The police are among the participants in the charity campaign Give a Toy and a Smile. We were very happy to accept the invitation of the promoters of the charity campaign organised by Red Cross Slovenia and Petrol and at the beginning of November we decided to organise the collection of toys for deprived children.
We quickly organised the internal collection of toys among our employees in all police units in Slovenia. In doing so we joined numerous nursery schools and schools from all over Slovenia, and also many businesses and organisations that have responded to this humanitarian initiative, either through group collecting and giving or by spreading the idea of the campaign's mission among their employees and families.
At the end of the campaign we will send all the toys we have collected to the central depot of the Red Cross, where they will be sorted and cleaned to strict standards and then distributed to children from socially deprived environments in the pre-festive season in December. The purpose of the campaign, which runs until 30 November, is to collect as many toys as possible for less privileged children and offer them the same opportunities for a better life and personal development.
Janez Rupnik, assistant director of the GPD Uniformed Police Directorate, taking delivery of a donation of toys.