More than HUF 345 million was collected until Sunday evening by the public media It's good to be good! in his jubilee charity campaign, the beneficiary of which is the Regőczi Foundation, which supports Covid-orphans.

Reformed pastor Károly Fekete, bishop of the Tiszántúli Reformed Church District, said in the program that more than HUF 10 million had been collected for the Regőczi Foundation. A total of 416 churches from Záhony to Szeged came together in the charity campaign to support the goals of the foundation, he added. He recalled that already in May, it was decided at the church district assembly that they would organize a collection for the Regőczi Foundation, which was still under registration at the time.

Károly Fekete said that the epidemic directly affected the church district. In the program, the Reformed pastor remembered Gusztáv Adorján, former director general of the hospital, head caretaker of the Tiszántúli Reformed Church District, who fell ill and died while running the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county epidemic hospital. It was clear that this community, which received so much from the chief guardian, should contribute to helping the orphaned relatives in the long term, he added.

In the program, it was said that calls are constantly coming to the donation line, there was a donor who wanted to take on the long-term support of a small child, and in another family, all four children set aside their pocket money to contribute to the foundation's work.

During the broadcast, you can also bid on the silver decorative bowl offered by János Áder and his wife; on a white-headed bald eagle statue, made in a single copy by the Herend Porcelain Manufactory; on a bronze commemorative plaque depicting József Béres; to the strings of Croatian cellist Stjepan Hauser; a helmet signed by Norbert Michelisz and Gábor Talmácsi and a work depicting Saint Francis by the sculptor Miklós Melocco.

Those interested can find out more about the items included in the auction and the items that can still be purchased at the fixed price www.mediaklikk.hu/jonaklennijo Public media presenters are waiting for offers all day long on the +36 1 759 6000 and +36 30 759 6000 . In addition to all of this, you can support the work of the Regőczi Foundation by dialing 1357 or sending an SMS to 1357 with HUF 500 per call or message.

The Regőczi Foundation was established this spring by President János Áder and his wife to help orphaned or semi-orphaned children as a result of the coronavirus epidemic.

MTI

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