Supporting Families with Disabled Children

Our annual summer festival is the absolute highlight of the “Kupferhof” year. We have already reported previously on the summer festival, which has a different theme every year.

This time we like to tell you about the preparations before the festival: As soon as the new motto is decided, which is approximately in January, the organizational team meets for the first time. Which sponsors, companies, activities, artists, decoration etc. fit the motto. We always want to offer a platform for other initiatives or groups and not lose sight of the inclusive character. First decisions are made. From now on the team meets every two weeks.

Since things get a bit hectic at “Der Neue Kupferhof” around the time of the summer festival, the family office carefully selects the guests who will be staying during the week of the summer festival.

Also happening in January or February the caretaker team, in consultation with the organization team, orders tables and party tents for the expected 2500 visitors. In April and May, space planning will take place, discussions will be held on how the Social Day helpers can be deployed, tours and preliminary talks will be held with stage builders and actors on site. The caretaker team also prepares the site and takes care of coordinating deliveries and setting up tables, benches, tents and stages, as well as technical equipment.

Since normal operations continue, the summer festival represents an extreme double burden for the kitchen. In addition to preparing four meals a day for our guest children and their parents, the kitchen team takes care of the delivery and refrigeration of drinks, sausages (approximately 700) and cakes (approximately 50-60). They also manage the Currywurst stand, the coffee and cake stand, and the stocking of all other food and beverage stands. 80 to 100 3l pots of coffee are brewed on this day. All this is only possible thanks to many volunteers.

In January / February the tombola team starts collecting donations for the tombola. Starting in April, the tombola team will sort the donations already received and any further donations in kind and will record each individual donation in lists. In the end, there are up to 1000 prizes for children and adults each. Right before the festival each donation is labelled with a winning number according to the lists.

The educational team plans the children's program for our guest children and visiting children according to the motto and safety. 

The care team ensures that our guest children experience as little of the hustle and bustle as possible and can enjoy their stay, with the summer festival as the highlight.

What follows is an absolutely successful summer festival.

At this point we would like to thank all volunteers and sponsors. Without your tremendous help our beloved summer festival wouldn´t be possible.

Well, after the summer festival comes the summer festival.

The next date has already been set: June 21, 2026.

We'll be prepared. 

We wish you a nice summer and sunshine in your heart.