Christiane Eichenhofer Foundation
| Christiane Eichenhofer Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Purpose: | Procurement and provision of financial and material resources for the support, treatment and healing of sick children |
| Chair: | Christiane Eichenhofer |
| Consist: | since 1992 |
| Seat: | Lorch , Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Website: | tourginkgo.de |
The Christiane Eichenhofer Foundation is a foundation established in 1992 with the aim of procuring and making available financial and material resources to support, treat and heal sick children or to create the infrastructure for relief measures. The focus of the foundation's work lies in the Ginkgo Tour, which is carried out every year for a beneficiary organization.
The motto is: We can only help if you help us.
prehistory
The namesake of the foundation fell ill with cancer in 1969 at the age of five. The doctors diagnosed a disease of leukemia that was well advanced. The chances of survival at the end of the 1960s were slim and cannot be compared with today's. For six years the doctors fought for the life of Christiane Eichenhofer and against cancer, several times it was given up by the doctors. After treatment for a total of 12 years, she was discharged as cured in 1981. Today Christiane Eichenhofer lives with her family and two children near Schwäbisch Gmünd .
In December 2006 Christiane Eichenhofer was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the then Federal President Horst Köhler on behalf of the entire Foundation Board .
On April 23, 2016 Christiane Eichenhofer was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann for her commitment to sick children .
Foundation purpose
The purpose of the foundation is to procure and make available financial and material resources to support, treat and heal sick children or to create the infrastructure for these aid measures in the context of public health care and public health as well as the promotion of sport. The foundation exclusively and directly pursues charitable purposes within the meaning of the section on tax-privileged purposes of the tax code.
Board
- Christiane Eichenhofer
- Klaus Henkel, board member
- Beate Müller, public relations
Tour ginkgo
The main annual event is the Ginkgo Tour . This name was chosen because the ginkgo tree stands for resilience and willpower. After the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima , he was the first to produce healthy leaves. Seriously ill children have to muster just as much will to survive. The event, which has taken place every year since 1992, is regularly supported by sponsors and prominent participants.
1992 to 2011
| year | Beneficiary institution | Donation amount in euros |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Children's Clinic Erfurt | 123,000 |
| 1993 | Rostock Children's Hospital, Munich Children's Hospital | 234,000 |
| 1994 | Support group Stuttgart, DKMS donor database Tübingen | 113,000 |
| 1995 | Support group Magdeburg, aftercare clinic Tannheim | 95,000 |
| 1996 | Aftercare clinic Tannheim | 238,000 |
| 1997 | Support group Stuttgart | 35,000 |
| 1998 | No tour | 21,000 |
| 1999 | Winterberg Clinic, Homburg University Clinic | 44,000 |
| 2000 | KF Ulm, children with heart disease | 74,000 |
| 2001 | Support group Karlsruhe | 71,000 |
| 2002 | A matter of the heart SWR | 47,000 |
| 2003 | Aftercare clinic Tannheim | 126,000 |
| 2004 | Forest pirate camp Heidelberg | 88,000 |
| 2005 | Katharinenhöhe Furtwangen | 151,000 |
| 2006 | “Olgäle” children's clinic in Stuttgart | 274,000 |
| 2007 | Support group Heidelberg | 190,000 |
| 2008 | Support group Karlsruhe | 166,000 |
| 2009 | Bunter Kreis Allgäu eV | 207,000 |
| 2010 | Institution: Bunter Kreis Schwäbisch Gmünd eV | 211,000 |
| 2011 | Support group for children with tumor and leukemia, Ulm eV | 230,000 |
2012, anniversary tour
In the year of the foundation's 20th anniversary, the Ginkgo Tour was organized as an anniversary tour that led through the Stuttgart region with numerous prominent personalities. As the beneficiary institution, the foundation's board decided in favor of the Olgahospital in Stuttgart, where a new aftercare unit for seriously ill children and adolescents was to be created. The tour was also thanks to the commitment of personalities such as B. Successful speed skater Anni Friesinger-Postma . A donation of 450,000 euros was able to be paid out.
2013
The beneficiary organization was the “Klabautermann” association in Nuremberg. From June 27 to 29, 2013, the Ginkgo Tour was a guest in the Nuremberg area and was able to collect a total of 107,000 euros.
2014
The beneficiary institution was the Bunter Kreis Augsburg Foundation. The Ginkgo tour was a guest in the Augsburg area from July 10th to 12th, 2014. In 2014, a total donation of 140,000 euros was raised.
2015
The project "Tailwind for chronically ill and handicapped young people" of the association "Help for sick children" at the children's clinic in Tübingen is supported. The tour took place June 25-27, 2015.
2016
Support is provided to the Katharinenhöhe rehabilitation clinic for children and adolescents with cancer and heart disease in Furtwangen in the Black Forest . The aim is to finance the furnishing of the living rooms and play equipment in a new extension that will improve the living conditions of the patients. The tour will take place from June 30th to July 2nd, 2016 around Freiburg and in the Schwarzwald-Baar district with the destination Katharinenhöhe. A total of 325,000 euros were raised in this way.
2017
The team is supported by Olgäle after at the Stuttgart Clinic. The social medical aftercare team cares for chronically ill or seriously ill children up to the age of 14. The tour took place from June 29, 2017 to July 1, 2017 in the greater Stuttgart area. On the three days of the tour and over the course of the year, a large number of fundraising campaigns in communities, associations, companies and private individuals raised 356,000 euros. The donation amount was ceremoniously handed over to the team from Olgäle after on February 23, 2018 in Stuttgart City Hall .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerold Bauer: Dr. Albrecht Fiedler healed Christiane Eichenhofer 40 years ago. Rems-Zeitung , May 27, 2010, accessed July 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine of June 27, 2014
- ↑ Schwäbisches Tagblatt dated March 17, 2015
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 22.5 " N , 9 ° 38 ′ 28" E