For years, the Waberer’s Group and the Maltese Charity have been working together, and this year, they prepared for Santa Claus with a seasonal collaboration.
The Waberer’s Group organized an in-house fundraising campaign this year, with colleagues collecting 750 pieces of Santa Claus chocolate and other sweets. In addition, the company donated a further six pallets of chocolates, one for each member company in the group. In total, the company donated HUF 20 million to the charity in the form of sweets, enough for 10,000 children in need.
“The group’s subsidiary, WSZL, is a strategic logistics partner of the Maltese Relief Service, helping to store and deliver donations to various locations across the country. Over the years, they have implemented a number of extraordinary joint initiatives, and this year’s Santa Claus campaign has taken the cooperation to a new level,” says Zsolt Barna, CEO of Waberer’s Group.
“Ten thousand children will benefit from the Waberer’s Group donation, and the parcels will be delivered to the poorest small villages, to Maltese institutions supporting families and to families cared for by our volunteer groups helping people in difficult circumstances in the coming days,” says Tamás Romhányi, head of communications at the Hungarian Maltese Relief Service.
He added that the charity “is grateful to the logistics company not only for the donations of pallets but also for the collection campaign among its employees and for enabling hundreds of employees to help others, i.e., to do good.” Barna was equally generous in his praise for the charity.
“In the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, we have found a special partner whose work we value, which does it wholeheartedly, and we know that our donations go to the best place,” the Waberer’s boss says.
“It is a great pleasure for me that, in addition to the donation from Waberer’s, our colleagues have enthusiastically joined the initiative. As a real team, as one person, we were able to help, and together, we can put a smile on the faces of children. This teamwork is one of the greatest gifts of the festive season,” he adds.
The Hungarian Maltese Relief Service is one of the largest charitable organizations in the country, caring for an average of 17,000 people every day. Its staff and volunteers provide a service based on a Christian ethos, where the Maltese approach means that there is always a door open to those in need, a place to turn for help. The organization says its work is always people-oriented; it was the first charity to make glasses for homeless people, opened the first wheelchair repair workshop and introduced signposted home care. The Hungarian Maltese Relief Service is the Hungarian relief organization of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which is more than 900 years old.
This article was first published in the Budapest Business Journal print issue of December 13, 2024.
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