The benefit concert of the Grand Finale of the National Festival Smetana’s Litomyšl raised more than 1 million crowns to support seniors from Litomyšl and the surrounding area.
The President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, and his wife Eva Pavlová made a significant contribution to achieving this amount, donating 150 thousand crowns to the collection for the Good Will Committee – Olga Havel Foundation.
The President’s gift, together with contributions from festival visitors, partners and other donors, helped to exceed the symbolic threshold of one million crowns. The proceeds of the public collection will go through the Good Will Committee – Olga Havel Foundation to organizations that provide care and support for seniors in Litomyšl and the surrounding area. The resulting amount ultimately reached 1,088,336 crowns.
“We greatly appreciate the generous donation of President Petr Pavel and First Lady Eva Pavlová. Their example is an inspiration for other donors, and their contribution significantly contributed to the fact that we managed to cross the one million crown mark. Equally important, however, is the message they sent: that helping seniors is a topic that deserves our attention,” says Monika Granja, Director of the Committee of Good Will – Olga Havel Foundation.
The charity collection was part of the final concert of the Grand Finale – Italian Film Night, which culminated this year’s Smetana’s Litomyšl National Festival. Festival visitors could contribute to the collection when purchasing tickets and during the benefit broadcast by Czech Television and Czech Radio.
The collection continues until the end of July. The funds raised will support organizations providing outreach services, home care and support in residential facilities for seniors. The goal is to help older people maintain a dignified and active life in the environment they know for as long as possible.
Committee of Good Will – Olga Havel Foundation
The Committee of Good Will has been operating since 1990, when the foundation was founded by Olga Havel, the first wife of the President of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel. The foundation continues to build on this legacy. It helps those who cannot take care of themselves due to their adverse health and social conditions. It strives to develop education, spiritual values, human rights, and other humanistic values. Thanks to the support of individual and corporate donors, the foundation contributes to health and compensation aids, supports helping organizations and students with health or social disadvantages. During its existence, the Committee of Good Will – Olga Havel Foundation has helped organizations and individuals in need with an amount exceeding one billion crowns.
Major partners of the collection: Generali Investments, Smetanova Litomyšl, Law Office Kocián, Šolc, Balaštík, Adfors, Saint-Gobain, Czech Television, Czech Radio, Czech Savings Bank, Dino
