Mary visits Children's Aid Foundation home

Today Crown Princess Mary has visited the Glostrup Observation and Treatment Home as patron of the Children's Aid Foundation, which has worked for improvement in the conditions for children since 1904. The director of the Children's Aid Foundation has said the Glostrup Home will give Mary an insight into their work, as there are staff members with 25-30 years experience working there. The institution is a home for small (0-10) children who have been taken from their parents for reasons of severe neglect or abuse (alcoholics, criminals, drug addicts, incestuous relations and socially malfunctioning parents). These children have great need for special care from social workers and other carers and professionals and often present as very difficult cases. The children were excited to have received some new computers at the Glostrup Home to co-incide with Mary's visit.



From the The Children's Aid website:



Children's Homes (in Danish)
Mary besøger børnehjem DR.dk Mary visits children's home
Added: Mary besøgte børnehjem 'Mary visits children's home' (in Danish) from B.T.
TV2/Local Eyes photo gallery of Mary arriving
DR.dk video clip (1:40)
TV Sputnik video clip (0:40) (just the arrival)

Mary accepts donation for Children's Aid Foundation

Today Crown Princess Mary has accepted a donation to the the Children's Aid Foundation at the Museum of Copenhagen. The newapaper B.T. has raised 1 krone from sales of each paper sold from 1 - 24 December 2006. Mary is the patron of the Children's Aid Foundation and has accepted 1,169,468 Dkk on behalf of the Foundation.




From the The Children's Aid website:


Crown Princess Mary's speech (in Danish)

B.T. article in Danish 'Mary - nu med 60'er-frisure' commenting on Mary's new 1960s hairdo.

B.T. Web-TV/video clip (2:20)

The Children's Aid Foundation asked ABZebra to do a book for Christian's christening gift, the version Frederik and Mary received for Christian was handbound with the original drawings. ABZebra is a great source of Danish/English story books and modern fairytales for children and can be ordered from their ABZebra online shop.

Added: DR.dk news video clip (0:20)

Jyllands Posten
(article in Danish plus photos) 'Kronprinsesse Mary - nu med 60'er-hår' again about the event and Mary's 60's inspired hairdo.

TV2 photo gallery

TV2 Sputnik video clip

From The Children's Aid website:

One million to the Crown Princess

As patron for Children's Aid Foundation H.R.H. The Crown Princess Mary recieved 1,169,468 kr, the biggest single donation to the foundation of all time.
The Children's Aid Foundation and B.T. co-operated in a unique way last December in a fund-raising campaign which began on December 1 and went to December 24, 2006. In this period B.T. donated 1 Dkkr. for every copy of the newspaper sold and readers could also donate extra by using mobile text messages and via ordinary telephone calls. The amount collected ended at 1,169,468 kr. which was handed over the the Crown Princess at a festive occasion at Copenahgen City Museum. Invited guest for the occasion included 22 kids who are living at children's homes and with foster families.
It is the first time in Denmark that an aid organisation and a newspaper has co-operated in this way to collect money for children in care out of their homes...
..."The money will help to give children living in institutions and with foster families many postive and exciting experiences. What is perhaps more important is that this kind of campaign helps to focus the media's attention on the situation of children living away from their families. We have had many contacts from people all over Denmark, and it is our clear impression that the Danes want to help, so that these kids will have brighter future, ” says the director of the Children's Aid Foundation.

The newspaper B.T. which donated the money, says they will focus on the children in institutions and foster homes in articles during 2007, and will arrange for events for these children to enliven their daily life. (thanks santa!)

Mary at the Children's Aid Foundation

Crown Princess Mary, as patron, was present for the distribution of the Children's Aid Foundation's Little Brother Prize at Copenhagen Town Hall. The prize, 50.000 kr.(7.500 euro), was given to the the organization SAVN(NEED), which takes care of the children of prison inmates.

The Children's Aid Foundation was a patronage of Queen Ingrid for more than 50 years. Queen Ingrid became patron when she was herself a young crown princess. The Foundation was established in 1904 and has had royal patronage since that time.



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