Our Managing Director Marcus Klüssendorf recently visited the offices of the tax consultancy firms medicinetaxx and ksp to personally thank them for their generous donation totalling 5,000 euros. The management team led by Ms Gertrud Scherb, Ms Alexandra Kraft and Mr Markus Neumann decided to forego the usual Christmas gifts for customers and instead donate to a good cause.
We are delighted that the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024, was chosen. A big thank you to the initiator Mrs Scherb and the whole team for this great and vital support, which gives young patients and their families hope for a cure.
Photo (from left): Ms Alexandra Kraft, Mr Marcus Klüssendorf, Mr Markus Neumann, Ms Gertrud Scherb
The Arnold company is proudly celebrating its 75th anniversary, so we as the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer still feel young with our 30th anniversary – but just as proud of what we have achieved. We are also grateful for another generous donation of 1,899 euros.
Arnold has been supporting our foundation for many years and thus the fight against cancer in children and young people and a life without late effects.
A big thank you to the Arnold company, under the management of Markus Bernsteiner, and congratulations on the 75th anniversary.
On 11 December 2024, the time had come: an unforgettable day on the trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that fills us with gratitude and pride. As part of the Trading Charity, Marcus Klüssendorf had the honour of ringing the stock exchange bell on behalf of the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer.
We had the great privilege of sharing this special moment with Prof. Dr Elke Jäger from the ‘Living with Cancer’ foundation and Miriam Disselkamp from the ‘Back to Life’ football group.
An impressive result: 100,000 euros for a good cause
Thanks to the commitment of the Trading Charity, an incredible 100,000 euros were raised for the three organisations involved. This sum means more to us than just financial support – it is a sign of solidarity and trust in our work. We would like to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
A big thank you to our supporters
We would like to thank the specialists at the stock exchange who made this success possible:
Baader Bank AG
Bankhaus Scheich Securities Specialist AG
ICF BANK AG
mwb fairtrade AG
ODDO BHF
Steubing AG
Tradegate AG
Walter Ludwig GmbH Securities Trading Bank
Special thanks go to Deutsche Börse, in particular Dr Theodor Weimer, Michael Krogmann and Martina Dohnke, whose enthusiasm and support made a deep impression on us. Their commitment shows how strong the link between business and social commitment can be.
Looking to the future with confidence
The Trading Charity is not just a fundraising event, but an example of what is possible when people come together to do good. The encouragement we received on this day motivates us to continue our existential research work with even greater dedication – for the children with cancer and their families to whom we give hope with our research.
We say thank you – to everyone who made this day possible and gave us support and encouragement for our work!
Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming the Managing Director of Hans Jürgen Meseth GmbH, Mr Moriz Pilsel, and his colleague Simon Gatzke.
In conversation with the Managing Director of the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer, Mr Marcus Klüssendorf, and later during a guided tour with researcher Dr Jens-Uwe Vogel, the guests were able to gain a comprehensive picture of the foundation’s research, which is gaining insights into more effective therapies for children and young people with cancer. There were also insights into how the latest medical technology is helping us in research towards personalised, tailor-made therapy.
Mr Pilsel was so impressed by the work that he topped up his original donation of 2,500 euros to 12,500 euros during the visit! We as a foundation are very grateful to Mr Pilsel and the employees of Meseth GmbH for their generous support of cancer research in children and young people. After all, no child should have to die of cancer or suffer the late effects of treatment.
This year, in its 25th anniversary year, Media Secure GmbH is staying true to itself and donating to charitable, regional organisations instead of giving Christmas presents to customers.
We are very happy to have chosen the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. We were delighted to give the Managing Director, Mr Thomas Wagner, and his colleague, Ms Alina Hartmann, an in-depth insight into the vital research work in the field of childhood and adolescent cancer during a tour of our Dr Petra Joh House today. Our Managing Director Marcus Klüssendorf was able to accept an impressive donation of 2,000 euros.
A big thank you to Media Secure GmbH for this great and vital support, which gives young patients and their families hope for a cure.
Mrs Calanni, owner of Haarstudio Rosa (Alt Zeilsheim 66, 65931 Frankfurt am Main), recently held a private yard sale in Zeilsheim. In order to do something good at the same time, she contacted our foundation and asked for donation tins to be set up during the flea market.
By rounding up amounts or making direct donations, 320 euros were collected. During a personal visit with her daughters to the foundation’s research centre, Managing Director Marcus Klüssendorf gave them a short tour of what the donation was needed for.
Extremely impressed by the aims of the foundation and the work of the researchers, Mrs Calanni immediately thought of a new fundraising campaign for next year: a milestone birthday and a company anniversary are to generate further donations that will benefit the development of better paediatric cancer therapies and thus give children and young people a better chance of recovery and a life without late effects.
Mainova AG has been supporting the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer since 2004: The Dr Petra Joh Research Centre was built on land provided by Mainova through a hereditary lease and was extended with an annex in 2014.
The new CEO of Mainova, Dr Michael Maxelon, and the co-founder and CEO of the foundation, Dr Jürgen Vogt, are in agreement: the desire to support regional charitable activities and to drive forward research into new treatment therapies for the benefit of children and young people with cancer are a perfect match.
Dr Michael Maxelon paid tribute to the work of the foundation with the words: “A milestone birthday that gives hope and courage to seriously ill children: for 30 years, the employees of the Frankfurt foundation have been working to improve the treatment and quality of life of children and young people with cancer – and very successfully so. Around 80 per cent of young patients in Germany now recover. To ensure that even more young people benefit from this, we will continue to support this commitment in the future.
The partnership with Mainova AG is of great importance for the Foundation’s future work. It forms the basis for our goal of being able to cure all children and young people suffering from cancer in the future. A big THANK YOU for this long-term commitment.
Photo Lisa Farkas (from left): Dr Maxelon, Chairman of the Management Board of Mainova AG; Dr Vogt, Chairman of the Management Board of the Frankfurt Foundation for Children with Cancer
The employees of Brother International GmbH, Brother Sewing Machines Europe GmbH and Brother Industrial EMEA raised an impressive 30,000 euros at this year’s 600 km Brother Golden Ring Run. Of this, 20,000 euros will go to our foundation, with which Brother International has a long-standing and lasting relationship.
This donation is a vital contribution to giving children with cancer and their families the support and hope they need.
We are impressed and touched by the commitment and energy of our colleagues. A big THANK YOU to everyone involved.
Photo (from left): Veronika Holzbauer and Katrin Hill (both Brother International GmbH), Marcus Klüssendorf and Dr Vogt (both Frankfurter Stiftung für krebskranke Kinder)
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