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Vera Grigorieva


                                                                                                                  KFC Evropeisky
                                                                                                                  Moscow

                                                                                                                       The Desire to Help Has been Growing
                                                                                                                     and Getting Stronger

                                                                                                                     The guys  with the  warm hearts have been  working in our
                                                                                                                  northern and cold land. They have been actively participating in
                                                                                                                  the company volunteer projects.
                                                                                                                     Our first good deed was participation in a large-scale com-
                                                                                                                  munity cleaning day “CLEAN CITY BY KFC”. Having received the
                                                                                                                  company appeal about participating in the cleaning day all over
                                                                                                                  the country, we thought that our efforts would be mostly need-
                                                                                                                  ed and welcome in the Senior People’s Home. Soon we went to
                                                                                                                  the nearest residence. We cleaned the outdoor territory, helped
                                                                                                                  to tidy up the rooms, washed the windows that were no longer
                                                                                                                  transparent from the dust. Then we saw the smiles on the senior
                                                                                                                  people’s faces and they started peeping out with curiosity, look-
                                                                                                                  ing at the sky and admiring the beauty of the spring time. When
                                                                                                                  we were leaving, many of them we still looking at us through the
                                                                                                                  clean window glass.
                                                                                                                     After that, we visited these senior people a few more times
                                                                                                                  greeting them from the part of the KFC volunteer group and giv-
                                                                                                                  ing some presents form the restaurant staff – for the New Year,
                                                                                                                  Defender’s of the Motherland Day and International  Women’s
                                                                                                                  Day. Every time we received a warm welcome and were getting
                                                                                                                  good-bye greetings with gratitude and best wishes.
                                                                                                                     The desire to help has been growing together with the num-
                                                                                                                  ber of our volunteers’ team members. And this has been inspir-
                                                                                                                  ing us to participate in some new projects: now we are getting
                                                                                                                  ready for organizing a fest and a masterclass for special kids for
                                                                                                                  the Mother’s Day!
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