#Mobilise for May
IN TOTAL, THE IMPERIAL TOBACCO
TEAM HAS RUN 375 KILOMETERS!
THE JOINT EFFORTS OF OUR
COLLEAGUES HELPED US RAISE
RUB 187,500
"I'm very excited! For a good cause like this
one I'm ready to do my best," says Tatiana
Ochirova, Management Accounting
Junior Analyst.
"It’s our first time taking
part in an event like this –
there are positive feelings all around. It’s
lovely to know that such a nice activity
can serve such a good cause," says
Svetlana Tikhonova, Lawyer.
"Saying that running was easy would
definitely be a lie. It was a challenging
experience, but I'm happy that our team
has risen to the task to help elderly
people," comments Vadim Rudnik,
Market Manager, Russia.
“It's great that we can help elderly people so
that their lives could become a little bit better!” Lubomir
Panov, Regulatory and Government affairs
specialist, says with admiration.
"I’m really glad to see so many happy
faces, thanks to all the participants and
organizers!" says Oliver Kutz, General
Manager Russia and Central Asia Cluster.
'Mobilise For May' in Central Asia
Our Central Asian colleagues did not stay on the sidelines
of the 'Mobilise for May' event. Personnel at the Almaty
head office and employees at the sales departments in
Bishkek and the Chui region provided volunteer assistance
to the Bishkek home for elderly people: they renovated and
painted summerhouses, assembled and varnished railings
on porches, improved greenhouses with a special film and
planted vegetable seeds. It is the third year in a row that our
colleagues have helped the retirement home, and it's fair to
say that it has improved over this time.
The team of volunteers from the Almaty office went further
with the honorable initiative and, like they did in previous
years, provided assistance to the Women's Rehabilitation
Center by setting up a new sports complex and improving
the surrounding area, i.e. cutting trees, painting the fence
and planting flowers. According to the good old tradition,
the day ended with a dinner of pilaf cooked over an open fire
for all the residents in the Center.
Felix Zobkov, General Manager, Central
Asia: "By volunteering, we help ourselves
most of all. Working towards a good
cause makes us more compassionate,
more appreciative of joys in life, and
working together makes our team more
rounded."
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