Helaba donates EUR 25,000 each to the Baerenherz Foundation for critically ill Children and to the Hospice Sankt Katharina

"In the name of all employees of the Helaba Group, I can say that we are very happy to present a cheque of EUR 25,000 to each of the Baerenherz Foundation and to the hospice Sankt Katharina," said Hans-Dieter Brenner, CEO of Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen when handing over the donations today in the MAIN TOWER in Frankfurt. "We hope that we can thus contribute to making life a little better for seriously ill children and adults as well as their families." 

The Baerenherz Foundation, which is resident in Wiesbaden, promotes and supports institutions and projects for incurably ill children, whose life expectancy is limited. These are, among others, the children's' hospice Baerenherz in Wiesbaden and the children's' home Heidenrod-Laufenselden in the Rheingau-Taunus district. The children's' hospital provides advice, support, care, assistance, help and consolation to families - from diagnosis until the death of their child, and beyond. The children's home in Heidenrod-Laufenselden is a nursing home providing permanent residential care for 27 severely handicapped and critically ill children, adolescents and young adults.

The hospice Sankt Katharina in Frankfurt is open for people who are no longer able to care for themselves in their own home. Incurably ill people are nursed and supported during the last days and weeks of their lives. The patients can bring along personal things, their relatives may come to visit them at any time. The hospice's aim is to make people feel at home and protected at the hospice. A team of professional full-time employees and voluntary helpers takes care of the people at the hospice Sankt Katharina.