Making other children happy

Last Wednesday 10 kindergarten children from Minihaus München Tölzer Straße acted as representatives for all Minis of our seven Minihaus locations when they handed over Christmas presents for families in need to the Münchner Tafel charity.

New record in this year’s “Weihnachten für Kinder der Münchner Tafel” [Christmas for Children at the Münchner Tafel] initiative: a total of 355 parcels were collected, which the Tafel distributed the same day. This tops our excellent result of 305 parcels achieved last year – it is our best result since starting the initiative in 2015! Parents, children and staff at the seven Minihaus locations industriously collected and packed the gifts and decorated them for Christmas. Thanks to their commitment and their donations children in families who are less well off will find great presents under their Christmas tree, too.

This is already the fifth time Minihaus München has run its “Weihnachten für Kinder der Münchner Tafel” initiative. Once again, spokesman Steffen Horak showed us round the site of the Münchner Tafel and the wholesale market and gave the children essential information on how the food and presents are handled and stored.

In Munich about 20 000 people in need depend on food distributed by the Münchner Tafel e.V. food bank. Those in need include several thousand children, who do not only lack food but many other things as well, such as school stationary, toys, books etc. Via 27 distribution centres all over Munich the Münchner Tafel ensures that families in need have enough to eat. Each week the 700 volunteers distribute an incredible 120 tonnes of food.