Mix for Kids has done it! The association has won the Förderpenny charity vote scheme. A huge thank you to everyone who voted online in August and September 2024! As a result, Mix for Kids will receive a one-off grant of 1,500 euros as well as customer donations from the local Penny store for a whole year. All the money raised will go to aid projects helping disadvantaged children and teenagers.

The customer donation campaign starts on November 1, 2024, and will run until October 31, 2025. Throughout this period, the Penny supermarket in Volkach, Germany, will offer customers the option to round up their total to the next highest 10-cent amount. With the magic words “stimmt so” (keep the change) at the checkout, the difference will be donated to Mix for Kids. And that’s not all: instead of redeeming their credit when they return their reusable bottles, customers can simply drop their receipt in a donation box at the machine.

The Förderpenny initiative allows people to do good while shopping, achieving truly great things with seemingly small donations. The German discount supermarket chain Penny runs this donation drive nationwide to raise money for associations that help children and young people. Since 2015, the initiative has raised over 4.6 million euros for charitable associations and organizations.