Smiling Children Gala raises CHF 1.4 million
Hosted by the Bertarelli Foundation, the 2010 Gala held in favour of Smiling Children’s international activities drew an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 700 guests on 21 January. Over CHF 1,400,000 were raised in the course of the evening. A part will be dedicated to recovery projects led by women’s groups in Haiti.
Net Leman
On June 27, almost 1500 people volunteered for the fourth annual Net’Léman, where Lake Geneva is cleared of waste.
The Bertarelli Foundation
The Bertarelli Foundation was created by the Bertarelli family as the organisation for managing and funding their philanthropic interests globally.
The Bertarelli Foundation was established in 1998 with a focus on healthcare and expanded in 2008 to bring together the family’s philanthropic initiatives in many other fields, such as life sciences, environment, culture, education and sport.
The Bertarelli Foundation encompasses the family’s heritage and values. Driven by their common entrepreneurial spirit, every member of the family is conscious of the opportunities that their fortunate position gives them to invest time, energy and wealth into activities that can make a difference to those in less privileged situations.
The Bertarelli Foundation is committed to applying the family’s long-standing principles to the benefit of other people : fulfilling dreams, promoting team effort, encouraging creativity and innovation, fostering the practice of sport…
