28.08.2024Social Commitment

Bayer 04 support packing event for Leverkusen organic lunchbox for schoolchildren

Support under the Cross: Bayer 04 took part again this year in the packing event for the Leverkusen organic lunchbox for schoolchildren for the nineteenth time. The project of the friends' association NaturGut Ophoven e.V. is designed to contribute to the promotion of a balanced diet for children. Under this year's motto of 'Gigantic', help was provided in filling 1,888 boxes on Tuesday afternoon, 27 August, by the Bayer 04 Women's team players Lilla Turányi and Emilie Bragstad, club representative Stefan Kießling as well as several basketball players from the BAYER GIANTS. Bayer 04 also contributed all the muesli bars provided.

1,888 Boxes for schoolchildren

In the former company premises of the banana ripening facility of Walter Pott GmbH in Leverkusen-Opladen the volunteers packed 1,888 organic lunchboxes for schoolchildren in the region. The lunchboxes were then delivered to primary and special needs schools in Leverkusen. Each box contained two slices of bread, cheese spread, a muesli bar, a packet of cress, a little packet of organic tea as well as a wooden knife.

Kießling: "happy to be here year after year"

Player Lilla Turányi was enthusiastic about the project after completing her work: "It was great fun to experience something different away from the everyday of football. I think we've given the children a big treat. I'm always happy when we can do something for a good cause as part of the Bayer 04 Women's team." And also for Stefan 'Kies' Kießling the event was a complete success from the perspective of a loyal helper of many years: "I've been helping out with the packing event for the organic lunchboxes for several years and I was hard at it packing when I was still playing. I'm happy to be here year after year to do something good for the schoolchildren in Leverkusen."

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