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Donation in kind to Bodelschwingh School 2006
On 6th July, 2006, Care for Kids made a donation in kind worth 1,000 Euros to the Bodelschwingh school for the mentally handicapped in Sindelfingen, Germany. A DVD player, a noise alarm, a projector trolley, fischertechnik construction sets and other toys now enrich the learning and experiential environment of the pupils.
The donation was made possible by the M+W Zander training workshop. Every year, the company's technical vocational trainees (e.g. construction mechanics and systems mechanics) organize a Christmas fair on M+W Zander's premises. Here the trainees offer for sale stainless steel products that they have made themselves, such as candlesticks, newspaper holders, key cabinets, fruit bowls or napkin rings. The greater part of the profits are regularly used for the benefit of non-profit-making or social institutions. Since 2005, the donation of the M+W Zander trainee workshop has gone twice in succession to the Bodelschwingh School in Sindelfingen.
Lothar Widmaier as head of the M+W Zander trainee workshop and Michael Friedrich as a trainee were happy to be able to hand over the donation in person. Care for Kids was represented by Chairmen Andreas Bieber and Stefan Dürr.
 
Übergabe der Spenden in der Bodelschwingh-Schule
Bodelschwingh School
The school was founded in March 1962 for children and young people with mental disabilities. The guiding principle of the school is “self-realization in social integration”. This primarily involves education for autonomy in as many fields as possible, with the aim of reducing dependency in as many ways as can be imagined. These objectives are put into practice through teaching that meets each pupil on the basis of his capacities and knowledge and uses these to build an individual coaching programme. The school today has 45 pupils in seven classes, the kindergarten has eleven children in two groups, and the information centre helps and looks after about 20 children.
Bodelschwingh-Schule
Sommerhofenstraße 99
71067 Sindelfingen
What is a noise alarm?
 Noise in kindergartens or classrooms can quickly attain levels of 80 to 85 decibels, equivalent to the noise of a lawnmower; noise can even peak at the level of a jet aircraft at a range of 200 metres. This is injurious, not only to teaching staff, but also to the children themselves. This is where the noise alarm comes in. A metering device measures current noise levels and emits an optical signal, like a traffic light, in green, yellow or red, letting the children know, in an illuminating way, when it is time to quieten down. A simple but effective teaching aid that's fun as well.
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