Neubiberg – schoolgirls collect for children with cancer – district of Munich
Since this school year, there has been a project workshop for the eighth grade at the Neubiberg high school. Pupils choose a topic from their area of interest and work independently throughout the school year without the pressure of grades. Luisa, Jette, Julia, Ida, Ana and Johanna quickly realized that they wanted to start a social project. “A child from our circle of friends has cancer and inspired us to do so,” says 14-year-old Johanna. They asked cancer centers how they could help and decided to get involved with the children’s cancer center in Augsburg: “There are only children there,” says Johanna. The schoolgirls learned that toys of all kinds mean a great variety and distraction for the little patients. So they knitted, did handicrafts and painted and sold Christmas decorations in the staff room, and then in the spring they made homemade waffles at school. Some money came together.
Not enough, the girls thought. At the main street festival in Neubiberg, they distributed flyers about their project “Together against cancer” and addressed visitors. Some have continued walking, some have donated cash and others have transferred money, because the donation account fills up noticeably after the festival. The young people start one last action at the school festival on Wednesday. “The sale of waffles was great, ice cream could be a hit in summer,” she thought. And steps to action, to her favorite ice cream parlor. A direct hit! Immediately Cristiano Visentin from Crema Gelato in Ottobrunn to donate ice cream to children suffering from cancer. And when the students couldn’t rent an ice cream counter, he smiled and made it available to them as well. Now the girls can sell ice cream in the flavors of cookies, watermelon and mango at the school festival on Wednesday from 4 p.m.
Your social project is then actually over. But they still want to go to Augsburg and visit Frida, an eight-year-old girl who has overcome her malignant abdominal tumor, and the children’s cancer ward. Then the schoolgirls also want to hand over the collected money to the local parents’ initiative Lichtblicke. They have already collected more than 4000 euros, 4444 are the goal. Anyone who would like to support the Neubiberg girls can spend on the account with IBAN DE 26 7025 0150 0150 5442 60 at the Kreissparkasse München, account holder and purpose “Together against cancer”.