The Hellenic Red Cross honoured 16 schools in Thessaloniki for their active participation in the organisation’s actions and programmes over the past year.
The Regional Department of Thessaloniki presented commemorative plaques to teachers and students during its New Year’s vasilopita cutting event, held at the Thessaloniki Officers’ Club.
Organisers said the schools strengthened values of volunteerism, solidarity, and social awareness within the student community through their involvement.
Hellenic Red Cross president Dr Antonios Avgerinos highlighted the organisation’s 149-year history and said it had followed a “new regenerative course” in recent years, aiming to become innovative, modern, effective, and transparent.
Avgerinos also pointed to the Red Cross’s recent humanitarian missions, noting it had sent aid to Ukraine, Turkey, Gaza, Syria, Zambia, and Sudan.
Deputy Development Minister Stavros Kalafatis sent a message congratulating the students and educators for promoting the principles of volunteerism.
Regional Vice Governor for Health and Social Solidarity of Central Macedonia Melina Dermentzopoulou, New Democracy MP for Thessaloniki Theodoros Karaoglou, PASOK-KINAL MP for Kilkis Petros Pappas, Thessaloniki Regional Department president Sotirios Kyvelos, and others also delivered greetings.
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