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Yelka Celebration
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Bringing Christmas Cheer to 2,000 Orphans and Sick Children
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<img src="images/yelka1.jpg" alt="celebration" name="img" width="157" height="221" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" align="left">The Society's well-known annual Yelka Party took place on December 25, 2007 at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. The event's 1,300 participants included orphans and disabled children from 68 various children's organizations in Russia. The young guests enjoyed a performance of the Nutcracker and received beautifully wrapped chocolates as a New Year's gift. <br>
Given the venue's proximity to the Kremlin, many of the youngsters also had a chance to explore the festively decorated Red Square and marvel at the skating rink and Christmas tree. Visiting the capital, seeing the sites, and photographing their memories was a dream come true and made quite an impression on the children, many of whom traveled from locales as diverse and far as Beslan, Ryazan, Veliky Novgorod, Yaroslavl, Tutaev, the Pskov region, Kaluga, Tver, and Novomoskovsk.
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The Yelka party was indeed the highlight, and the youngsters simply couldn't hold back their emotions, laughing and joking and hugging Ded Moroz, Snegurochka, and other costumed fairy tale characters. Maria Kiseleva, three time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming, was also on hand to greet the children on behalf of RCWS, thanks to the coordinating efforts of Anna Sibiryakova and Russia's current Minister of Sports and former hockey great, Vyacheslav Fetisov.
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Nastia Rutovskaya, a ninth grader at the Opochka Specialized Orphanage in the Pskov region, sent RCWS the following letter of thanks:
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“Thank you so much for providing me with the wonderful trip to Moscow. I really liked Red Square. I had never been on a train before and I'm glad I was given this opportunity. I enjoyed eating at the restaurant “Mu-Mu”. It was just as delicious as home cooking. I was delighted while watching the Nutcracker. I will study better now that you gave me such an interesting trip. I want to thank you once again and wish you a Happy New Year!”
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The Society shares the success of the Yelka with the many individuals and charities dedicated to helping disadvantaged children. RCWS extends a big thanks to Tatiana Bodrova of the Pskov Children's Fund, Irina Kudrina, head of the Russian charity Severnaya Korona and wife of the Minister of Finance, and to Yevgeniy Primakov, who chairs the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as its charitable arm. These RCWS partner organizations underwrote a significant part of the event's transportation costs.
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We also greatly appreciate the volunteers from Moscow State University, and the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology and the Rostok Center, who accompanied the children from Beslan, Veliky Novgorod, and Pskov during the Christmas celebrations and whose extra attention made these orphans feel special.
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There were many children who, through sickness or other unfortunate circumstances, could not attend the Yelka, yet the Society managed to bring a little Holiday cheer to them, as well. RCWS hired a professional actor to play Ded Moroz and distribute gifts to 110 patients at the St. Vladimir Children's Hospital and 200 others at the Institute of Emergency Surgery and Trauma. We also surprised 38 children at an orphanage in Tugolessky Bor with individualized gifts based on their letters to Ded Moroz. The Society again visited a juvenile prison on the outskirts of Moscow, bringing books and sweets to young inmates, many of whom are twelve or younger. Perhaps the most grateful recipients of our Christmas program were the 130 street children and orphans at the Morozovskaya Children's Clinic, who received no other holiday visitors. They enjoyed playing games and learning new tricks from Ded Moroz. RCWS appreciates the in-kind donation of sweets and presents for sick children, which was made possible by a donation from the Zodiak Co.
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RCWS also provided sweets to partner organizations Bolshaya Peremena and Nelishniye Deti to help enhance their Christmas parties, as well as to three families in the Society's "Granny's program."
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RCWS would like to specially acknowledge Irina Rappoport for her generous contribution toward the Yelka event. For many sick and lonely children, the Society's holiday program has proven to be a gift that keeps on giving.
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