As part of its long-standing commitment to social contribution and solidarity, CANDIA proceeded with the donation of fifty (50) single mattresses to the Reception & Solidarity Center of the Municipality of Athens, making a meaningful contribution to improving the living conditions of the beneficiaries.

The donation was implemented in cooperation with the Deputy Mayoralty for Social Solidarity and Equality, while the delivery of the products was carried out using the company’s privately owned vehicle, ensuring immediate and safe transportation.

With many years of presence in the field of quality rest and sleep, CANDIA consistently invests in social responsibility initiatives, aiming to support vulnerable social groups and organizations that carry out important social work.

Through initiatives such as this, the company practically reaffirms its philosophy that quality of life and dignity are rights that belong to everyone.

We responded immediately to the request of the “The Smile of the Child” Organization by donating sleeping mattresses, mattress protectors and pillows to the Homes, where children who have been victims of violence are hosted, in order to support once again the difficult work of the Organization by covering the basic need of children for quality sleep. With practical interest and a sense of reciprocity towards society, we once again donated 61 sleeping pillows, 20 mattress protectors and 9 single mattresses.

“The Smile of the Child” has 10 specialized Action Centers, each of which aims to prevent but also effectively address all the problems that concern children, young people and families in our country. The specialized scientists who staff the Action Centers manage serious issues such as health issues, the phenomena of violence against children and between them, incidents of disappearances and runaways of adolescents, the dangers through the incorrect use of technology and the internet, and much more.

Understanding the difficult work of the organization and the children's needs for a good sleep, CANDIA donated 136 mattresses and pillows to equip The Smile of the Child’s home.

The organization “The Smile of the Child” over the past 28 years has supported more than 2,000,000 million children and their families.  With a sense of reciprocity and a genuine interest, CANDIA systematically supports the organization by meeting the needs of children for sleep products.

The chain of support for our fellow human beings who lost everything due to the bad weather, Daniel caused, in Thessaly and Magnesia continues uninterrupted at the site of the volunteer group of Humanity Greece, Millerou 76 in Metaxourgeio. The volunteers of Humanity Greece, who from the first moment started the largest chain of solidarity in the country, travel day after day to all the villages and help coordinate and organize both the goods and the distribution of the items in the world.

Through the immediate response of the CANDIA company, brand new double and single mattresses were delivered to the villages of Armenio and Sotirio in Larissa which were given directly to the families who have managed to re-enter their homes. Both villages suffered biblical disasters from the bad weather Daniel while the village of Sotirio had even more after the passage of the bad weather Elias.

With targeted actions, Humanity Greece unites both citizens and businesses with the aim of contributing holistically to the relief of our fellow human beings who are affected by the effects of the climate crisis in our country.

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On April 23 we are running for a good cause. We support the A.M.E.A. CENTER "Sotir" and CANDIA will participate as a supporter of the Run Together 2023 race, which it will be held inside the TIF facilities under the auspices of the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

It is a fun run that presents a unique experience to all participants. All participants run in pairs, encouraging their beloved partner, parent or child to join the fun. The available routes are 3, 6 and 9 kilometers.

Now you can win your entries and run with the CANDIA RUNNING TEAM.

Visit one of the following CANDIA stores and win!

Thessaloniki centre: Mitropoleos 92

Kalamaria: Geor. Papandreou 54

On April 11th, an electronic draw will take place and all winners will win, 2 sleeping pillows and their participation in the race.

Understanding the difficult work you do and the needs of the Pediatric Surgery department, at Hippocratic Hospital of Thessaloniki, we donated the following mattresses & pillows:

• 20pcs - 200x86x12cm  for single bed
• 10pcs – 140x70x10cm for baby cradle
• 2pcs – 155x80x10cm for baby cradle
• 1pcs – 115x55x10cm for baby cradle
• 1pcs – 180x55x5cm for hospital stretcher

Candia, the Greek company that offers innovative solutions and high-quality sleep products for the whole family, with a strong sense of responsibility and solidarity towards society, assisted the Municipality of Athens in carrying out a particularly important project such as the Multipurpose Center for the Homeless, located at the junction of Acharna and Liosia streets.

With respect to everyone's joint effort to successfully deal with the crisis and the safety of the citizens, Candia equipped the new structure with 44 single orthopedic mattresses. In this way, the company wanted to support the Municipality in creating one of the largest modern structures that are also a solution for the city.

Charalambos Velivasakis, CEO of Candia, said "In this difficult period that we are all experiencing, we could not not be present, not support an infrastructure project for today and tomorrow like the Multipurpose Homeless Center of the Municipality of Athens . With knowledge, respect and experience, Candia's family wants in this way to put their own little stone in the successful way out of this crisis. We are all together in this battle."

In the summer of 2020, the exhibition Return Ithaca - Periplus took place where, an artist hosting program, in Ithaca, which was organized by Nina Kassianou in collaboration with Lambros Papanikolatos. The eight artists were hosted for 15 days on the island, to work and produce work inspired by the concepts and myths that emerge from the Odyssey epic.

So again this year, in the summer of 2021, R2I took place, where it is an international artistic program, with photography and the visual arts as its central axis, which through its actions – hosting residency, research, exhibitions, presentations, workshops, masterclasses, lectures, conferences, etc. – aims at the meeting of artists with each other and their art with the general public.

The R2I program includes the invitation and hosting of Greek and foreign artists for 15 days in Ithaca, to work and produce work, inspired by the concepts and myths that emerge from the Odyssey and Cavafy's poem "Ithaca".

At the same time, internationally renowned curators participate to support the work of the photographers and to work with them, in order to optimize the produced result.

All R2I events are open to local communities, with the aim of creating a channel of public communication with artistic expression and action.

The HUG Charitable Association exists for all those mothers who chose to bring their child into the world, listening only to its heartbeat.

It is a non-profit charitable association, founded in 1998, registered in the registers of the M.K.O. of the Subject of Health and Social Solidarity (National Registry number 09110 FFE16006O12N/0612 and Special Register of Voluntary Non -Governmental Organizations: 09110FSE16006O12N/0539).

Agalia, with selflessness, love and respect, supports women, married or unmarried, who for reasons of abandonment, abuse and socio-economic pressure force them to take the life of their fetus-child. The Association offers protection to the child, both during pregnancy and after its birth, and at the same time supports the parents morally and materially.

From the beginning of its establishment in 1998 until 2021, "The hug" has supported 7,800 families in total throughout Greece and more than 2,950 children have been born with its help. CANDIA strengthened their important work by donating 5 layers.

The Pammakaristos Children's Foundation is a N.P.I.D., non-profit, especially charitable, that offers special education and welfare services to children and youth with autism and mental disabilities and other social deficits, since 1978 which was officially recognized by the Prefecture of Eastern Attica. The "PAMAKARISTOS" Children's Foundation is the evolution of the "PAMAKARISTOS Children's Fields", which were originally founded in 1945 by the Catholic Archdiocese of Athens.

It is based on real property of the "Holy Monastery of PAMAKARISTO THEOTOKOU" which includes buildings of 6,000 sq.m. on a total area of ​​twenty acres.

The "PAMAKARISTOS" Children's Foundation is managed by a seven-member, unpaid Board of Directors proposed by the Council of the Reverend Sisters of the "Holy Monastery of PAMAKARISTOS THEOTOKOU" and appointed by a decision of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Marathon-Neas Makris.

The social needs to support all people who are disadvantaged and in need of help, due to serious social and educational/educational difficulties, became the central philosophy and the main purpose of the Foundation, from the very beginning.

CANDIA supports the foundation's work by donating 20 mattresses for the needs of the structure.

CANDIA, a fellow traveler in the "GALILEE" project, supports every year with various donations, in order to cover various needs of the unit. Mr. Karagiannis, administrative officer of the unit, states:

"Thank you very much for supporting the work of GALILEA once again!

The recipients of all this effort are none other than our patients, and you also participate in this effort.

You are therefore a fellow traveler in the work of "GALILEA" and this is demonstrated in practice with your kind offer again this year."

M. Karagiannis