Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail

Each fourth Thursday of November in the United States of America, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated. In the modern age, this national holiday is an important date for all those who wish to express appreciation to family, friends, community, and gratitude for all successes achieved.

For this occasion, each year in November, AmCham Office organizes Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail to express our gratitude to our member companies for all the activities they undertake within AmCham Committees, directed at improving the business environment in Montenegro. Likewise, we would like to further promote joined activities in the field of the Corporate Social Responsibility domain, in order to improve the Montenegrin social environment.

AmCham Corporate Social Responsibility Committee has chosen to tackle issues regarding education, protection of marginalized groups and environmental protection as its main focus. Among these three areas, the Committee will select a particular cause for the donation initiative organized within Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail.

All income from tickets sold and from additional generous donations for the Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail, will be used towards contribution to the particular cause defined by the AmCham Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail Donation Initiative 2017

Donation Initiative for thirteen Public Institutions – Day care centers for children and youth with disabilities

Every fourth Thursday of November in the United States of America, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated. In the modern age, this national holiday is an important date for all those who wish to express appreciation to family, friends, community, and gratitude for all successes achieved.

For this occasion, in November, AmCham Montenegro organizes Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail to express our gratitude to all those who contribute to our mission. Likewise, this is the occasion to promote joint activities in the field of the Corporate Social Responsibility, in order to improve the Montenegrin social environment. AmCham CSR Committee has defined areas for corporate social responsibility impact. Our focus is on education, protection of marginalized groups and environmental protection. Accordingly, the Committee has defined that this year’s donation initiative of the AmCham Montenegro and member companies within the Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail will be directed to the thirteen Public Institutions – Day Care Centers for children and youth with disabilities. The collected money will be used for the procurement of the needed computer equipment for thirteen Day Care Centers for children and youth with disabilities from different Montenegrin cities. The equipment will enable day centers to put into operation a specially designed social network equipped with speech recognition software that translates speech into text and text into speech, which will contribute to easier communication among people with partial or complete visual and hearing impairment. 

Aim of this project is social inclusion, as it ensures that children and youth with disabilities have access to modern technologies as well as modern day lifestyles.

We invite all AmCham members to donate and to participate at this year Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail, in order to jointly support this socially responsible project.

The donated funds will be used for the purchase of the following computer equipment for PI Day Care Centers for children and youth with disabilities, in total 13 day care centers from different Montenegrin cities:

  • Desktop computer – 1 pc, Lap top computer – 12 pc, 3 tablet devices, 13 microphones, 1 camera; the total amount of 4715,97 euros (attachment).

The equipment will enable users of day care centers to use specially designed social network www.socijalnainkluzija.me through which children and young people with disabilities and day care center volunteers can communicate more easily.

PI Day care centers for children and youth with disabilities represent a comprehensive social protection service for children and youth with disabilities, who offer services within the daily living (socialization, care, rehabilitation, occupational therapy, inclusion through sports, parent support and counseling, etc.).

Day-care centers aim to protect and to promote the rights of children and youth with disabilities, their socialization and integration into the community, help them become self-sufficient in daily activities in accordance with their abilities as well as improving the quality of life of children and young people with disabilities and their families.

Day-care center for children and youth with disabilities, Pljevlja 

For more detailed information on how you can join this initiative and donate funds, please contact our colleague Dobrica Milić, via email milic@amcham.me. Please note that the deadline for joining the initiative is Friday, November 10, by the close of business.

Thanksgiving Charity Cocktail is free of charge for all AmCham members, invited partners and guests.