In addition to a fundraiser at the home game against Heidenheim, the fans of SV Darmstadt 98 are setting up an aid convoy. Further actions are to follow.
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Relief supplies were collected and sorted in the rooms of the fan project on Erbacher Strasse.
(Photo: SV Darmstadt 98)
DARMSTADT – The drivers of the Lilien aid convoy had covered around 2400 kilometers and 33 hours by car when they returned to the Böllenfalltor car park on Tuesday. Lilien fans – from Ultra to A-Block – initially had 25,000 euros with them in a short-term campaign Home game against Heidenheim and collected donations. The latter were loaded onto a 7.5-ton truck, two 3.5-ton vans and two minibuses over the weekend to take them to the Polish-Ukrainian border.
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The fan project on Erbacher Straße and the car park in front of the stadium collected and sorted. Eventually, food, medicine and other urgently needed relief supplies went on the journey, which were immediately unloaded after their arrival at the Polish border on Monday and distributed further to Ukraine, according to the organizers. Connections to Ukraine exist through close contacts of some Lilien fans with Ukrainian fans of FC Arsenal Kyiv, ex-players from Ukraine and through some family or friends connections.
Great cohesion among lily fans
“The cohesion and the willingness to support us were great,” says Tim Strack from the Lilien fan and funding department. In the end, the convoy came about thanks to the willingness of everyone in Darmstadt to donate. It would not have been possible without the people who donated supplies and money.
logistical help
Anyone who can pick up people from Poland and from the border or who wants to make a bus available should contact: [email protected]. Anyone who can take in refugees in Darmstadt and the surrounding area can contact the city’s central offices by sending an email to [email protected].
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In the game against Heidenheim, 16,735 euros were collected and 8,700 euros in cup deposits. The fans say that the 25,435 euros is a new “record donation amount” at Bölle. This was used to buy more relief supplies and finance fuel for the convoy. The rest was donated to the association “Doctors Without Borders”.
Support Darmstadt companies
In addition, the car rental company Nicolay from Rossdorf provided four of the five vehicles free of charge, the moving company Fr. Friedrich donated a number of moving boxes. The medical supply stores Klein and Behrmann not only provided medical equipment such as wheelchairs, but also lend a hand with loading the trucks; Bernd Engel organized medicine and aids. The Darmstadt fan project managed the big rush as a contact point, Lilien fan and member of the Bundestag Philip Krämer (Greens) made sure that the trip was designated as an “official aid transport”. Above all, the SV Darmstadt 1898 association supported the entire fundraising campaign.
