Serious Request raises over €5 million for reuniting torn-apart families
3FM's annual Christmas fundraiser Serious Request raised 5.02 million euros by the time the Glass House in Apeldoorn closed on Sunday. This amount may still increase, as some fundraising actions are still ongoing, NOS reports.
The money raised this year is going to the Red Cross, who will use it to find missing children and reunite families torn apart by war or disaster.
Last year Serious Request raised money to stop children dying from pneumonia. A massive 8.7 million euros was raised by the DJ's in the glass house, and another 500 thousand euros in the months that followed. The highest amount ever raised was in 2012, when the DJs raised 13.8 million euros to prevent infant deaths.
Dj's willen nog een keer in het Glazen Huis https://t.co/aU2EHaGhZE pic.twitter.com/AlC0bYmItQ
— De Stentor (@De_Stentor) December 25, 2017
JUMP JUMP JUMP! @SeriousRequest #SR17 #GlazenHuis #power pic.twitter.com/p72L1LyLz1
— 3FM | We Want More! (@3FM) December 22, 2017
#SR17 #apeldoorn #glazenhuis @Domien start de show. pic.twitter.com/lIjgOFiJjp
— Rene van de Kolk (@renevandekolk) December 18, 2017
#SR17 #Apeldoorn Markt is vol voor live optreden #3FM pic.twitter.com/9llUVbACP5
— Rene van de Kolk (@renevandekolk) December 20, 2017
Mooie radio vandaag door koppelen NPO radiozenders aan #3FM. Eerder al Radio 5, nu Radio 1 en straks nog Radio 4 en om 16:00 Radio 2 met @gerardekdom #SR17 #Apeldoorn #marktplein pic.twitter.com/GqLQ8Ivkuw
— Rene van de Kolk (@renevandekolk) December 24, 2017