{"id":6857,"date":"2026-05-13T09:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/music-meets-social-engagement\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:08:40","slug":"music-meets-social-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/music-meets-social-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Music meets social engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:50px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1393.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>For us at Be Strong For Kids, the Sparda Music Night at the Essen Philharmonic was an evening full of appreciation, encounters and special support.<\/p>\n<p>The event impressively demonstrated how music can connect people and simultaneously strengthen social engagement. A special concert evening resulted in concrete support for children and projects that create opportunities and foster community. <\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to receive the generous donation of \u20ac3,000. This support enables us to continue our projects and give children important opportunities, strength, and new perspectives. <\/p>\n<p>A heartfelt thank you goes to everyone who made this evening possible \u2013 the musicians, the organizers, the Sparda-Bank West Foundation, and the enthusiastic audience. Your dedication and support make a real difference. <\/p>\n<p>Image credit: \u00a9 Sparda-Bank West Foundation<\/p>\n<p>From left to right: top row Carsten Bluhm (City of Essen) and Sandra Helmrich (City of Essen), J\u00f6rn Schulz (Be Strong for Kids e. V.), Hans-Bernd Schleiffer (Orchestra Academy Essen Philharmonic)<\/p>\n<p>Middle row: Stefanie Kutschker, Carolin Schwanke, Susanne Breyer (all City of Essen)<\/p>\n<p>Front row: Korinna Krumpholz (Sparda Foundation), Mayor Thomas Kufen, Dr. Ludger Dohm (Essen Philharmonic Orchestra Academy)<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper awb-gallery-wrapper-1 button-span-no\" style=\"--more-btn-alignment:center;\" data-limit=\"10\" data-page=\"1\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-3 fusion-columns-total-0 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For us at BSFK, the Sparda Music Night at the Essen Philharmonic was an evening full of appreciation, encounters and special support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6891,"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857\/revisions\/6891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestrongforkids.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}