Great Fundraiser by the Steinmühle Bilingual Elementary School for Ukraine

With a successful idea, the 3rd-grade class at Steinmühle Bilingual Elementary School raised over 200 euros in donations for Ukraine. Their teachers, Katrin Weißenborn and Maria Gloerfeld, share the story on behalf of the students:

In March, a small group of us third-graders from the bilingual elementary school came up with the idea of painting pictures and selling them for a donation as part of a fundraiser for Ukraine. As a class, we painted pictures and made bracelets, which we then sold.

Some people also made voluntary donations without buying a picture. We divided up the work: Some children who were particularly good at painting and drawing created the pictures. Other children, who enjoy talking to people and are good at selling, walked around the schoolyard and approached everyone they could find.

We also got a little help with the painting from the other classes at the elementary school. It was a great collaborative project. It was funny that we asked some of the high school students multiple times. Then we laughed together, and sometimes they even donated something to us. Our slogan was: “SOS Ukraine!” We even burst onto the soccer field in the middle of a game with that slogan. The kids were really friendly and donated money—and we even had the courage to go talk to the school administration. They donated money, too. That made us very happy.

In the end, we were very proud of our wonderful project! We raised a total of 225 euros—the Rotary Club of Marburg doubled and rounded up this donation. Now it’s 500 euros!