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3.02.2025Social Commitment

Bayer 04 present cheque to Leverkusen children's palliative care unit

All in a good cause: Bayer 04 presented a cheque in the sum of €6,615.74 to the children's palliative care unit at the Klinikum Leverkusen hospital at the game against TSG Hoffenheim (3-1) on Bundesliga Matchday 20 at the BayArena on Sunday afternoon.
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The cheque was presented ahead of the game against the team from Sinsheim on the touchline by Matthias Adler, head of fans and sustainability at Bayer 04, to Dr Joachim G. Eichhorn, clinic director for children and teenagers, who accepted the cheque on behalf of the Klinikum hospital. Adler: "We are really happy to be able to join with our fans in making a contribution to support the valuable work at the children's palliative care unit in Leverkusen. We traditionally have a close connection to the Klinikum in Leverkusen."

Shirt presentation on the sidelines

The total amount of the donation is made up from different events: a prize competition set up at the Black and Reds in December as part of the festival of friends where fans could buy tickets to win a match worn shirt of Werkself player Patrik Schick. The winner of the shirt was also at the game on Sunday and she happily received her prize during the cheque presentation. All money raised goes to the children's palliative care unit.​

Matchworn Trikot

In addition, Werkself trading cards were auctioned on the matchwornshirt.com platform. Other donations came from the tombola at the fan club party at the DFB Pokal final in Berlin, the Silver Lions Christmas party and from the Spree Löwen Bayer 04 fan club in Berlin. Bayer 04 thank everybody involved for their participation.

Donations to the unit

The first young patients will receive treatment at the new unit over the course of the coming months. The unit will go into operation when the multi-professional unit team is complete, which the Klinikum is now working on. There is a jobs fair on 15 March for nursing staff and a symposium on 26 March for nursing staff and medical personnel. The children's palliative care unit at the clinic Leverkusen will be financed by funding and donations and therefore welcomes further support at any time:

Donations account

Klinikum Leverkusen gGmbH

IBAN: DE26 3755 1440 0100 1183 30

BIC: WELADEDLLEV

Bank: Sparkasse Leverkusen

Reference: Kinderpalliativstation

Prize competition goes into second round

Talking about good deeds: The prize competition for a good cause goes into a second round. From now up to and including Friday, 28 February 25, Bayer 04 fans can again purchase a ticket for five euros to be in the draw. Prizes this time are the shirt worn by Werkself player Aleix Garcia in the Champions League game against RB Salzburg (5-0) as well as the shirt worn by midfielder Granit Xhaka in the DFB Pokal tie against Bayern Munich (1-0). The funds raised from the prize competition tickets will be donated again. This time the funds raised will go to the advice centre against sexual violence run by Leverkusen women's aid.

 

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