During Christmas we help “differently” (in another way)! For the 4th consecutive year, the volunteers of our Association crafted our handmade Christmas collection “for all these you have in your heart”. By choosing a Christmas present from our collection, everyone can share smiles to their precious ones and at the same time make a donation to our Association, contributing to our humanitarian work.

In collaboration with the Cultural Association of Arkalochori and the warm participation of volunteers and our fellow human beings, we gathered 89 boxes of long-lasting food, necessity products, personal hygiene products, school supplies and bedding and we delivered them to the earthquake victims of the municipality of Heraklion in Crete. The response of people in our action was wide with donations from all over Greece and Cyprus, city associations and local businesses.

For a 3rd consecutive year, the Wall of Kindness gathered and donated school supplies (bags, notebooks, cases etc.) to students in need. More particularly, we collected and distributed 200 school bags and 50 boxes with new school items and plenty of stationery to the five Social Services and the Department of Children Protection of the municipality of Drama. At the same time, being aware of the needs that were created by the unfavorable conditions of the fires in August and in collaboration with the Union of Secondary Education State School Teachers of the municipality of Evia, many school supplies were distributed to students from the fire-affected areas, offering simultaneously love and children’s smiles for the new school year.

During the summer of 2021, volunteers of our Association visited Private Kindergartens and Centres of Creative Activities for Children of the municipality of Drama. There, with plenty of games and in an interactive way, the values of voluntarism and offering were approached. Our little friends had the chance to come closer to the values of solidarity, selflessness and humanity and in this way, we are trying altogether to make voluntarism a manner of living!

Walltherapies” (aka Toixotherapies) were realized every Sunday afternoon at 18:00 from January to May 2021. “Toixotherapies” concerned 20 free, open and interactive meetings, via Zoom platform supported by various scientists-speakers and different agenda on each event. They kept us great company, counting more than 1000 participations from all over Greece and abroad. A total of 23 exquisite volunteers-speakers presented topics that were about our mental health, empowerment and self-awareness. Indicatively, we shared our feelings, concerns and thoughts with: Antonis Kalogirou, Stefanos Ksenakis, Dimitris Flamouris, Apostolis Koumarinos, Nancy Mallerou, Lisa Varbogli and many more distinguished scientists of various specialties.

For us, Easter means “Love in action…” and at the same time with our other various easter actions, we delivered food and necessity goods in 100 families in the municipality of Drama, we donated 200 easter eggs to the Hospital of Chronic Diseases of Drama. We also delivered 30 packages with 200 handmade cookies, chocolates and candles to the children of the Department of Children Protection of the municipality of Drama, sharing generousl once more love and childish smiles!

In accordance with all the safety measures concerning public health during the pandemic of Covid-19, 100 children from our prefecture received a gift of their desire, with lots of love, from their secret “godparents”. This year the action was realized in collaboration with the five Social Services of the municipality of Drama, with the valuable contribution of which , the lists with the real wishes of the children in need were composed, under all circumstances respecting one of our four principles: anonymity. Afterwards, the godparents of kindness bought the items, we gathered them all and then distributed to the children.

The volunteers of our Association, with their creative mood and a spirit of contribution, prepared for one more year our Easter collection named: “with the light of the heart”. Easter handmade scented candles and glass jars stuffed with chocolates, were available to be distributed via donations in order to success our main purpose: offering humanitarian help.

Thanks to the immediate response and participation of our fellow human beings, we gathered humanitarian aid for the earthquake victims of the municipality of Elassona. Our Association in collaboration with the “Elassonites Volunteers Active Citizens” association and the “1st Scout System of Ampelonas” kept track of realistic needs of the victims and afterwards, with the help of these teams, they distributed the products. Indicatively, one hundred thirty-seven (137) boxes were collected and sent, including necessities, long-lasting food, cleaners, school supplies, toys and various bedding goods, sharing love to our affected fellow human beings.