Acropolis News

Tribute to the Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno in Medellin, where volunteers carried out a day of cleaning and maintenance of the park that bears his name, accompanied by the notes of a cello, and sharing with pedestrians part of his legacy through thoughts and phrases.

The Jardín América branch of New Acropolis Brazil donated non-perishable food items to low income families in Goiânia with the collaboration of a social worker. These donations resulted from the generosity of participants attending lectures and other activities at New Acropolis. In the same spirit, the branches of Palmas and João Pessoa individually donated more than 100 kg of food. In Palmas, food items were delivered to the General Hospital of Palmas, the main public hospital in the State of Tocantins. In João Pessoa, food donations went to Padre Ze Hospital.

Volunteers from New Acropolis Leon collaborated once again in the rehabilitation of the facilities of a school in the  the el Huizache Community, restoring the games area and classrooms.

More than half a hundred volunteers participated on this day, which was dedicated in large part to relationship building with children through various games, and to the delivery of gifts donated by family and friends.

Day dedicated to community services on the part of New Acropolis volunteers, who helped over one hundred people who came to the stand installed on Republic Square.
A main objective was to provide health-related education and guidance, such as learning to regulate blood pressure and to know blood sugar levels, among other things.
A blood donation campaign was carried out on the same day.

For the 25th time, organized jointly by the Budapest Center of New Acropolis Hungary and Főkert Zrt., volunteers gathered on the occasion of Earth Day to make one of the main tourist attractions of Budapest, Gellért Hill, even more attractive. Participants included four secondary schools, homeless people supported by a foundation, and volunteers from the neighbourhood.

In a span of 5 hours, about 100 pairs of hands collected 70 sacks of garbage, painted 20 benches and 200 metres of railings, and removed several wheelbarrows of earth from the drainage works.

At the beginning of the day, each group of volunteers received a virtue by spinning the Wheel of Virtues, which helped them to contemplate the efforts made for bettering the environment in the context of such ideas as creativity, courage, attention and resolution.

New Acropolis Medellín continued its volunteering activities, and recently joined a reforestation initiative on one of the guardian hills of the city. During the two days commemorating   Earth Day and Environment Day, volunteers prepared the land for the planting of native species, along with other volunteers and people from the area.  

We set out to clean the beach of Tel Baruch, a great opportunity to give to the beach, the sea and its visitors a more pleasant and clean environment at the beginning of summer. This volunteering activity generated lots of interest and appreciation among beach enthusiasts!