nahkauf helps children in need
In its anniversary year, nahkauf remains true to its good tradition and donates 300,000 euros to Bild hilft e.V. "Ein Herz für Kinder". The most efficient fundraisers among the nahkauf retailers were there live in Berlin when the sum was announced in front of an audience of millions.
"Piece for happiness"
The "Stück zum Glück" initiative from Aktion Mensch, REWE and Procter & Gamble has inaugurated an inclusive playground in Cottbus together with the Fürst-Pückler-Museum Park and Castle Branitz Foundation. In attendance: over 100 children playing.
A heart for children
The "Ein Herz für Kinder" gala on the second Saturday of Advent live on ZDF attracted millions of viewers - and a star-studded line-up to the TV studio. Among the celebrities on the red carpet: a delegation of charitable nahkauf retailers.
Educational opportunities for disadvantaged children and a home for dogs: two examples of Billa's social commitment in Austria and Bulgaria
PENNY International
REWE Group is also committed to social issues internationally. Three examples from PENNY, in Hungary, Italy and Romania, demonstrate this impressively.
Christmas dinner for the needy
Once again this year, REWE Group invited around 800 people in need to a Christmas dinner in the ballroom of Cologne's traditional Gürzenich venue. Among them: employees who actively helped to make the party unforgettable for the guests. But it was also unforgettable for them, as five colleagues tell us.
Toom and Little Home e.V.
Since 2018, toom has been supporting the Little Home e.V. association in building mini-homes for homeless people. Especially now, when it is dark and dreary outside, the residents of the Little Homes are happy to receive little things that are decorative and useful, such as cushions, blankets or torches. toom is therefore donating 40 care packages to Little Home.
BILLA Bulgaria
Billa Bulgaria continues its social commitment to support blind people in Bulgaria and donates portable reading devices to visually impaired young students.
This December, our "Charity" series once again presents examples of corporate social commitment from Business Areas, departments and individual employees. At the start of the series, we shed light on why doing good on a voluntary basis is good for everyone.
Flood helper Timo Feld
Two years after the flood disaster on the Ahr, much has already been achieved, also thanks to donations from our colleagues at REWE Group. Nevertheless, much remains to be done. Timo Feld knows exactly what is missing and how we can all help.
Aid for Haiti
The Collège Véréna, which was built with our support, was occupied, looted and partially destroyed by criminal gangs. The schoolchildren and teachers remained physically unharmed, and we are now looking for temporary classrooms and psychological help for them. In this precarious situation, we continue to stand by the children of Haiti and the Kindernothilfe employees who are trying to help the traumatised children on the ground.
Volunteering for children
Michèle Tafferner from the REWE Region Centre has been a volunteer for the "Menschen für Kinder" (MfK) association for over ten years. Now she accompanied a sailing trip with fifteen children and young people with cancer - and gathered impressions that changed her view of life.
Focus on people and nature
The DER Travel and Tourism Foundation is expanding its global commitment with seven new projects and is supporting them together with local charitable partners. We spoke to Sören Hartmann, CEO of the DER Travel and Tourism Foundation, and Kathrin Sommer, Sustainability Manager at DER Travel and Tourism Group, about their favourite projects.
Special Olympics
The Special Olympics World Games have found a fan community: With 50,000 spectators at the opening ceremony and 330,000 visitors, the event exceeded all expectations. Right in the middle of it all: 100 volunteers and an athlete from REWE Group.
Volunteering at the animal shelter
PENNY Non Food employee Nadine Jebasinski and her husband volunteer at the "Menschen für Tiere" animal shelter in Cologne-Ostheim. Their motivation: they simply want to help and offer their support.
Special Olympics
100 REWE Group employees are volunteering at the Special Olympics, which are being held in Berlin from 17 to 25 June. We asked some of them why they signed up for corporate volunteering and when they would have been successful.
Special Olympics
When the Special Olympics start in Berlin on 17 June, 100 employees will be there as volunteers. Franziska Halstrick and Charlotte Ehl find out why and how REWE Group is getting involved in the Olympics for athletes with disabilities and what the volunteers can expect in Berlin.
Voluntary commitment
Heike Kurz is a volunteer with the Malteser organisation and helps the elderly. The REWE employee will soon be travelling to the Special Olympics in Berlin and will be working there. A conversation about the joy of helping.
Rescue lane at the checkout II
Rarely has the response to a one_contribution been so clearly positive as to our report on the "rescue lane at the checkout" in Ulrich Budnik's REWE supermarket in Dortmund. What unfortunately went unnoticed was that as great as the idea is, it wasn't entirely new. A fast lane for paramedics and emergency doctors has been in place at the REWE store in Somborn, Hesse, since the end of October last year.
REWE-Kaufmann sets an example
When the fire brigade and police are alerted, every minute counts. Unfortunately, however, the emergency services are increasingly being harassed and their work obstructed. A REWE retailer finds this intolerable and has set an example.