Social involvement

As a family company we are concious of our social responsibilities and regularly help people who are in particularly bad situations with contributions, support for the next generation of woodworkers as well as support worldwide relief organisations.

From 2nd to 5th of July, Austria's best young talents demonstrated their skills at the "Best of Young Carpenters" competition in Wieselburg.

Not only the participants and the numerous visitors were pleased about the results of the competition, but above all the youth living community JuVis in Judenau. All manufactured furniture was given to the young girls and personally handed over by the helpful young carpenters.

The young girls that are cared for here are pleased about the beautiful pine beds, cupboards and bedside tables. We are happy about this great support and the great commitment of all those involved, thanked NR Johann Höflinger and CEO Monika Franta from "Rettet das Kind" in Lower Austria in the name of the living community.

We are also pleased about the cooperativeness of the young carpenters and are proud to have made a contribution to this donation with providing our machines.

>> Pictures: RDK Lower Austria, from left to right: KommR Ing. Helmut Mitsch (state guild director), KommR Johann Ostermann (vice state guild director), Stefan Zamecnik (state guild director deputy), Bernd Hofleitner-Bartmann (young carpenter), Eva Radinger (Managing Director "Licht ins Dunkel"), Anna, Bernhard Ebenführer, MEC (Fair Wieselburg), Gottfried Bayer (Head JuVis Judenau), Domenica, Leonhard Emminger (young carpenter), Exhibition Director Ing. Werner Roher (Fair Wieselburg), NR Johann Höfinger (Chairman of the Board "Rettet das Kind" Lower Austria), Monika Franta (Managing Director RDK Lower Austria)

The declared goal of the 2014 Christmas fundraiser was to "take away financial worries from Tyrolian families in need". The proud sum of 4,350 Euros was collected by the staff and then doubled by management and rounded up.

Brigitte Schieferer was able to receive a check for the organization "Rettet das Kind Tirol" in the amount of 9,000 Euros. "The donation from Felder employees will directly benefit the two families as quickly as possible. I am looking forward to reporting on what was made possible with this donation," said the CEO of" Rettet das Kind Tirol "gratefully for the great willingness to donate.

Fast and straightforward help for two Tyrolean families was the focus of our Christmas donation this year. 4,720 Euros were collected by the staff and then more than doubled by management. On behalf of the organization "Rettet das Kind", Brigitte Schieferer was able to receive a check of 10,000 Euros.

"With the help of the Felder staff, we can take away a few worries from the two families make their Christmas beautiful," said the CEO of "Rettet das Kind Tirol" grateful for the great willingness to donate.
"A chance for children"

The goal of the Tyrolean initiative "A chance for children" is providing orphans in Uganda with a better future through education. Training craftsmen should help the people to actively contribute to the improvement of living conditions in their country. Of course, machines and tools are urgently needed.

With a circular saw, a planer-thicknesser and a horizontal slot mortiser we want to help as a mechanical engineering company and give the children the chance to take their future into their own hands.

At the beginning of September, the container shipped from Tyrol was brought to its destination in Zigoti and the machine donations were enthusiastically received.

After the flood disaster in spring 2014, many families in southeastern Europe were left with the ruins of their existence. Villages, towns and entire regions were completely destroyed by the flood waters. Although the people of the region started rebuilding immediately with the help of numerous nonprofit organizations, they still need all the support they can get.

To provide the necessary tools, the FELDER employees started a company-wide fundraiser and were able to raise a four-digit donation within a short time. This amount was doubled and rounded up by the management and handed over to the President of the Tyrolean Red Cross, Dr. Ing. Neumayr, in September.

"The helpfulness of our employees surprises us time and time again, and we are very proud to be able to make a contribution together to help in the affected areas," said KR Martin Felder, impressed by the commitment of the staff.

For more information about Red Cross aid projects: Red Cross

At the beginning of this year, Jörg Schmidt, head of the SOS Children's Village in Imst, was pleased to receive a donation check from the Felder Group.

In the first of more than 200 Children's Villages, over 700 children have found a loving home since 1949. Currently, 32 children live in the nine SOS Children's Villages families in Imst and grow up in a family-friendly environment. So far, a place to have a jolly good romp and where to enjoy nature together was missing. Thanks to our donation, the new forest playground with monkey bars was opened and stormed by the children.

"There is nothing better than to help a child," Hermann Gmeiner once answered the question of his motives for founding the SOS Children's Villages. The pictures that reached us from the opening in Imst are the best proof of that. We would like to share with our employees and partners around the world these impressions and the gratitude of the numerous children.

We are very proud as the Felder Team to be able to make a small contribution to help disadvantaged children to have a stable and, above all, happy future.