Harley-Davidson GmbH supports the Off Road Kids Foundation
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Harley-Davidson GmbH supports the Off Road Kids Foundation

Up to 2,500 children and young people aged 12 and over run away from home in Germany every year. Many are fleeing mistreatment, disregard or even abuse. Around 300 of them – often inconspicuous minors from all walks of life – become “street children”.
“The numbers alarmed us,” admits Dr. Christian Arnezeder, Managing Director Harley-Davidson Regional Operations Germany, Austria, Switzerland. “We would not have thought it possible that the situation in this country would be so dramatic.”
Harley-Davidson GmbH, the German branch of Harley-Davidson, Inc., wanted to intervene and found a supra-regional organization in the Off Road Kids Foundation dedicated to helping children, teenagers and young adults who have run away from home. “We were convinced that Off Road Kids has helped more than 2,000 young people out of homelessness since 1994, and since the financing of Off Road Kids’ street social work is entirely dependent on the help of citizens and companies, we decided to donate.” , explains Arnezeder.

So, together with Ninja Zeiler from Harley-Davidson Marketing, he handed over a check for 15,000 US dollars (over 11,600 euros) to Markus Seidel, chairman of the Off Road Kids Foundation, at the Harley Factory Frankfurt at the end of October. He was extremely happy about the donation, which will benefit the work of the street work stations in Berlin, Hamburg, Dortmund and Cologne, where young people are looking for future prospects together with the street workers.
“In addition to the four street work stations, our foundation operates a parent advice hotline, two children’s homes and the institute for pedagogical management,” explains Markus Seidel.

“Since we do not receive any government support, we need donations like this to find the best possible perspective for every single street child.”

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If you want to find out more about the foundation and its work or make a donation yourself, you can find information on the web at www.offroadkids.de .

 

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