Commitment

“Children ask, parents answer”

The campaign “Children ask, parents answer” which has been initiated by the parents’ association of the Eichrodt School in Lahr gives to the children the opportunity to visit their parents at their place of work in order to get to know it. Wagner supported this campaign in the context of “Wagner for kids” and showed to interested pupils of the second class the Wagner factories in Lahr.

First the “shuttle-bus” drove the children to the blue Wagner factory II. After a short company presentation the children got to know the goods receipt, the giant high rack storage area, the assembling, laboratory and goods issuing department. Then the bus drove to the Wagner factory I. There has been shown and explained to the children the production sheds and the assembly machines. Finally they went to the show room, where the pupils watched the multiple awarded image film “World of Wagner”. And then the “children’s buffet” was opened, with anything children like. “This is like the “Sendung mit der Maus” [a German children’s TV programme which explains technical applications]. But it’s real and even much more interesting!” one of the little guests said excited. The vote during the return trip to the Eichrodt School had the concordant result: “It was amazing!”

Learning center Kinzigtal – „Time that something starts turning“

Calling up curiosity, technical and nature understanding and creativity and at the same time learning in playful way is the goal of this educational project from the BRO (Bildungsregion Ortenau e.V.). This pilot project is supported by „WAGNER for Kids“. Besides a technical workshop, the learning center in Biberach i.K helps with reading and poor spelling as well as advanced training courses in the fields Media and Multimedia. Addressees are children between kindergarten and elementary school ages as well as educators and teachers. The only project until now in the Ortenau should make itself felt for a long time. Besides Courses and tutoring offers in the learning center itself, there are specially trained pedagogues who go directly to the schools and work on site with children and teachers. The goal among other things is to ensure long-term professional and social competence for our young talent force from the economy region Ortenau.

www.lernzentrum-kinzigtal.de

Father Christmas is coming!

On behalf of ”WAGNER for kids”, Father Christmas visited a kindergarten. He brought the children of Lahr’s “Kita am Schießrain“ so many presents that they didn’t even all fit in his sack: nice tables, shelves, playing platforms, furniture accessories and many colourful wheels – much needed equipment for the kindergarten and worth around 5,000 euros. As a thank you, the children danced for him and sang Christmas songs.

Wagner equips kindergarten!

The waiting lists for kindergartens in Lahr are long and there is a great demand for qualified and caring child supervisors. The young teachers Sonja Massa and Sabine Wagner, therefore, decided to set up their own kindergarten but money was short and there was not enough furniture to equip the rooms for the children. “WAGNER for kids“ found out about this and fully equipped the kindergarten with all the necessary items.

Exhibition on the cultural history of the wheel with show of work by Roland Wagner

As part of the “Insights” exhibition series of the Design Center Stuttgart, WAGNER presented the exhibition “People. Furniture. Mobility. From the first wheel of the Stone Age to designer castors of the 21st century“ on the cultural history of the wheel with an accompanying show of work by designer and entrepreneur Roland Wagner. The exhibition was met with great interest as the wheel is one of the greatest inventions in human history and has been used in countless ways by humans for already thousands of years. The show of work proved that good design needn’t be expensive and gave, with original exhibits and display plaques, an impressive overview of the work of Roland Wagner.

“Art in the park“ with works by Stephan Balkenhol and Olaf Metzel

With a generous financial donation, WAGNER and other sponsors enabled the “Art lovers of Lahr“ to organise a unique artistic event: two of Germany’s most famous sculptors, art professors Stephan Balkenhol and Olaf Metzel, exhibited sculptures of high artistic quality in Lahr’s city park. Balkenhol created an immense pillar out of wood which was crowned with a human “wooden head“ whilst Metzel examined the subject of “non-smoker protection” in a tongue in cheek way with his installation “Smoker’s Box”.

Children’s tables for “children’s laughter“

The “Wohlfühlhaus Fischach“ of the “Kinderlachen“ Foundation (The “Children’s Laughter” Foundation) looks after many children and young mothers. Money for new children’s furniture was short and so “WAGNER for kids“ donated tables with traffic motifs – this made everyone happy!

“Children make the world roll“

WAGNER invites Lahr’s schools to enter the big drawing competition

“WAGNER for kids“ invited all pupils of the third school year of Lahr’s eleven primary schools to enter the big drawing competition. The theme: “Children make the world roll!”. Imagination and creativity were called for – what can’t be made to roll! There were great prizes to be won. The first prize was furniture worth 3,000 euros for the winner’s school – e.g. tables, shelves, platforms, plant castors, transport aids, castors and wheels and furniture accessories for protecting flooring. The second prize was furniture worth 2,000 euros for the winner’s school and the third prize, high quality furnishings worth 1,000 euros for the winner's school. In addition to this, each participating school received five children’s tables with traffic sign motifs and each child was also presented with a gift at the exhibition opening.

The pictures of the young artists were judged by an expert jury: Brigitte Kaufmann, the mayor of Lahr, artists Peter Link, André Rösler and Rainer Zimmermann, gallerist Nikolaus Bischoff as well as designer, inventor and entrepreneur Roland Wagner. The works were presented in a big exhibition in the works halls of the company in which the prizes were also presented at the opening. Money was also collected for a good cause: the pictures were sold during the exhibition with proceeds going to the international children’s aid organisation BICE Deutschland e.V. / Kinderhilfe Afrika e.V.