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Gifts in the form of wishes, time and experiences – NORD’s wishing tree campaign

All wishes came true: Thanks to the wishing tree campaign from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS, all wishes for gifts, time and experiences came true over the Christmas holidays.

Bargteheide, 2026-01-28

Overall, the campaign fulfilled numerous Christmas wishes. NORD employees were the ones who made the wishes come true, bringing joy to a total of 69 people, who were not able to fulfil their own wishes due to different reasons. However, they were able to write their most desired wish onto paper and hang it on the tree in the form of a “wishing star”.

The wishes mainly came from three social institutions and initiatives – from Klaarnoord, who provides assistance with social integration, from the children’s home BLAUER ELEFANT of the Federal Association of the Child Protection Association Stormarn and from the residential group KiJu of the German Red Cross (GRK) in Bergstedt. The wishes were manifold, ranging from specifics gifts to time for shared activities such as baking cookies, reading aloud and making music. It was also possible to use the wishing stars to make financial donations.

“We are very happy about the success of our wishing tree, the response among our employees was huge”, says Laura Haag from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS. “It is particularly great that many of our colleagues will take the time to fulfil those wishes that involve shared experiences, such as for the residents of the Klaarnoord integration assistance homes.”

Klaarnoord also received “tangible” gifts, as did the young people of the KiJu residential group of the GRK. Great joy for the children of the children’s home BLAUER ELEFANT: Thanks to generous donations, they can now enjoy a number of activities this year that would otherwise be unaffordable for them: Visits to the cinema, physical activities in their region or a trip to a North German theme park.

Laura Haag: “We thank everyone who took part in making so many wishes from our wishing tree come true and therefore making so many people happy!”

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