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The Dahlke Foundation celebrates its third Anniversary
The Dahlke Foundation Turns 3 — And We Have a Lot to Celebrate!
Since end of 2022, the Dahlke Foundation has been supporting aging people with disabilities in the LebensOrten Berlin and in the LebensGemeinschaft Rohrlack-Vichel. Our mission: enabling them to live fulfilled, culturally integrated lives in the places they call home — for as long as possible.
💡 Real impact in real lives
Already in 2024, our work proved vital: after a resident suffered a serious fall, we were able to finance six months of external nursing support — allowing her to stay in her familiar environment instead of moving away.
🌱 More mobility, more therapy, more joy
Thanks to your support, we’ve made lasting improvements:
- Wheelchair-accessible floor trampolines in Rohrlack (2023) and Berlin (2025)
- Regular eurythmy sessions and therapeutic horse riding, co-financed long-term with izfb e.V.
- From 2026, we aim to develop even more targeted therapeutic use of trampolines with experienced partners.
🎶 Culture that connects
Our concerts — from the annual "castle concert" in Vichel to last year’s major anniversary event — bring residents, caregivers, neighbors, and guests together.
In 2026, people with disabilities will help record and publish these events online thanks to foundation-funded equipment.
💛 Why we need your support now
A major donation and a successful fundraising campaign in 2023 strengthened our foundation capital. Since then, we’ve been able to reliably support many small but impactful projects.
To continue this work — and to take on larger projects in the future — we need to grow our endowment capital. Donations that increase the foundation’s capital have the most long-lasting impact, because they generate stable income for long-term support.
👉 How you can help
You can donate via PayPal, credit card, or bank transfer through our website.
To strengthen the foundation capital, simply add the note: “To increase the foundation’s capital”.
Every contribution helps aging people with disabilities remain active, involved — and at home.
Thank you for your support!
And a heartfelt thank you to izfb e.V., whose partnership makes our work possible.
A Trampolin for Berlin
In September, the time finally came for the inauguration of the trampoline financed by the Dahlke Foundation. This was celebrated in style with music in bright sunshine.
Christian Raasch, the managing director of LebenswerkGemeinschaft, said:
'The LebensWerkGemeinschaft LebensOrte in Berlin would like to express its heartfelt thanks to the Dahlke Foundation for its generous donation of the trampoline.
The new opportunities for exercise bring great joy to the residents and add fresh energy, fun and laughter to their everyday lives.
The trampoline provides opportunities for play and exercise and helps foster a sense of community, strengthen joie de vivre and enable new moments of togetherness. For this, we say a heartfelt thank you!"
We think the photo conveys some of this.
September Concert with Anna Carewe and Uli Bott at the Mansion "Schloss Vichel"
On 2 September (Julia Dahlke's birthday), it was that time again. At the castle concert in Schloss Vichel's manor house, financed by the Dahlke Foundation, cellist Anna Carewe and vibraphonist Ulli Bott performed to a packed hall, thrilling the audience with a mixture of jazz, classical music and samba. Their performance was rewarded with thunderous applause. Thank you, Anna and Ulli! [Nbsp]
Special thanks also go to Jürgen Duffner, the "lord of the manor" and impresario, who organises the castle concerts on the first Sunday of every month and always manages to attract top artists! The foundation will continue to make the September concert possible in future.
A concert gift from the Dahlke Foundation for the 70th anniversary of the GzF
To mark the 70th anniversary of the "Gesellschaft zur Förderung musischer Bildung und Lebensgestaltung e.V.", the Dahlke Foundation is presenting a classical concert in the auditorium of the Parzival School in Berlin Zehlendorf on 6 September 2024 from 16:00.
All pupils of the Parzival School and the after-school care centre, the employees of the workshops of the LebensWerk community, all residents of the LebensWerk community, the parents/carers, as well as the care staff are invited.
The concert will be performed by the Orpheus Ensemble Berlin and musikerleben e.V.
Conductor Stefan Meinecke, Soloist Clara Schuricht - Horn
They play for us:
Haydn: Overture "The Apothecary"
Mozart: Rondo for horn and orchestra KV 371
Bartok: Romanian folk dances for strings
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major KV 201
The Dahlke Foundation is delighted to be able to contribute to the GzF's anniversary events with this concert.