The “Ježíšek“ (Baby Jesus) from E.ON comes again

Let’s go back to the holiday season for a while. The majority of us were baking cookies, shopping and preparing Christmas surprises for our loved ones. From time to time we complained to each other about how much time it takes and that we are slammed. But are our worries really so serious? What could those who are hospital bound say, and not only during the Christmas holidays? We realize what is and what is not important only when we, or our loved ones are sick. The energy company E.ON decided to improve the long-term stays of hospitalized children in hospitals in Prague Motol, České Budějovice, and Brno.

And it has already become a tradition that the “Ježíšek from the energy engineers” comes early and gives away presents to all the small patients.

The Chairman of the Board of E.ON Energie, a.s., Michal Šafář, took up this role in České Budějovice on December 2^nd, and distributed gifts to the patients both small and large directly at their rooms. The toys brought undisguised joy amongst them.

In Brno, we were giving on December 4^th. The role of the “Ježíšek“ was played by Zdeněk Bauer, the Vice Chairman of the Board of E.ON Distribuce, a.s. He could not visit the children in the individual departments, because all visits were forbidden due to the influenza epidemic. So, our gifts were received by the clinic director in his office. After an agreement with the management of the clinic of children’s oncology in Brno, we purchased a notebook, printer and an entire set of instruments for the examination of children with tumor diseases. Two older, but fully functional notebooks from our colleagues from E.ON IS will delight children in the playrooms.

The Executives of E.ON Česká Republika, s. r. o., Michael Fehn and Lorenz Pronnet, presented the presents in Prague on December 16^th. As you can see in the pictures, the children were thrilled by the gifts and they even painted a beautiful picture for “Ježíšek”.

The presents for the small patients were prepared according to the list the small patients wrote, so each of the hospitalized children could look forward to a custom tailored surprise. The small patients received building blocks, cars, dolls, teddy bears, puppets, and books, and the bigger ones MP4 players and encyclopedias. A few dozen bags with small gifts were also designed for ill children in the ambulatory care. We are glad we were able to make the long days of treatment of the children patients more pleasant.