Charitable fairs are held at 5 sites in Kazan

(KZN.RU, September 16, Alsu Safina). Charitable fairs, the main organizers of which are children, were held today at several sites in the city: parks “Sosnovaya Roscha”, “Kontinent”, the Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky Forest, and the Gorky Park. Several thousand townspeople gathered to buy products made by children and thus support their good intention. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, who visited the park “Sosnovaya Roscha”, thanked the children, their parents, and teachers for their good initiative.

The tradition of holding charity fairs was born in Kazan 3 years ago at the initiative of students of one of the schools, who decided to raise money on their own and transfer them to the A. Vavilova Fund. Soon others joined this forms of charity events, thanks to which the fair of good was moved from schoolyards to the parks of the city and is now held twice a year in spring and autumn. This year, children from 162 schools, 309 kindergartens, and 49 institutions of additional education of the city take part in fairs.

Along with the fair of good, the I charity market “Yardem bazaar” takes place today in the Kazan park “Chernoe Ozero”. About 60 designers, artisans, and restaurateurs take part in it. Each of the project participants will transfer from 20 to 100% of proceeds to charity in the framework of the “Good Kazan”. The market is open for visitors from 12 pm to 9 pm. It will continue to work tomorrow.

Several thousand citizens decided to visit charity fairs and make their morning really good. As one of the visitors noted, she wanted to make her own contribution to a good deed. And indeed, the fair turned out to be a large-scale one.

Various zones were located on the area of the “Sosnovaya Roscha”. Several photo zones were put at the entrance to the park. Also, the visitors of the fair could take part in various master classes: for example, cut out a colored sheet of colored paper or make a plane. Performances of creative collectives of the districts made a festive mood on the stage.

At the same time, trade was in full swing at the fair. You could buy homemade jewelry, knitted goods, as well as useful vegetables from gardens, all sorts of pickles made for the winter, fragrant pastries, and much more.

More attention of visitors to the fair attracted the shelving with wooden products: trinkets, games, hashtags. Ilsur Metshin bought a cutting board made of solid wood. It appeared thanks to the project “Papamozhet”, which was started by Ramil Zagidullin, a pupil of the 11-grade form of the school №34. According to many children, participation in the fair is a responsible matter for them.

After inspecting the grounds of the charity fair, the Mayor of Kazan greeted all participants of the event. “Today fairs of good are held by all educational institutions throughout Kazan. We started quite recently, in timid steps, in individual schools. Now today, all schools and preschool institutions went to the fairs”, noted I. Metshin.

“I want to sincerely thank you for the good you are doing”, said the Mayor to the students. Special words of gratitude were addressed to teachers, headmasters of schools, and parents. “Thank you for instilling the desire to do good deeds and to take care of others since childhood. This is very important”, marked the Mayor.

“We all want to live in a beautiful, comfortable, and safe Kazan. It is very important that it will be the kindest city”, said I. Metshin. “Do good, be kind, and know how to take care of others”, he wished.

All funds collected in the framework of the Good Week will be directed to the treatment of two students Arina Fomchenko and Dilyara Khasanova. Arina has acute lymphatic leukemia, and Dilyara suffers from phenylketonuria. The assistance will also be provided by funds collected in other areas.