The Impact We Make Together
Thanksgiving is a well expected family holiday in North America – in the United States and Canada, and it is the day for slowing dawn for a while, spent some quality time with families, and respect those that have help us to be better people through the year.
AmCham Bulgaria has been hosting the Thanksgiving Charity Celebration for 19 years now. We strive to celebrate this holiday in a charming mix of traditions and contemporary elements. We have pumpkins and turkey on the tables laid with white table cloths, combined with delicate wine, seasoned salads, and entertainment that make us feel all good.
This Fall, again, we are addressing our great community to collect funds to help less fortunate and disadvantaged people. Together, we should change their lives for better.
In 2023 we expect about 300 guests – AmCham members representatives, U.S. citizens and guests – attend the event and contribute to the charity initiative. Last year we had had a very successful virtual auction.
This year we raise funds for “Get Ready to Succeed” and “Support Women Victims of Domestic Violence” Programs of the BCause Foundation (AmCham member). AmCham and its members are among the long-lasting contributors to both programs.
Our Community Impact
This is a truly members-funding project: from the organizing the event, through the engaging with various colleagues to collecting funds for the causes. And it is amazing to see that with the our help these students grow, and the vulnerable mothers and children find shelter and secured future
Join us raising funds to support our noble causes.
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Again in 2023 our strategic partner is BCause Foundation (AmCham Bulgaria member):
We provide several sponsorship opportunities and be a part of the AmCham Thanksgiving contributors.
For more information about Sponsorships, please reach to Petya Kostova at [email protected] or +359 886607151
AmCham Bulgaria has been hosting the traditional Thanksgiving Charity Celebration for 19 years now. Each Fall we address our great community to help less fortunate and disadvantaged people to change their lives for better. This year we will do good together again!
5 Ways to Support the Charity Dinner and our Causes
- Choose a corporate sponsorship package
- Direct public personal or corporate donations to the funds – from the Bcause Platform
- Provide auction items in favor of charity causes
- Secure your seat:
- Buy a corporate table.
- Buy a single seat:
- Members and US citizens – BGN 250 / Non-Members – BGN 300;
- Adolescents/12-18 y.o. – BGN 120, VAT included).
- Register here.
- Members and US citizens – BGN 250 / Non-Members – BGN 300;
- Corporate or personal participation in the auction by bidding for an item
Thanksgiving Causes
Get Ready to Succeed Fund
Get Ready to Succeed is a scholarship program, founded by BCause Foundation, supporting excelling students who have lost one or both their parents and have been raised in institutions or by relatives. The scholarships are awarded based on academic merit.
They are entirely provided by donations.
The AmCham members are generous and long-term contributors to the program, not only with their financial support but also in providing them with opportunities for internships and career options.
For 18 years now we have awarded 1,877 scholarships of over BGN 2,842,800, all provided by private donors – companies and individuals. Read more about the Cohort 2023 here.
Meet some of the bright future professionals, supported by Get Ready to Succeed Program
Join us to help those young people to succeed!
Support Women Victims of Domestic Violence Fund
The Fund to Support Women Victims of Domestic Violence by BCause Foundation is targeted at organizations that provide legal, psychological, and social consultations and support crisis accommodation centers.
Women and their children receive security and protection, emotional recovery and social rehabilitation. In order to get out of the vicious cycle of violence and to continue their lives outside, they need encouragement and faith in themselves and in their capabilities. Every fourth woman has been a victim of domestic violence.
The types of activities to be supported are:
Psychological and social counselling, mediation in contacts with other institutions, counselling with lawyer and lawsuits under the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, Hotline for Victims. Mobile work with open reception in small settlements, so that women from the most remote villages can gain access to support in a situation of violence. Medical care – a large part of the injured are uninsured and have no income to pay for a medical examination and a medical certificate. Food, including baby food, medicines, clothes, shoes, accommodation. Professional courses in manicure, pedicure, hairdressing, and waitresses.
One out of four women has been a victim of domestic violence.
The types of activities to be supported are:
- Psychological and social counselling, mediation in contacts with other institutions, counselling with lawyer and lawsuits un-der the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, Hotline for Victims.
- Mobile work with open reception in small settlements, so that women from the most remote villages can gain access to sup-port in a situation of violence.
- Grants are distributed through competitions among organizations working in the field.
- Food, including baby food, medicines, clothes, shoes, accommodation.
- Professional courses in manicure, pedicure, hairdressing, and waitresses. The fund is powered by corporate and private donations.
- Medical care – a large part of the injured are uninsured and have no income to pay for a medical examination and a medical certificate.
The crisis centers, supported by such organizations, work 24/7 but have the following budget at their disposal:
- A sum of 1.67 leva (0.85 Euro) is the money, given by the state to support a mother and her child for daily expenses (food, transport, etc.) in a crisis center.
- The net salary for a social worker in a crisis center for an 8-hour working day is 500 leva(about 250 Euro).
- About 350 leva (178 Euro) is the sum supposed to suffice for electricity, heat, water and other overheads for 10 children.
This is the money the state gives. This budget manages to cover the expenses until the beginning of the summer.
The AmCham community could help them to start their normal being and to believe in themselves again!
For more information on the process, you can contact Nadezhda at [email protected] or Daniel at [email protected]
All collected funds will be allocated to this year causes.