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We Made It Happen with over 100 Participants in 3 Venues

The beginning of autumn marks the opportunity for AmCham member companies to offer volunteering activities to their employees. The AmCham Foundation’s regular initiative, A Day to Make it Happen is a steady staple for those who wish to participate in … Continue reading

Charity in Budai Gyerekkórház

Lexmark employees donated HUF 110,000 to Aprónép Alapítvány via AmCham Foundation. The money will be spent on PlusoptiX Pediatric Autorefractor worth more than HUF 2 million – a device that can measure the eyes of infants within one second. In … Continue reading

LEGO Hungary volunteers help embellishing school yard

  The renovation of SOFI (Óvoda, Általános Iskola, Speciális Szakiskola és Egységes Gyógypedagógiai Módszertani Intézmény) school’s park in the XVIII. district of Budapest was performed with the participation of 25 enthusiastic employees of LEGO Hungary Kft. Our foundation’s mediation was … Continue reading

AmCham Foundation supports disadvantaged young virtuosos in 2016

  4th of June, Budapest – The AmCham Foundation donated a special prize to Ákos Török, an aspiring virtuoso. The young artist received a free master course by Ádám György in order to realize his dream. In 2016, one of … Continue reading

Recreational and sports garden for the Kindergarten and Elementary School for Visually Impaired Children’s “Szól a szív…” Foundation

The „Szól a szív…” Foundation has been collecting funds by organizing charity events since 2014, in order to establish a recreational and sports garden for blind children. Renowned artist supported this goal by giving charity concerts, but other resources were … Continue reading

Volunteers help build playground and gardens – Spring Buzz

Close to one hundred corporate volunteers helped out at a Families’ Temporary Home run by the RÉS Foundation on the outskirts of Budapest on Saturday, April 23, 2016. Families living in temporary homes are usually in dire financial situation, which … Continue reading

Spring buzz – A Day To Make It Happen again!

   Saturday, 23 April, 2016 – 09:00 – 15:00  Location: “RÉS” Szociális és Kulturális Alapítvány, Családok Átmeneti Otthona 1173 Budapest,Összekötő utca 3. SPEND A DAY WITH EMPLOYEES OF AMCHAM MEMBER COMPANIES TO CREATE A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHILDREN! THINK BIG, SUPPORT THE … Continue reading

DONATION, WHICH AFFECTS ALL OF OUR SENSES!

  The AmCham Foundation disabled a fairy-tale performance with audio narration on the 13th of December for visually impaired children, with the implementation of the AKKU association, together with one of the winners of the 2015 competition, the Manna non-profit … Continue reading

Thanksgiving is all around you!

  Invitation for AmCham-Marriott Charity Thanksgiving Dinner 2015  24 November, 2015 (Tuesday) from 18:30 pm to 22 pm Remember last year’s Charity Dinner? We raised close to 3 million HUF for the AmCham Foundation and SOS Children’s Villages through ticket income, … Continue reading

A fairies’ garden and a witch’s kitchen were the bounties of this year’s Indian Summer

Around eighty corporate volunteers worked together with the little inhabitants on refurbishing the gardens of the Bolyai Children’s home in Budapest on Saturday, October 3. It was still quite chilly in the morning when the volunteers gathered in the gardens … Continue reading