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"Hettich Ehrenamt" volunteering campaign defies times of corona

€ 61,000 worldwide for nonprofit projects involving members of staff…

Hettich employee Gerhard Götz supports the building work that is going on for children's villages and orphanages in Malawi/Africa as group leader of the "Malo A Mcherezo" Orphan Care Centre relief organisation. The donation is needed for constructing a wood drying facility as a sustainable basis for investing in furniture making. Photo: Hettich

The Covid-19 pandemic has not prevented the Hettich team from taking part in voluntary activities – on the contrary: over 130 colleagues at Hettich operating bases around the world applied to participate in the "Hettich Ehrenamt 2020" volunteering campaign with various projects. The 122 projects selected in Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Australia, Italy and Japan were funded to the tune of 500 euros each. Across the globe, the Hettich Group made out donation cheques worth a total of € 61,000 in 2020.

"Particularly in times of corona, nonprofit associations reliant on financial support from outside are struggling hard. This makes us all the more pleased that 2020 will once again let us give meaningful support to numerous projects within our 'Hettich Ehrenamt' volunteering campaign. It fills us with pride that our colleagues are dedicated to so many good causes, and we wish everyone involved continued motivation and every success", says Jana Schönfeld, Managing Director at Hettich.
Since the "Hettich Ehrenamt" volunteering campaign was launched to mark the company's 125th anniversary in 2013, over 1,000 projects have already received funding of no less than € 600,000.