Pardubice, June 26, 2017 – A total of CZK 123,870, that was raised in the annual charitable collection of Unipetrol employees called Fulfilled Wishes, was handed over to the Early Care Center in Pardubice. The Center used the money to purchase a new company car for field services. The red Skoda Fabia was named Radostínek.
The new four-wheel helper was ceremonially christened on the Apolenka Farm near Pardubice, on the occasion of the Center’s 15th anniversary. During the festivities, the children present thought up a new name for the red Skoda Fabia. „We chose from about 30 proposals, to name just a few: Strawberry, Beatle, Ladybug or Marta which the whole pack currently drives,“ says the Center’s director Blanka Brandová, smiling. Eventually, they came up with quite an apt name - Radostínek.
Paramo plant, the manufacturer of asphalt products, lubricating and process oils and part of the Unipetrol Group, is located in the Pardubice Region. Unipetrol has been cooperating with the Early Care Center in Pardubice on a long-term basis.
The primary mission of Středisko rané péče v Pardubicích, o.p.s. (Early Care Center in Pardubice) is to support the development of children in early age, i.e. from their birth to seven years of age, with endangered or uneven development, with physical or mental disability, autistic spectrum disorder od combined disability. The employees of the Center provided help to more than 400 families from the Pardubice region. The new vehicle will make their way to the clients yet a little bit easier.
Fulfilled Wishes, the collection of Unipetrol Group employees, earned a total of CZK 396,950. The raised money was distributed among non-profit organizations in Most, Brno, Pardubice, Kralupy nad Vltavou. Over the past six years, Unipetrol employees managed to hand over a total of CZK 1,230,000 to those in need.
The Unipetrol Group employs over 4,500 people in the Czech Republic. Together with its employees, the Group is actively engaged in the environmental care. Every year, it organizes the employee collection called Fulfilled Wishers the proceeds of which are aimed at supporting the non-profit organizations. Employees then help in these organizations during their regular volunteer days. Furthermore, Unipetrol financially supports the neighboring municipalities and towns, sponsors the regular fish-planting in the Bílina and Elbe rivers. Unipetrol also promotes technical fields and education of pupils, students and teachers through cooperation with a number of high schools as well as the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague. This year, the company established the Unipetrol Foundation which intends to divide six million crowns between high schools as well as high-school and college students from all over the country.
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