One hundred and forty-nine! That's exactly how many gifts U. S. Steel Košice employees bought for children from two children's homes and families of our colleagues from the project We Are With You at the Right Time.

The office of the administrator of the U. S. Steel Košice Foundation, Slávka Tvrdoňová, has been filled with gifts since mid-November and is slowly no longer visible through huge piles of boxes.

The challenge is to wrap so many gifts of different shapes and sizes nicely. For the second year in a row, our seniors from the Autumn of Life civic association have been helping us with this. "I'm very glad that they came to help us again, we certainly wouldn't have been able to do it alone," says Slávka.

Today is also a challenge for our seniors. They started packing first thing in the morning. They are happy to help us with the Wishing Tree project in this way.  They say it's a great training for them to wrap gifts for their families as well. "We were also looking forward to this day because it is the first day with a real Christmas atmosphere," said Hana Havierová from the Autumn of Life civic association.

In the cover photo (from left): Magda Grešová, Hana Havierová, Hela Brožeková, Marta Lukáčová and Slávka Tvrdoňová.