Munich. What a begin to 2024 at BMW Park. The first dwelling sport of the brand new yr not solely produced an exciting EuroLeague match between FC Bayern München Basketball and Real Madrid, which ended 71:92, but additionally noticed each groups placed on an impressive show of dunking. The 6,500 sturdy crowd in Munich on Tuesday night have been handled to a complete of seven dunks, elevating an extra 7,000 euros for the “Dunks for Tomorrow” initiative.
BMW München and FC Bayern München Basketball launched the joint marketing campaign at first of the season. Each time the Munich-based workforce scores a slam dunk at a house sport, BMW donates 1,000 euros to the SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. charity. An spectacular 60,000 euros had already been raised this fashion by the flip of the yr.
“We are pleased to be supporting SOS-Kinderdorf’s commitment to educational equality and equal opportunity with this initiative,” stated Bernd Döpke, head of BMW München. “In the first few months, we have raised a remarkable amount, which will help give many children and young people better prospects. We want to continue to help and have hit the ground running in the new year. The seven dunks scored by the two top teams is a promising start to the remainder of the season.”
The battle between FC Bayern Munich Basketball and Real Madrid was additionally an enormous occasion for the BMW Group. The 20th match day of the EuroLeague noticed two golf equipment with worldwide enchantment, each of whom work along with the corporate, face off at BMW Park. As properly because the partnership with the Munich-based membership, which was launched in July 2023, BMW Spain has additionally been Sustainability Partner of Real Madrid since 2022 and provides all of the gamers and administration groups from the highest basketball and soccer groups with fully-electric vehicles. With this in thoughts, BMW not solely made a donation for the dunks scored by FC Bayern München Basketball on the EuroLeague thriller, but additionally for every dunk by the defending champions and table-toppers from Spain.
With this efficiency, Serge Ibaka, Walter Tavares and their team-mates took the full quantity raised for “Dunks for Tomorrow” to 67,000 euros. SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. makes use of the cash to assist kids and younger folks from underprivileged households in many various methods all through their faculty lives. SOS-Kinderdorf is current in faculties and helps with on a regular basis life – for instance, with faculty social work, afternoon care and social group tasks, so as to break the cycle of poverty and restricted alternatives.