11 January 2025
Charity Auction-2024: Christmas was celebrated – our own in the Armed Forces were honored
In December 2024, the Second Charity Auction “I Want to Help” was successfully held. Almost 266 thousand UAH, collected by employees and co-founders of the GKF, will strengthen the health of 9 fellow defenders during rehabilitation and add strength to the ranks
The second charity corporate auction at the GKF “I Want to Help”, which this year was held under the slogan: “Celebrate Christmas – honor your own in the Armed Forces!”, was organized by employees of companies working in the office on Dorohozhytska, 1 and are an asset of the volunteer movement “I Want to Help”.
Almost 300 participants took part in the corporate auction, purchasing 449 tickets. Through joint efforts, 11 unique lots were able to raise 143,968.47 UAH. Foxtrot co-founders Gennadii Vykhodtsev and Valery Makovetskii added their own donations, thereby bringing the total to 266,268.47 UAH. The owners of the lots were determined by random voting live on the Teams platform.
🔹 Lot #1 “Twix of Victory”: a life-saving helmet and first aid kit were won by Maksym Grechka (Cherkasy). We thank Andriy Oliynyk and Vasylyna Polyuga’s husband (Sambir) for the artifacts provided.
🔸 Lot #2 “Wings of Evil…”: the enemy FPV drone and mine were received by Roman Homolyaka (Nizhyn). We thank the fighter “Lyubchik” and the MBOF “Strong Together!” for the drone, and Vladyslav Dashchenko (now in the Armed Forces of Ukraine) for the mine.
🔹 Lot #3: a shell from a Leopard tank and an NLAW case were won by Hanna Artamoshkina (Kyiv). We thank Vyacheslav Chuprynda (Vinnytsia) for the shell and Dmytro Kinashovych for the NLAW case.
🔸 Lot #4: a fragment of a downed Mi-35 helicopter from the video was won by Vitaliy Kurovsky. We thank the Aerorozvidka NGO for this symbolic exhibit.
🔹 Lot #5: a chevron of the 250th battalion of the 114th brigade and dry rations were received by Albina Plaksiva. We thank Oleksiy Potebenko (Kyiv) for the chevron and Maksym Malostenko (Kharkiv) for the dry rations.
🔸 Lots #6 and #7: certificates for military training from DFTG-31 were received by all donors (decision of Foxtrot co-founders Gennady Vykhodtsev and Valery Makovetsky). Certificates are valid until the end of summer 2025.
🔹 Lot #8: The Foxy pendant was received by Yana Yakymovych. The funds from this lot will go to a charging station for Oleksandr Melnykov (currently in the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
🔸 Lot #9: The lamp sleeve will be received by Margarita Panchyk (for Oleksandr Bezruchko, who is currently in the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
🔹 Lot #10: The diptych “Our Past and Future” (author Vanda Orlova) will now decorate the HR department. The funds will go to a drone for Maksym P. (currently defending southern Ukraine).
🔸 Lot #11: A lamp made of S-300 missile fragments was won by colleagues from the commercial department of DDG.
The first 7 lots were sold to raise funds for 5 fellow Foxtrots who were injured in the fight against the Russian occupiers and are currently undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.
This is Andriy Z., a service center master and Oleksandr Kh., a sales consultant from Chernihiv. As well as three of our loader technicians – Dmytro I. from Kyiv and Myroslav P. and Anton F. from Poltava.
The organizers drew 4 more lots of the auction for fellow fighters who need technical means to fight the Russian occupiers.
The event was organized and held by volunteers of the “I Want to Help” movement, who for 3 weeks continuously presented the lots, reminded about them, connected leaders to the promotion and even organized an exhibition on the first floor of the main office at 1 Dorogozhytska Street.