On 17 June, our Branch received unusual visitors. A group of 10 children aged 6-10, Światoteka club charges, came to see what a bank looks like from the inside.

The four employees who guided them had to dispel a few myths, for example that there is no gold stored in a bank and that a bank does not print money. On the other hand, the children surprised us with very bright answers to our questions. For example: - “What does a bank do?” – “It has a lot of money and helps children.”

We showed them computers with several monitors in the dealing room and explained what the dealers do. Our colleagues offered them a box with copper coins they had been collecting for one year as an incentive for the children to learn to save money. The young guests also visited the customer service room, where our cashier showed them how banknotes are protected, counted in a teller machine and vacuum packed. Each of the children was offered a bag of coins and asked to pack them into a roll. They were then allowed to take their rolls home as a souvenir.

The final questions “Did you like the visit?” and “Would you like to work in a bank?” were answered with a very loud shout: “Yes!”
 

11 volunteers from SG CIB Poland, one from SG Equipment Leasing Polska and one from ECS Polska made 14 different cakes, which were put on sale with proceeds of PLN 1 029 donated to the “Partnership for Children” programme.

About 140 gourmets from SG CIB and other Group entities housed in the same building, enjoyed tiramisu, meringue cake, strawberry sponge cake, walnut roll, banana cake, chocolate cake, W-Z, toffi and a few other delicacies.
 

On Wedensday, 16 June SG CIB Poland employees assisted to the showing of a film entitled "Frycek" which reports workshops organised by students of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, scholarship holders of SG CIB Poland. During the workshops, which took place in April 2010, a group of 30 children from underprivileged districts of Warsaw had, in many cases, their first contact with musical instruments that they could touch and play for themselves. They listend to the young musicians from the "Magnolia Acoustic Quartet" and tried to perform with them. The workshops ended with the recording by the children of a rap song on Fryderyk Chopin (to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth) in a professional music studio in the company of the musicians.

Our special guests at the film show were the project coordinators from Stowarzyszenie Serduszko dla Dzieci and from the University of Music as well as the University students who contributed to the initiation of the children to the world of music. They shared their impressions from the workshops.