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To those closely observing the European “DMV Tourenwagen Challenge” Championships at the Hockenheim Ring in Germany last week, a logo stood out on one of the winning cars: www.c4c.cz – which, of course, is the address to our popular website. Front runner Hans-Christian Zink, of UHC Speed Performance Racing Team, decided to give Chance 4 Children (C4C) this exposure

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The idea of Chance 4 Children (C4C) bowling tournaments as a way to integrate and socialize orphans is nothing new, as Chance 4 Children has chosen bowling as its vehicle of choice when it comes to integrating sports activities for orphans. In the past, team leaders have been celebrities, TV stars and other notables. This time around they were presidents. Not of countries,

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It was that time of the year again for 50 Moravian orphans to meet their favorite TV stars – and battle it out for victory on the bowling lanes of Planet Bowling in the Olympia Shopping Center in Brno. Like every year, expectations were high amongst the kids for weeks in advance of the actual event. Comments Pavel Soltys, director of Detsky Domov Bojkovice: “When our

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Total aid rendered to children at risk and in need again exceeds 50 million CZK! Well, it’s that time of the year again! Before C4C’s annual audit,  comes what we commonly refer to as “number crunching time”! Not really considered the most thrilling and inspiring activity by C4C’s highly motivated volunteers (smile), the exercise nevertheless yields every

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It’s taken a bit to tally up all our stats for the last year, but it was well worth the effort! With over 53.000.000 CZK (2.1 million Euro) worth of aid distributed to needy children and institutions, new patrons and sponsors having joined us and our new and improved Dr. Clown program cheering up hospitalized children here in the CR – 2007

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After six weeks of intensive seminars and training, Chance 4 Children’s (C4C) Dr.Clown team recently emerged with their new and improved program for 2008! The team now operates under the auspices of the Czech National Circus Berousek and their celebrated clowns. The National Circus coaches the C4C clowns in an advisory position to assure professionalism and quality, while the team is bringing their “Smile Therapy” to

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One of our most important tools here at Chance 4 Children (C4C) is the telephone. Whenever it rings, and it does so quite often, it could be the beginning of something big and important. This time it didn’t sound too earth shaking, however. The caller innocently asked if Chance 4 Children had the capacity to distribute some quality sweets and chocolates to orphanages

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C4C Stars and Celebrities: Zbyněk Drda It’s always very much appreciated and encouraging when celebrities and stars offer their support and endorsement of our programs for needy and disadvantaged children in this country. Being by nature a charity that is not driven or powered by a single celebrity, it is gratifying to know that, nevertheless,

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Jackets are something we here at Chance 4 Children (C4C) have had an abundance of in the past. Throughout the years we have received tens of thousands of them from brand name manufacturers and other organizations for the benefit of our ROBIN HOOD program. The ultimate recipients were thousands of needy kids who are now braving storms and weather inside of them as a result.

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With a fair market value estimated to be almost 250.000 Euro, the “Brooks” sports and running shoes will supply every Czech orphan – within an appropriate age bracket – with a pair of cutting-edge, high-tech shoes for their sports activities. “If there is one request we keep getting from orphanages time and again, it‘s for good quality running and sports

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