A very grateful thank you to everyone who stopped by and supported the "bake sale" yesterday to help our CDRC team get to CDRC Vienna - The IBA-VIAC Mediation & Negotiation Competition!
We were overwhelmed by your generosity and support as we were able to sell all of the tasty baked goods (from the "Finnish" cookies to our vegan brownies), the popcorn chicken bowls, and the bibimbap onigiris that we prepared (although some of the vanilla mochi ice cream melted before we could sell them, but alas).
We are burying the lead here a bit because not only were we able to raise 360.80 euros (plus 25.30 lei) during our fundraising, but after meeting with our Dean, Jan Smits, during the bake sale, the Faculty of Law has kindly agreed to help us cover the remaining travel costs necessary for the team to get to Vienna (and back)!!!
We would like to thank not only Jan and the faculty management team, but also to all of our kind supporters: Ilaria Piovesan, Marta Pertegás Sender, Rachele Zingaro, Sofiia Yermolenko, Albert Stefanoiu, Lucas von Hodenberg, Marmik D., William Bull, Matteo Bonelli, Dihya HAMIZI, Damian Chmielewski, Solomiia Humeha, Juan Miguel Cuaresma, Mariah Kuijer, Noam Biard, Sabina Bałazy, Cecilia Salomoni, Zuzanna Węsierska, Floortje Stijnen, Anke Moerland, Josh N., Alisha Nadine Harahap, Carla Emily Fleur Böhm, María Prieto Rodríguez, Kamil Żbik, Meharbash Kashif, Ana Martin Sanchez, Gaelle Chatelain, Réka Nagy, Martina Vitiello, Lejla Kruševljanin, Inês de Amorim Afonso, Pradhi Deshmukh, Norris Geafar, Emily Kautto, Pieter Vanhoutteghem, Robin Martens, Maaike Eggen, Wen-Ting Yang, Alina Halfbrodt, Szymon Górny and also to those benevolent souls who remain nameless as they paid in cash. Additionally, a big shout out to the CDRC team for cooking/organizing the fundraising drive and for the extra hardworking volunteer/best-salesperson, Serkan Muhsin!
We are humbled by this outpouring of community support and reminded of the Margaret Mead quote about how a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Even during these difficult times, there are always people willing to help those in need. We are extremely grateful. Thank you✊