,95 €) in the form of projecting systems, LCD televisions, folding beds and armchairs. At later stages of the programme, dancers have been entertaining the audience. Pupils of Andrea Hodek, Éva Berecz and Mrs. Lacko could show their talent on the stage. In the final parts of the show, teachers of the art school amused the audience with their brilliant play and singing talent. At the end of the show, Maria Kantha has told her best wishes for the holiday and thanked everyone for participating in the programme with particular attention to the audience for coming and supporting the fight against cancer. From the donations of the audience, 43900 Sk has been collected during the night.

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