German postcode lottery at the Federal President’s Citizens’ Day: together we are strong. Düsseldorf/Berlin – “Connected in US” was the motto of the city festival to which Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited people on September 9 in the park of the Bellevue Palace in Berlin. A motto that also fits the German Postal Lottery. Interesting ideas on civic engagement throughout Germany were offered at the social lottery booth. It involved various funded projects, the topic of equal opportunities in the education system and a lot of fun. Visitors were able to enjoy an interactive ball pit and fantastic prizes.
The Postal Code Lottery and its financial partners reported at the federal president’s citizen party Teach Germany first on how to ensure greater equality of opportunity in education and why “education for all” is an achievable goal. At the social lottery stand, visitors could also learn a lot about the numerous projects supported by the German Postal Lottery and the importance of volunteering.
Friederike Behrends, President of the Board of Directors of the German Postal Lottery: “We believe it is important to make the valuable work of many nonprofit organizations visible and tangible at the community festival.”
Sonja Köpke, CEO of Teach First Germany: “We are very grateful for the opportunity to reinforce the #Postcode effect together with our partner and raise awareness on the issue of educational justice at the citizen festival.”
Equal opportunities in the educational system
Around 50,000 students leave school each year without a qualification and therefore do not have good conditions to successfully start their career. One of the causes is the lack of equal opportunities in the educational system. To do something about it, the organization uses Teach Germany first University graduates from all over the country who, as so-called scholarship holders, teach and support children from economically disadvantaged families. As additional teachers in all-day lessons and programs, they support students, especially when they are often in greatest need of support: in transitions in the education system. With the “Leadership program“The educational initiative demonstrates that all children and young people can develop their potential, regardless of their starting conditions.
It belongs to more than 60 other independent national organizations. Teach Germany first to the international network Teach for all. The patron is Elke Büdenbender, the wife of the federal president. The main sponsor of the organization is the German Postal Lottery. More information in https://www.teachfirst.de
Interactive ball pit with great prizes.
As in previous years, this year’s Federal President’s Citizen Festival focused on the importance of civic engagement for a vibrant and diverse civil society. Under this year’s motto “Connected in US”, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender honored all people who are outstandingly committed to the common good. In addition to information stands from the 60 participating organizations, the approximately 9,000 visitors to the Bellevue Palace park can look forward to an entertaining program with music, hands-on activities and numerous culinary temptations.
In addition to plenty of information about both partner organisations, the Deutsche Postcode Lotterie stand also featured a colourful, interactive ball pool that visitors could dive into to find and scan hidden QR codes. The winners also had the chance to win a grand prize.
About the German Postcode Lottery
The German Postal Lottery is a social lottery, which means that at least 30 percent of all lottery revenues go to projects in the fields of equal opportunities, social cohesion and protection of nature and the environment. Since its founding in Germany in 2016, the Postal Lottery has already supported more than 4,400 ecological and social projects with more than 175 million euros. An advisory board chaired by Prof. Dr. decides on the selection of projects. Rita Sussmuth. More information in: www.postcode-lotterie.de/projekte.
The ZIP Code Lottery concept is unique: ticket holders participate with their “ZIP Code.” This consists of the postal code of your place of residence and two letters automatically assigned for your street. A ZIP code includes several private households, so entire neighborhoods win together and do good at the same time. Each person can purchase a maximum of three tickets for 12.50 euros each. A total of 1,400,000 euros will be distributed for the monthly prize: all tickets with the postal code drawn will share 700,000 euros and the rest of the tickets with the corresponding postal code will also share.
International Postcode Lotteries – Strong Together
The German Postcode Lottery belongs to the family of international postcode lotteries, which already exist in five European countries. The first social lotteries were founded in the Netherlands in 1989. Sweden, Great Britain, Germany and Norway followed. All Postal Code lotteries have already raised more than €12.5 billion for charity. This makes them one of the largest private finance providers in the world for eleven consecutive years.
Postal code ambassadors of happiness
The first ambassador of the Postcode Lotteries was Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela. Since then, international postcode lotteries have been able to attract many well-known personalities as ambassadors, including George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Thompson, Muhammad Yunus, Rafael Nadal, Nadia Murad, Katarina Witt, Toni Kroos and Kai Pflaume.
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Original content from: Deutsche Postcode Lottery broadcast by news aktuell
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