Zoom imageBayer Management Board member Dr. Richard Pott (right) in Berlin with winners of the Aspirin Social Award 2011.
The Bayer Cares Foundation has conferred the Aspirin Social Award 2011 on “Paulinchen – Initiative für brandverletzte Kinder e.V.,” an initiative for children with burns injuries. With its unique program, this pan-German association, which serves a previously unmet need by supporting young victims of fires and their families, received the first prize of €15,000. The second prize, worth €10,000, was awarded to “MediMobil,” a cooperation project between the Solingen-based physicians’ network “solimed” and the “Tafel Solingen” food bank that provides medical care to the needy. The third prize of €5,000 went to the “Diakonisches Werk Berlin-Stadtmitte” charity for its “forget me not” project that organizes “mentor” families for the children of parents with addictions.
“All the winners of the Aspirin Social Award offer unique assistance in the medical sector, are taking new approaches and serve as models for others,” said Bayer Management Board member Dr. Richard Pott at the awards ceremony. An independent foundation committee selected the winners of the Aspirin Social Award 2011. The foundation presented the audience prize, also worth €5,000, to the winner of the online voting process, which was the Muslim telephone counseling service provided by the humanitarian organization “Islamic Relief.” This advises both Muslims and non-Muslims in crisis situations.