The initiative "Choose milk with the sign of the Bulgarian Red Cross - feed a child" has finished.
Galia, LiLana and Desislava presented a song for the occasion.

To hear the song - click here 

0n the December 10th, a press conference in 79th School “Indira Gandhi” ended the  national charity campaign - "Choose milk with the sign of the Bulgarian Red Cross - feed a child", organized by Bulgarian Red Cross and "Care for the health" Foundation. The goal was to raise funds for a hot lunch and a cup of milk for kids from poor families in the programme "Hot lunch" of the BRC.

The event was attended by representatives of the Bulgarian Red Cross, "Care for the health" Foundation, as well as the pop stars Galia, Lila and Desislava who also supported the campaign.

Mrs. Lachezara Paskaleva, representative of "Care for the health" Foundation and brand manager for Vereya, presented the results from the "Choose milk with the sign of the Bulgarian Red Cross - feed a child" campaign. She announced that the money for 360 000 glasses of milk were raised for the period of only a month and she expressed gratitude to all the Bulgarian people, the media and the representatives of show business for the support. The pop stars Galia, LiLana and Desislava, who were signing autographs in different stores as part of the campaign, presented live version of the song "Milk and Cinnamon". The inspiration for which was this initiative. The lyrics are writen by Evgeniya Petrova and music is made by Mitko Karnev.

Dr. Nadejda Todorovska, deputy general director of the Bulgarian Red Cross, briefed on the programme "Hot lunch". She emphasized on the importance of the campaign which helped more than 700 children with a glass of milk and a hot lunch for the period of one year.

"Care for the health" Foundation was based four years ago by United Milk Company and aims to support campaigns for healthy eating and healthy life. Its last two initiatives “Escape from osteoporosis” and “Buy and help” were aiming against osteoporosis and together with the help of thousands Bulgarians, they donated a modern densitometer to the municipality of Varna.

BRC’s canteens in the programme “Hot lunch” during the 2009/2010 school year - For more information click here.