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Collection Drive “Medical students with big hearts”

Christmas time is a time of giving. Every gift that you give is priceless, regardless of it’s worth. The important thing is the warm gesture towards another. Even those less fortunate children who instead of a warm home await gifts in a hospital bed, the joy and happiness is endless. Every child eagerly awaits the time of giving and that brings them joy in the dreary days of lying in the hospital bed.

This year with the initiative “Medical students with big hearts” the medical students are starting a collection drive to gather Christmas gifts. The goal is to brighten up the Christmases and New Years of the little ones who unfortunately have to spend them in the hospital.

Tuesday 15th of December is when the collection “Medical students with big hearts” begins, and it lasts until the 18th of December.

The gathered gifts will be distributed to the kids of the Clinical kids hospital and small kids wards. The gifts will be collected in front of the following locations:

– in front of the coat room on the first floor of the MEF ŠNZ “Andrija Štampar” building, at the office of KBC SestreMilosrdnice and at the coat room in front of the MEF office at Rebro.

Everyone is welcome: students, associates, assistants, lecturers, administrators and friends of the UZSM, especially those with big hearts so that together we can put a smile on the faces of the little ones. – The more gifts the better!

We’re asking everyone with big hearts that instead of sweets give toys, children’s books, picture books, coloring books, coloring utensils etc. Every gift, even the little things will put smiles on the childrens’ faces, as long as it is from the heart.

Giving books? – write a little dedication to the little ones, write a verse that means something to you, or write a short story. Someone will read that and they will be happy knowing that there are medical students with big hearts.