TUK Supports: Donation Proceeds Presented Twice

Numerous initiatives and groups at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern are committed to supporting good causes. For example, the team from the Chair of Corporate Accounting and Controlling, in cooperation with the alumni association of the department of Business Studies and Economics, donated the proceeds from their winter mulled wine and waffle sale in May. Supplemented by additional monetary donations, the total raised was around 400 euros. The entire amount will now go to “Alt - arm - allein Kaiserslautern e.V.” The nonprofit organization has been in existence for 26 years and is supported by the St. Maria parish, the Protestant Apostelkirchengemeinde, and the Rheinpfalz region. It brings together over a hundred volunteers and four full-time staff members in the Kaiserslautern area, who focus particularly on caring for older people living in poverty.

Also in May, the student association FUTURE, together with Unisport, organized a charity flea market. First, supporters were able to drop off their in-kind donations. Then the actual flea market began, with the items available for sale. The event operated on a “pay what you want” basis. In other words, interested buyers could decide what the items were worth to them and place that amount in the appropriate donation boxes. The organizers raised a total of over 1,100 euros through in-kind and monetary donations. All proceeds were donated to the German-Ukrainian Society e.V. The in-kind donations that remained after the flea market will go to nonprofit organizations to help even more people in need.

The organizers would like to thank everyone who supported the event, actively participated, and thus contributed to its success and to the good cause.