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Swiss Red Cross Gala 2019 Haus Am See Zurich

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Swiss Red Cross Gala 2019

Haus Am See Zurich

Healthy Children Need Strong Mothers

Every two years the Swiss Red Cross holds a charity event in Zurich to raise much needed funds to support the valuable work they do all over the world. In 2017 the event was held at the Dolder Grand (see here) and this year the venue was Haus Am See, which is situated near Wollishofen, directly on Lake Zurich.

The Cause – Healthy Children Need Strong Mothers

The event was hosted by Christa Rigozzi, who as a mother of twins, was very happy to support this year’s cause which was entitled “Healthy Children Need Strong Mothers”.

Christa Rigozzi with DJ Antoine and Tanja Wegmann

Evelyn Gorgos and DJ Antoine

Annemarie Huber-Hotz

According to Annemarie Huber-Hotz, the President of the Swiss Red Cross, every day 15,000 children and 830 mothers die all over the world. The Red Cross is committed to helping those most in danger. In 2017 alone, 5.3 million children under the age of 5 died. The main causes are complications in childbirth and disease. The organisation is active in over 30 countries around the world to help the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. The aim of this event was to raise funds to support the Red Cross’s work in this area across the globe.

The Gala Evening

The event was very elegant affair and the gala consisted of a champagne reception, followed by a series of presentations and then the gala dinner.

The dinner was absolutely delicious and the young chefs Sandro Zinggeler, Sandro Dubach and Olivier Bur who did the catering, did a magnificent job.

Afterwards there was a tombola, a live auction and a silent auction.

The Jelmoli tombola prizes.

Christa Rigozzi and Atossa Meier of Elle Gallery where three of her gallery’s artworks were auctioned

Maria Savastano

Jan, Regula and Jaz Brucker

When the auctions ended and the dinner was over, guests enjoyed a live concert.

This was followed with more dancing, this time to DJ Antoine.

The Committee

The Committee who had helped organise this year’s event consisted of Nicole Kunz, Franziska Tschudi Sauber, Astrid von Stockar, Tanja Wegmann, Jan E. Brucker, Frank Bodin and Andreas Wyss along with the president Annemarie Huber-Hotz and director, Markus Mader.

DJ Antoine, Siro Barino & Tanja Wegmann

The event was put on by Siro Barino of Barino Consulting. If you would like to get in touch to help support the Red Cross with the sponsoring of future events, the sponsorship manager is Marisa Schnurrenberger. For further information on the work of the Swiss Red Cross please see here.